While ancient writer Palaephatus later tried to bust some of these extraordinary myths, when it came to strange legends about what is now Olympos in modern Turkey, he had no option but to conclude ...

In the ancient town of Olympos, tree houses are perched above ... mountain-and-sea terrain of what is now the southern coast of Turkey, around the 4th Century BC. Lurking in the quiet coves ...

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More than a few of Turkey’s most unusual travel destinations are time-consuming to reach — Cappadocia , for instance, or eastern Anatolia. Olympos is a short bus ride away from most of the Med ...

The valley was called Olympos, after the home of the gods. I paid no attention to these ravings. Master the paragliding basics stateside, and then head to Ölü Deniz, Turkey's paragliding hot ...

Next Stop: Olympos, Turkey: From the city of Antalya it was a fairly easy jaunt by micro bus to this backpacker haven which is also on the Turkish coast. These micro buses are an interesting affair.