Tag Archives: Antalya

To the summit of Güllük Dağı, Termessos

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Bryan Keith

Termessos is one of my favorite ruined cities in Turkey.  It has a beautiful setting in the mountains above Antalya.  I’ve been at least five times — only once by bicycle — and have blogged about it before.  This was … Continue reading →

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An overnight to Tastaratacağı and Çalbalı

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Bryan Keith

The hardest thing about this one-night backpacking trip with Özgür and Burak was remembering the name of the first peak we summited: Tastaratacağı.  Çalbalı’s a little easier, but maybe that’s because I’ve climbed it before. We drove up to Hisarçandır … Continue reading →

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Bozcaada, Assos, Adatepe, Bergama: a three-day bus tour

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Bryan Keith

I’ve been putting off writing this blog because I felt like it’d end up being pretty negative.  Ferda’s friend, Şebnem, does lots of these weekend bus tours.  She convinced Ferda to come on this tour last spring, and Ferda, in … Continue reading →

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Ihlara to Antalya via the Konya Plains, by bicycle

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Another short bicycle tour in Turkey.  It only took 10 days to cycle from Ihlara to Antalya.  The unusual thing about this tour was just how flat it was: ~8000m of climbing in 700km.  That doesn’t sound so flat so … Continue reading →

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Karaman to Antalya, hunting for beautiful mountain scenery

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Bryan Keith

Certainly one of the highlights of this three-week tour from Kayseri to Antalya was the fairly flat section called the Karaman Plateau.  It was rolling hills with great views of mountains to the north and south.  I thought the section … Continue reading →

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