The Olympos Beydağları Coastal National Park was taken under protection in 1972 to safeguard the natural and historic ground on the Antalya coast. It runs from Sarısu along the Antalya–Kumluca road, parallel to the Mediterranean, as far as Cape Gelidonya.
Along this western shore of the gulf lie natural beaches and ancient cities. Çıralı and Adrasan are the longest of the beaches. From the park entrance onwards, Topçam, Küçük Çaltıcak, Büyük Çaltıcak and the two Kargıcak grounds are day-visit areas with long beaches where forest meets the sea.
There are two camping grounds inside the park: Göynük, with room for a hundred tents, and Kındılçeşme, three kilometres from Kemer, with room for 225.
The ancient city of Phaselis sits at a crossing point where geology, history, plant life and wildlife come together. The shore at Çıralı, the ancient city of Olympos and the Yanartaş flames are among the things the park is known for.
Olympos lies eighty kilometres south of Antalya, within ancient Lycia. Open to the Mediterranean on its eastern side, the city is cut in two by the Akçay, the Olympos stream, running through the middle of it, and this position made it a harbour city throughout its history. The name is thought not to be Greek; its origin and meaning have never been fully settled, but it appears to come from one of the old languages of Anatolia and to have meant a high or great mountain.
- Designated
- 16.03.1972
When to go
- Climate
- Across Antalya as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 10.1 °C in January to 28.6 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (251 mm) and lightest in August (4 mm). Long-term means for 1930-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
Getting there
- Access
- The park covers the coastal strip from Tünektepe in Antalya's Konyaaltı district to the Gelidonya Lighthouse.
