We travelled from Kas by our minibus for about 3 hours to Olympos.
Olympos is a National Park area where apparently development is banned. The Olympos site itself is in a river valley and contains the ruins of the ancient city (mainly Roman). Adjacent to this area there are various restaurant and accommodation places, but not in the way that might be expected. The accommodation and restaurants tend to be fairly rough wooden structures (the approach in the past was tree-houses, but these have morphed into wooden buildings). The roads are dirt tracks.
As a result, there are no tour buses and the place is very popular with backpackers and independent travellers. We were at the end of the season and everything was winding down.
We stayed in clean and comfortable wooden buildings. We had excellent goziemes (stuffed pancakes made on a wood heated plate - see picture) for lunch. In the afternoon we wandered through the Olypmos site looking at the ruins. The feel of the place is great, even if the ruins are not of a grand scale, probably because the site is thickly wooded and there are not many people.
We got to the beach, which proved peaceful and attractive. We had a swim and lay in the warm sun. The weather was clear and sunny, so the swim was much appreciated. İn fact, we have been surprised to be able to have the swims that we have - we were not expecting this. The only distraction was the idiot who drove his 2WD pickup onto the stony beach and did the 'hoon' thing. We were pleased to see that he bogged himself to the axle and more pleased to hear that a local former charged him 200 US dollars to pull the car out!
After dinner at our accommodation, we travelled for about 30 minutes to see the Chimera. This is a place where gases escape from a hillside as flames that cannot be readily extinguished. It's a 20 minute walk uphill to see the flames, which are simply that - some flames coming out of the ground! Perhaps we expected something grander, but they were not terribly exciting.
Olympos is a National Park area where apparently development is banned. The Olympos site itself is in a river valley and contains the ruins of the ancient city (mainly Roman). Adjacent to this area there are various restaurant and accommodation places, but not in the way that might be expected. The accommodation and restaurants tend to be fairly rough wooden structures (the approach in the past was tree-houses, but these have morphed into wooden buildings). The roads are dirt tracks.
As a result, there are no tour buses and the place is very popular with backpackers and independent travellers. We were at the end of the season and everything was winding down.
We stayed in clean and comfortable wooden buildings. We had excellent goziemes (stuffed pancakes made on a wood heated plate - see picture) for lunch. In the afternoon we wandered through the Olypmos site looking at the ruins. The feel of the place is great, even if the ruins are not of a grand scale, probably because the site is thickly wooded and there are not many people.
We got to the beach, which proved peaceful and attractive. We had a swim and lay in the warm sun. The weather was clear and sunny, so the swim was much appreciated. İn fact, we have been surprised to be able to have the swims that we have - we were not expecting this. The only distraction was the idiot who drove his 2WD pickup onto the stony beach and did the 'hoon' thing. We were pleased to see that he bogged himself to the axle and more pleased to hear that a local former charged him 200 US dollars to pull the car out!
After dinner at our accommodation, we travelled for about 30 minutes to see the Chimera. This is a place where gases escape from a hillside as flames that cannot be readily extinguished. It's a 20 minute walk uphill to see the flames, which are simply that - some flames coming out of the ground! Perhaps we expected something grander, but they were not terribly exciting.
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