Lycian Way - section Gey via Sidyma to Bel
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.13 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,896 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,722 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,010 ft
- TrailRank
- 42
- Min elevation
- 1,864 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 3 hours 54 minutes
- Time
- 6 hours 56 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2494
- Uploaded
- April 30, 2021
- Recorded
- April 2021
near Yedi Burunlar, Muğla (Türkiye)
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Itinerary description
The path from Gey to Sidyma is well marked with orange-red signs. You actually don’t need Wikiloc. Maybe after the second pass you might find it easy to navigate using Wikiloc as vegetation becomes more dense. Although I don’t like trekking pants, but I can see why people wear them from this point. (Although I managed to get to Sidyma without a single scratch)
At a certain moment you start following an old river bed and at the moment you start to wonder “Will this ever end?” the path gets better.
For some reason I cannot navigate on signs in or near villages so that’s the only reason why I would use Wikiloc. Only later I discovered that the orange-red trail runs all through ancient Sidyma to the big tombs at the end.
From those tombs I started to follow the white-red signs that indicate the Lycian Way and used that to walk to Bel.
This route however joins with the asphalt road that leads you to Bel.
(And I recommend Fatma Pansiyon to stay in :-) )
At a certain moment you start following an old river bed and at the moment you start to wonder “Will this ever end?” the path gets better.
For some reason I cannot navigate on signs in or near villages so that’s the only reason why I would use Wikiloc. Only later I discovered that the orange-red trail runs all through ancient Sidyma to the big tombs at the end.
From those tombs I started to follow the white-red signs that indicate the Lycian Way and used that to walk to Bel.
This route however joins with the asphalt road that leads you to Bel.
(And I recommend Fatma Pansiyon to stay in :-) )
Waypoints
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2,933 ft
Time for break
Maybe not the best view, but at least there is shadow and a cool breeze.
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2,940 ft
Turtle paradise
At least 3 turtles were having lunch here. Two ran off to the toilet, the last one wants to become a model so decided to stay.
Photo
2,743 ft
Interesting...
Apparently you don’t have to follow the asphalt road to the pass. I just couldn’t find the white-red signs from the road...
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