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Олимпос - старый город

Olympos - the city of sea pirates

  • Group composition: from 1 to 6 people
  • Duration of the excursion: 6 hours
  • Distance from Antalya: 51-100km

The price includes: transfer from the hotel within Antalya,
The price does not include: meals, entrance tickets

OLYMPOS is a mysterious ancient city that hides many secrets and stories ...

In the distant 1st century BC. this Lycian city "became famous" for its patronage of sea pirates, who for 25 years controlled the coast of Eastern Lycia and Pamphylia, for which they were expelled from the Lycian League and were banned from minting their own coins. But why should they mint something if they could plunder freely? However, for a long time this could not continue in the territory that already belonged to Rome, and in this region in 78 BC. the Roman Senate sent an army to fight the pirates ...

Now Olympos is a place for active recreation and hangouts for modern youth. And all for a reason. Firstly, Olympos is located in a small gorge, and secondly, a mountain river flows through the city, dividing it into two parts, thirdly, there is access to the sea and a beautiful beach, and most importantly, this is all among the ruins of ancient Olympos ...

During the excursion we will visit all the most interesting and significant places of Olympos, you will learn about the fate of the pirates of this region, why the city was renamed Adrianopolis, how it lived during Byzantium and how the British discovered it in the 19th century ...

ADDITIONALLY

+ 60 $ transfer from the hotel in Belek, Side
+ $ 40 visit to the burning mountain of Chimera
+ 50 $ excursion around the ancient city of Phaselis
+ $ 30 visit to the highest mountain Tahtali - 2365 m (excluding ticket prices)

    $100.00Price

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