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What is the Olympos Teleferik?
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How did we get there?
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How much does it cost to get in?
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Our story
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What is there to do at the top?
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Other Turkish Adventures.
Part 4 of our 1st Turkish adventure
What is Olympos Teleferik?
The Olympos Teleferik is the Cable car to the top of Mount Tahtali 2365m.
How did we get there?
We booked the trip from the Sea to Sky kiosk in the centre of Kemer next to the Marina. Their shuttle bus picked us up direct from our hotel at 9.30 in the morning.
How much did the teleferik cost?
The cable car round trip was €33 with €7 for the shuttle bus each way. Since we were paying card, we paid on arrival at the cable car ticket booth.
What was the best things about the day
The views opening up as the cable car rose to the top of the mountain.
What was the worst thing about the day
There wasn’t that much to do at the top but it was still worth it.
Tip of the trip
If you’re adventurous then enquire about hiking up and taking the cable car down or vice versa. It’s a brilliant path and part of the Lycian Way.
Our Olympos Teleferik Story
Getting there
The shuttle bus picked us up from our hotel at 9.30am and whisk us away to the cable car station.
Once we arrived at the station we were given our tickets and joined a queue to board the next cable car that was available. There were 2 cars, 1 going up whilst the other came down and you never had more than a 15 min wait.
The cable car
The journey up was spectacular. The day was quite still hazy and the coastline was bathed in a soft hazy glow. The higher we got the more of the surrounding hills and coastline you could see. 15 mins flew by all too quickly and we were at the top where the suggested cardigans/sweater/fleeces were only too welcome as their was a fierce wind and it was a bit chillier than the 36 degrees we had enjoyed at the base.
What is there to do at the summit?
There isn’t loads to do at the top and its quite a small area but here is a quick list of some things to do at the top.
– Visit the cafe (Starbucks)
– Visit the restaurant (standard basic food)
– Visit the guest shop (typical tourist gifts)
– Take the stairs or lift up the 3 flights to the roof of the main station where the views even more spectacular
– Get your photograph taken by one of the many photographers floating around
– Wander around the top (not very far as its fenced off)
– Enjoy an ice-cream outdoors
– Watch the paragliders take off from the summit and glide to the shore below.