Guide
A cable car climbs Babadağ from a base station at 226 m on the main road of Ölüdeniz, where tickets are sold; the line was built with the Swiss ropeway firm Bartholet. The first stop is at 1,200 m, with a footpath through cedar trees, an open-air theatre, a children's playground, a restaurant and a café terrace that looks down on the lagoon and out to the paragliders taking off.
At 1,700 m an observation terrace is known for its sunsets, a footpath passes a pond and cedar trees, and paragliders launch from this level. From here you can walk up to the 1,800 m station or ride a chairlift that is covered by the cable car ticket; at 1,800 m there is another footpath, a burger restaurant and a launch track. The summit station at 1,900 m has a sandwich bar, the Patara and Kuzey launch tracks, a footpath, and a flag flying over the top of the mountain.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Muğla as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 10.8 °C in January to 27.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June, September, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (207 mm) and lightest in August (4 mm). Long-term means for 2001-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
