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Category: Hote ltrekking

Degree of difficulty:

Degree of difficulty

Duration: 15 days
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Number of person:
min. 8, max. 18 Pers.


Termine dieser Reise

22.05.11 - 05.06.11
04.09.11 - 18.09.11


Green – available
Yellow – limited avail.
Red – not available


Tour dates 2011


Antalya / Isparta - St. Pauls Trail
Trekking on the footsteps of St. Paul

St Paul trail is Turkey's second long distance walking route and inspired by Saint Paul's walk in this area which was known Pamphylia and Pisidia provinces in Roman period. Our program includes the best parts of this long route with 9 walking days from Antalya to beautiful lake town Egirdir and three days relaxing beach at the end. We will follow St Paul's track and walk to the north from Antalya between mountains, canyons and lakes. Landscape was ranging from Pamphylia, from "the rich and hedonistic coastal line" to Pisidia, to "wild mountain land" also those times like today. Our tour goes from steep rugged rocky paths surrounds by impressive sceneries, traditional mountain villages with their friendly people and sometime continues from ancient Roman paths up to mountain pastures, between resinously smelling pine trees. Opportunity for a day boat trip in Egirdir lake and enjoying the time in small pleasant town Egirdir. We will back to coast and have tree days for relaxing and swimming in Mediterranean Sea. If you do not wish to spend your last days at the beach, daily village trip or other walking activities are the other possibilities for these last days.

Included services:

  • Charter flight in the economy class to Antalya and back (only from Europe, oversea o.r.),
  • All neccessary land transfers in Turkey.
  • 12 night in basic hotels and pensions HB basis, shared double room with WC/Shower
  • 2 nights in tents sharing 2 people (Shower and WC available for the group).
  • Luggage transfer hotel to hotel. 
  • English speaking guide


Not included in the service:

  • Lunches during all tour
  • Drinks and other personnal spendings
  • Tips

Tour itinary:

1st day: Flight to Antalya
Arrive to Antalya and transfer to hotel. At the evening a short briefing will be given by your guide.

2nd day: Perge Ancient city to Ucansu
We start our tour tracking footsteps of St. Paul, visiting ancient city Perge, where he was staying for a while in 47 a.c. After a short visit we are starting to walk in Akcapinar village, through terraced fields towards pine forests up to the Ucansu waterfall, a small water paradise hidden in the forest. We overnight at the Ucansu restaurant in tents or under the stars if you wish.

3rd day: Uçansu to Bodrumkayasi via Pednelissos ruins
We start from restaurant and first walk up to second waterfall in the forrest. After photo break at the waterfall we walk up to the hill in Toros mountains and wide flat area of Antalya will be at the back scenery. In the afternoon we make a detour to the ruins of the Pisidian city Pednelissos. After exploring the ancients city ruins we head for the Bodrumkayasi mountain hotel, down to the hill from a nice old path. In the night we will be staying in this nice mountain hotel consist of luxurious bungaloves with its farm animals around.

4th day: Bozdogan to Pinargozu
In the morning with a short transfer we go to higher village Bozdogan. Todays walk will be figured with splendid, rugge Mt.Bozburun's view and goes on in pine forrest, passes from village to village. After having break in Haskiziloren we will end in Pinargozu village. Transfer to Bodrumkayasi otel for the night.

5th day: Pinargözü to Çandir
We are walking leisurely through pine scented forests and in the East we have view of  great Mt.Bozburun up to 2.550 m high. When we passed behind the hill on the other side Karacaören dam lake will glimpse us and the dam view embosses our scene along the descend until Yildiz village where we meet our minubus. Minubus will take us to Çandir, Yazili Canyon national park for the night. We camp by the cascade river in the forrest in the national park.

6th day: Yazili Kanyon National Park to Yesildere
We are walking an old Roman road through a romantic canyon to Yesildere. The Yazili-Canyon take its name from a written script on a rock wall and there is philosophs saying opposite of the script about free soul and traveling. After walk in the canyon we turn right in to steep path in the forrest and climb up to a rocky pass which is the most difficult part of all trail. Picturesque scenries changing to holm oak forests.  After rocky pass we descend to Yesildere village and after 20 minutes drive we reach to the hotel in Sütcüler.

7th day: Yesildere to Sutculer via Muezzinler
Today we are walking in the wild nature, a real festival for the soul. And in the evening coming back to the small town Sütcüler!

8th day: Sutculer to Ancient city Adada
A perfect surprise: The 2.000 years old stone slabs are leading us through pine forests to the ancient city Adada. The incompleted theatre, temple and the agora were buried so they escaped from all the earthquakes of the long time. Now re-discovered ! We are having the lunch break in Adada ancient city.

9th day: Sipahiler to Serpil
Further to the North, after 45 minutes of driving we are reaching the village Sipahiler and starting our walk from here among fields and limestonerocks and descending finally to the Kovada Nationalpark to typical karst formations. We end in Serpil village and have one hour transfer to town of Egirdir Lake ..

10th day: Relaxing at Lake Egirdir
This day is free for resting and there is the opputunity to have a boat trip on the fourth biggest lake of Turkey, Egirdir.

11th day: Egirdir center to Mt. Sivridag
The last walk in holm oak forests is taking us to Mt Sviridag with altitude of 1.600 m. Hightlights of the walk will be the ruins of the old trade city Prostanna and the colossal view to the lake. After the walk on the way to Egirdir we will stop in a village Akdag and have pankakes made tradationally with spinach or cheese.

12th Day: Driving back to Side
Time to leave Egirdir and back to Antalya. Our minubus will take us back to Antalya and then to the hotel in Side with 2 - 2,5 hours driving.

13th day: Relaxing day
Relaxing in the hotel or opportunity to have further day walks in the area.

14th day: Relaxing day
Relaxing in the hotel or opportunity to have further day walks in the area.

15th day: Flight back home
After breakfast in the hotel transfer to the airport and flight back home.

 
Wandern am Paulusweg
 
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Wandern am Paulusweg
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