Life in Olympos, one of the 23 ancient Lycian towns, some 100 km from Antalya, is simple.

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The Lycian Way offers a precious opportunity to genuinely encounter the landscape and people of this region.

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Patara has a 10-mile-plus beach and ruins of the Lycian port city.

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In nearby jungles you can find evidence of Lycian ancestor-worship.

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Dating back to the 6th Century BC, the red-figure krater (a large vessel the ancient Greeks used to mix water and wine) shows in exquisite detail the death of Lycian king Sarpedon in the Trojan War.

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Visit Lycian rock tombs in the cliffs above the main tourist centre of Fethiye or the eerie Greek ghost town of Kayakoy, which was abandoned when its Orthodox people were exiled in 1923 during an exchange of minority religious populations between Turkey and Greece.

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