Stage 5 · Route 5A (via Sidyma) / 5B (via Yediburunlar)
Alınca to Bel via Sidyma: the inland day among the tombs
Updated: 2026-09-07
After two days of cliff, the trail turns inland. From Alınca it drops and rises through pine to Dodurga, where the Lycian city of Sidyma is not beside the village but underneath it: tombs in the gardens, wall blocks in the barns, the mosque on the agora. Then a further hour and a half brings you to Bel, a farming village on the plateau that has quietly hosted walkers for twenty years.
Measured as two legs: Alınca to Dodurga 10.7 km, Dodurga to Bel 5.3 km. The coastal variant by the Yediburunlar lighthouse is 7.7 km plus 5.8 km and gives you the Seven Capes instead of the ruins.
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- Distance
- 16 km
- Time
- 6.5–7 h
- Grade
- Moderate
- Terrain
- Inland through pine and village fields to Dodurga and the ruins of Sidyma, then on to the plateau village of Bel. The 5B variant stays nearer the coast by the Yediburunlar lighthouse.
- Sleep at the end
- Bel: basic village rooms and camping by the mosque; Yediburunlar lighthouse has rooms on the 5B variant
- Water
- Mosque taps at Dodurga and Bel; cisterns on the coastal variant need treating
- Getting there
- No scheduled transport at Bel; taxi from Eşen or Kınık
- From Kaş
- About 2 h by road via Kınık
Ghost cities on this stage
- Sidyma — a Lycian and Roman city with its tombs and walls scattered through the modern village of Dodurga. Houses are built into the ruins; the mosque stands on the old agora.
Highlights
- Sidyma’s temple tombs among the village houses
- The Seven Capes from above on the coastal variant
- Bel, a quiet plateau village that still takes walkers in
Which variant, Sidyma or the lighthouse?
Take 5A through Sidyma if ruins are why you came; it is the first real Lycian city on the trail and one of the least visited. Take 5B if the coast is why you came and you want a night at the lighthouse, which is one of the more unusual beds on the whole route. Both end at Bel and neither has running water in between except the mosques.
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Questions people actually ask
Is there accommodation in Bel?
Basic rooms in village houses and camping by the mosque. It is not a resort; bring cash and low expectations and you will be looked after.
Does the trail pass Sidyma?
The 5A variant goes straight through Dodurga village, which sits on top of Sidyma. There is no gate and no ticket.