Lycian Way GPX, Stages & Public Transport Guide

Start → End · 684 km · 24 transit-optimized stages

684km

Total Distance

24

Stages

29,371m

Total Ascent

14

Transit Stops

Plan Lycian Way

Lycian Way covers 684 km with 29,371 m of ascent from Start to End. Use the full-route GPX, stage GPX files, elevation profile, and public transport stops to choose a hiking, trail running, or fastpacking schedule.

Best season
Mar-Nov
GPX coverage
Full route plus 24 stage GPX files
Transit access
21 of 24 stages start or finish by public transport
Stage options
26 days hiking / 13 days trail running / 18 days fastpacking

🚌 Why transit-optimized?

We split Lycian Way into 24 stages. 21 of them start or end at a transit stop — look for the 🚌 icon in the stage directory below.

Full Trail Map

Stage Directory

#StageDistanceTransit
1Start → Dolmuş Durağı12.5 km🚌
2Dolmuş Durağı → 1200 M49.7 km🚂
31200 M → Kabak Dolmuş16.1 km🚂
4Kabak Dolmuş → Km 8020.2 km🚌
5Km 80 → Kalkan-247.5 km🚌
6Kalkan-2 → Km 14320.4 km🚌
7Km 143 → Km 16319.7 km
8Km 163 → Kaş Otogar34 km🚂
9Kaş Otogar → Km 21720.2 km🚂
10Km 217 → Km 23734.3 km
11Km 237 → Km 25729.4 km
12Km 257 → 45512 Yayla blv 1044.4 km🚌
1345512 Yayla blv 10 → Karaöz;Gurkan's Gastehaus28.8 km🚌
14Karaöz;Gurkan's Gastehaus → Bus station16.6 km🚌
15Bus station → Bus Stop to Olympos Antic City30.3 km🚌
16Bus Stop to Olympos Antic City → Olympos Teleferik22.5 km🚂
17Olympos Teleferik → Faselis43.8 km🚂
18Faselis → Cirali dolmus26.2 km🚌
19Cirali dolmus → Вершина канатной дороги20.5 km🚂
20Вершина канатной дороги → Km 49142 km🚂
21Km 491 → Durak41.6 km🚌
22Durak → 11660 Akdamlar-722 km🚌
2311660 Akdamlar-7 → 153. Sokak-226.7 km🚌
24153. Sokak-2 → End14.5 km🚌
Total684.0 km

How Long Does It Take?

26 days (20 km/day)

Comfortable pace with time to enjoy the scenery. 26 days.

Elevation Profile

200m400m600m800m1,000m1,200m1,400m1,600m1,800m0 km100 km200 km300 km400 km500 km600 km700 km1,794m0m
Flat (<5%) Easy (5–10%) Moderate (10–15%)

Transit Stops Along the Trail

Bus and train stops within 2 km of the trail, sorted by distance along the route.

KmStopDistance to Trail
251.6🚌 Cirali dolmus488m
380.7🚂 1900 M2117m
383🚂 1200 M478m
384.9🚌 Mezarlık 33641m
384.9🚌 Otağ Sitesi 13794m
387.5🚂 225 M60m
387.5🚌 Fethiye Teleferik Istasyonu78m
392.4🚂 1700 M1211m
392.4🚂 1800 M1500m
397.1🚌 Kıdrak koyu1573m
402🚌 Uzunyurt132m
404.6🚌 Kabak Dolmuş58m
586.5🚌 Karaöz;Gurkan's Gastehaus16m
604.5🚌 Bus station1001m

The Lycian Way is a 580 km long-distance hiking trail in Turkey. This car-free guide breaks it into 24 transit-optimized stages, each starting and ending at a public transport stop.

Ready to hike Lycian Way?

Pick your first stage below and download the GPX. Every stage has transit connections listed.

🗂️ Open data source: Lycian Way on OpenStreetMap (relation 51855). Transit stops from OSM.

Route data from OpenStreetMap © contributors, licensed under ODbL. Updated 2026-04-02.