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Lycia is the historical name of the Tekke Peninsula on Turkey’s Aegean coast. The mountains rise steeply from the shores and small bays, giving beautiful views and numerous, stunning trekking possibilities as the region is home to the so-called Lycian Way, a 500 km marked hiking path around the coast, leading from Fethiye to Antalya. The Lycians were an independent people, influenced mainly by Greek culture, and were later conquered by the Romans. Their graves and ruins can be found around the entire peninsula and the Lycian Way passes many historical sites.
Of course, we could have never done the whole walk due to the fact that we just don’t have enough time and because it is far too hot here right now. But we managed to do a small section of it, walking from Kabak to Faralya, Butterfly Valley and back. We stayed in Kabak, a remote beach commuty seemingly far away from all the tourists that stay in nearby Olüdeniz (and apparently, they also prefer to stay there – we didn’t meet a single soul on our hike to Butterfly Valley). Our bungalow faced Kabak beach and our host Mustafa and his family took good care of us.
Hiking around Lykia was incredible and we will never forget the first time we got to look down the cliffs of Butterfly Valley. What an amazing place on our planet. Enjoy our photos and if you ever have the chance – go and hike this place yourself. It is so worth it. I will definitely come back and do the whole thing one day.
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