Stage 22 · Route 22
Adrasan to Çıralı over Musa Dağı: the Olympos stage
Updated: 2026-09-07
A single mountain separates Adrasan from Olympos, and the trail goes straight over it. The climb up Musa Dağı is sustained at fifteen to twenty-five percent; the descent brings you into the Olympos gorge, where a Roman city lies half-swallowed by trees beside the river, and out onto the beach that Çıralı shares with it. Measured at 15.5 km with 910 m up and down, seven hours.
Çıralı is a good place to stop for two nights. The Chimaera flames are a short walk above the village and best after dark, Olympos deserves a slow morning, and the beach is one of the better ones on the eastern trail.
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- Distance
- 15.5 km
- Ascent
- 910 m
- Descent
- 908 m
- Time
- 7 h
- Grade
- Hard
- Terrain
- One mountain: up Musa Dağı from Adrasan at fifteen to twenty-five percent, over the top, and down into the Olympos valley, then along the beach to Çıralı.
- Sleep at the end
- Çıralı pensions along the beach road; treehouse camps at Olympos
- Water
- One spring reported near the top; carry from Adrasan
- Getting there
- Çıralı and Olympos both have dolmuş connections to the main road; buses to Antalya and Kaş from there
- From Kaş
- About 3 h by bus via the coast road
Ghost cities on this stage
- Olympos — a Lycian and Roman city in a river gorge opening onto the beach, overgrown and atmospheric, with a castle above. Entry about €10; the ticket also covers the beach.
- Chimaera (Yanartaş) — the eternal flames on the hillside above Çıralı, a short evening walk from the village.
Highlights
- The climb over Musa Dağı and the sea on both sides from the top
- Olympos in its gorge, part ruin and part jungle
- The flames of the Chimaera after dark
Olympos, Çıralı and the ticket
The Olympos site sits at the southern end of the beach and the entry ticket, around €10 for foreign visitors on the 2026 list, covers both the ruins and beach access from that side. Çıralı at the northern end is a separate village with its own access to the same sand. Walkers coming over the mountain arrive at the Olympos end, pass through the site, and walk the beach to Çıralı.
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Questions people actually ask
How steep is Musa Dağı?
Fifteen to twenty-five percent for most of the climb, on a good path. It is a proper mountain morning rather than a coastal stroll.
Do I have to pay to walk through Olympos?
The site has a ticket gate, around €10. It also gives you the beach from that end.
How far is the Chimaera from Çıralı?
A short walk from the village to the foot of the hill, then a paved climb of about twenty minutes to the flames. Go at dusk with a torch.