Trekking In Turkey: The Official Site for Lycian Way and St Paul Trail. Lykia, Likya Yolu, Lykischen Weg.

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- The Kackar book is now out.

Turkey has two long distance trekking routes: The Lycian Way –opened in 1999, and The St Paul Trail –opened in 2004.

Both trails are about 500km long. Kate Clow with Terry Richardson researched designed and implemented both trails. Many other volunteers, including Atil Ulas Cuce and Kerem Karaerkek, who own Middle Earth Travel, helped. Kate and Terry produced the guide books and maps to the two trails, assisted by George Zsiga, who drew the maps and Ueli Aellig and others who took GPS readings.

Both trails are 'way-marked' with red-white paint flashes every 100m or less. Both are described in the guide books and maps. Before you walk, you can get up to date information on the 'update' pages of this web site.

The Lycian Way trail was authorised by the Turkish Government (Tourism and Culture Ministry). Way-marking of The Lycian Way was sponsored by Garanti Bank. The Tourism and Culture Ministry are preparing a short guide to the Lycian Way. The St Paul Trail was authorised by the Forestry Ministry and has not been sponsored.

The Lycian Way and St Paul Trail Projects consist of:

Books which give you background and historical information about the areas, and describe the routes in detail, with times and distances. The St Paul Trail book also has altitude profiles and lists of GPS points. Each book includes a map which shows key points on the route. Use the books to plan your walking holiday; the maps to check each day's walking.

The Way Marking makes it easy to follow the route. Paths are way-marked in red and white stripes to Grande Randonnee standards. The Lycian Way has yellow and green signposts at the junction of the route with metalled roads.

Walking and Trekking in the Kaçkar
Kate and Terry's new project is a guide book to the Kaçkar mountains. Situated in the far north-east of Turkey, the Kaçkar rise dramatically above the Black Sea, close to the Georgian frontier. The range boasts exquisite alpine lakes, verdant, flower-studded meadows, glaciers, towering granite peaks with views of the Pontus/Black Sea, richly forested valleys and a wealth of unique and beautiful flora. This compact region is a trekkers' paradise. The guidebook to the route includes 32 routes, ranging from treks of several days across the range to half-day walks from a local pension. The routes are all marked on the excellent contour map included with the guide, and are backed up by GPS points and altitude diagrams.

Please click here to go to the Kaçkar seciton of this website.

	In The Foootsteps of Alexander, By Pelin Turgut. Time, Global Adviser, July 27, 2006. '... the exhilaration of watching the sunset over the Mediterranean from atop a marble sarcophagus in an ancient Lycian burial site -how very Indiana Jones.' [see full page]			GR Magazine voor Wandelen & Fietsen. Issue February 2005.
	A Congress, Buried in Turkey's Sand. By R. Bernstein, The New York Times Alexander the Great was here, and so was Saint Paul, on his way to Ephesus. Centuries later, the drafters of the American Constitution took the ancient ... [read more]			National Geographic Türkiye , 2005/08. Yazi: Kate Clow, Foto: Kemal Nuraydin LYKIA YOLU Akdeniz'e inen dik ucurumlarin kenarindan genis kumsallara uzanan patika yol, binlerce yillik kultur birikimine taniklik ediyor.
	Gezi Travel, Sayı 07/2005. Yazi: Zeynep Yosun Akverdi, Foto: Muzaffer Saglam Bir Azizin İzinde / St.Paul Yolu St.Paul'ün Izinde Anadolu, St Paul Yolu hakkinda yazilmis guzel bir makale...			Atlas Tatil 2005, Sayı 06/2005. Yazi: Turgut Tarhan, LYKİA YOLU / Işıltılı Patikalar Antik sehirleri birbirine baglayan antik yollar ve patikalar... Lykia uygarliginin gecit yaptigi bir guzergah... [yakinda]
	Cornucopia Issue 33, 2005, by C. Finkel: Walking the Taurus: Caroline Finkel joins Kate Clow on the new St Paul Trail that crosses the giant Taurus range in southern Turkey. Photos by Kate Clow and Terry Richardson.			Hürriyet, 18 April 2005, by R. Tuvi, Turkish: Reyan Tuvi talks about travel agencies organising tours on the Lycian Way.
	AAM Terranuova February 2005, pp 69-73. An article by Alessandro Vergari about The Lycian Way.			Observer travel magazine: Winter 2005 "Travel can mean a quickly forgotten fortnight on the beach, or a memorable one-off experience that could live with you for ever. If you're searching for the latter, Nigel Tisdall has a few suggestions." (See article 11 about St Paul Trail.)
	WANDELTOCHTEN IN EUROPA, De twintig beste uit Op Pad, pp.24-31, Dutch An eight page article on The Lycian Way by Roel van den Eijnde. With lovely photos and information. Please click on the cover image to view all the rest of the pages.			SUNNY TIMES, SunExpress Inflight Magazine, 3/2004 Issue, German A two page article called "Der Weg ist das Ziel" on The Lycian Way. Please click on the cover image to view the rest of the pages.

[Updated 16 September, 2006]