Olympos Ruins

We arrived with so muh hope of great weather but.....of course no such luck...after a long bus ride changing three times just to get to the south of Turkey, we were greeted by rain!!! and lots of it.

So the place was amazing and we could imagine how great it would have been had the sun actually been out, there was a great beach, old ruins …

Entry containing 11 photos titled: sujuck (Turkısh Sausage), On the way to the Chimera, Mountain of fire, Neandrathels, Cooking sujuk shish in the fıres, Moonrise over the med with a glimse of the fires, Olympos ruins, Olympos beach

... . There are hundreds - even thousands - of sites to visit and anyone who is really keen could spend months in the area. Olympos is an ancient Lycian city dating back to the 2nd century BC that was vacated when the crusades came through in the Middle ...

... , but I guess it's no weirder than all the photos we've been taking of locals. One of the most famous sites in Turkey is the Roman ruins at Ephesus, an old trading port dating back to 3 BC that was once the most important city in the Roman empire, ...

... haven in modern times. Sort of true to my word that I wouldn't subject Mystery to any more ruins, it was for other reasons that I was coming here; Olympos has one of the best beaches on this long stretch of coastline and it also hosts the mystical ...

... Park. There were pine-clad mountains reaching up in every direction, clear gurgling streams of icy water, and although the ruins of Olympos were subtle, the setting was sublime. The only downside to the park was the throngs of tourists clogging the ...

... . We drove along these hills with the fantastic blue and turquoise color of the Mediterranean on the right. Soon enough we were in Olympos. This is definitely one of the most relaxed, chilled-out places I have ever been. It is basically a dirt road where ...

... fast day which gave it an authentic Turkish village feel. We left Kas and headed further up the coast to Olympos and Cirali. Olympos has another National Park turtle beach and another ruined city. The site is very impressive with a mountain ...

... me for a week, and I couldn't wait to see her again. Plus, I'd heard a few stories about Olympos, this idyllic backpacker haven nestled amid ruins on the Mediterranean coast, and it sounded like just the escape from backpacking that I needed. It had ...

... gone so long without interacting with many western travellers, it feels strange to be suddenly surrounded by them. The Olympos Beach is a twenty minute walk from the main road, through the now indiscernible Roman ruins alongside a ...

... . We've also come to Olympos to catchup with a couple we also met in Istanbul, the lovely Ben and Helen from Sydney. Olympos is a funny little spot. It seems to be one of the last real backpacker hangouts in Turkey but has also become a big Turkish ...

A combined Barrett and Tina contribution: After Cappodochia we bussed overnight to Olympos, a tree house establishment in a beauitiful valley with forests, snow capped mountains resembling Lake Rotoiti in NZ and a coastline exactly like Kaikoura ...