Mt. Olympos (Tahtali Dag) Cirali

36 km (22 mi) from Kale on Rte. 400, Cirali , Antalya, Turkey
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  • 1

    Tree Houses near Mt. Olympos

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    We are now living in these small tree huts just for the night, it's up in the mountains so it's quite cool. In the evening we went to Kimera to see the natural flames flaring from the mountain, quite spectacular. Gotta run, Take ...

  • 2

    Ancient myths, ancient ruins

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    ... bigger than half a football field. It is given the name Chimera in reference to an ancient Lycian tale about a monster which lived on Mt Olympos, whose head is a lion, body is a goat, tail is a snake’s, and who scatters flames from its mouth. When ...

  • 3

    a beach stop at Cirali and the Chimaera

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    ... to the hotel and chilled.   Dinner was at the hotel and after we all rugged up in layers to walk up nearby Mt Olympos to see the Chimaera.    After we passed the rabid german shepherd (if it was off the leash i would ...

  • 4

    I've seen fire and I've seen rain

    ... fire out of the mountain. Nice fable, right. But why the heck would you come here for a fable?  We stumbled up Mt Olympos under the shroud of darkness. Slipping and sliding, the path seemed to stretch on forever until we finally caught glimpse of an ...