Walking holidays in Turkey encompass all manner of scenery from perfect white sand beaches to ancient Phoenician shipwrecks and temples. With such a diverse range of scenery choosing your ideal Turkey walking holiday can be hard, as this enigmatic destination has simply loads to offer the foreign visitor. You’ll soon discover that one Turkey walk simply isn’t enough, so here’s what we believe are the top three Turkey walks:
The Turquoise Coast
Some of the most beautiful places in Turkey are only accessible via the coast, therefore bordering a luxury 90 foot gület is the only way in which to access them whilst on your Turkey walking holiday.
This Turkey walk begins in the bustling tourist resort of Marmaris. Just a short walk away from the resort centre is the Marmaris Castle Museum, which has a number of interesting exhibits relating to the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire. On a Turkey walk you may want to venture further out of the Marmaris’s centre to a nearby olive farm known as the ‘Mountain of the Roses’. This olive farm offers guided tours which allow you to sample the homemade olive produce, including delicious olive bread which is hand baked on the premises every Friday morning. From Marmaris, the next part of your Turkey walking holiday is by gület along the Fetihye Gulf. Sailing this serene stretch of water, you will have the opportunity to stop en route and spend time snorkelling or canoeing amongst pristine natural scenery. Your Turkey walking holiday once again commences on the famous Gocek Islands, where the mountains roll all the way down to the coast and the many coves and islands have long provided a source of inspiration for artists.
A Stroll around Istanbul
You don’t need to explore multiple destinations in order to have the perfect walking holiday in Turkey and with a capital as culturally rich as Istanbul; one destination can be more than enough for a Turkey walk. There are plenty of places to explore on a walk around Turkey’s capital from the Aya Sofya, which is still cited by architects as one of the most important archaeological buildings in Turkey, to the Blue Mosque whose six minarets dominate the city’s skyline. However, for a taste of the real Turkey you may want to take a stroll through the Grand Bazaar, where hawkers sell everything from traditional Turkish carpets to spices and Arabian slippers.
The Ancient Lycian Way
The tourist resort of Anatolia is the gateway to the Ancient Lycian Way. This historical trail is 509km long, providing the perfect destination in which to take a walking holiday in Turkey. The Lycian trail has many highlights, including a walk through the famous butterfly valley, and on the soft sand of the 12km beach at Pataras. You can even attempt to climb the famous Mount Olympos, on your Turkey walking holiday, which is 2388 metres high. Whilst walking the trail between Fineke and Ugaciz, your guide will point out the ancient wreck of a Phoenician trader ship which dates from 1200BC and is believed to be the oldest shipwreck in the world.
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