hiking

The Goksu Delta is one of the most unusual walking destinations in Turkey, and that is exactly why hikers love it.

The shores of Beysehir Lake are some of the finest walking country in central Turkey, and hikers here find a rare combination: a vast freshwater lake, forested mountains, and trails that are almost empty.

Egirdir Lake is surrounded by some of the finest walking country in southwest Turkey, and hikers here are spoiled for choice.

Yedigoller National Park may be famous for its seven lakes, but for walkers it is the trails that make the valley magic.

The Kure Mountains National Park offers some of the wildest walking in Turkey, through a forest that feels like nowhere else in the country.

The Gallipoli Peninsula offers walking of a rare kind: trails through a landscape that is at once a battlefield, a memorial, and a nature reserve.

Koprulu Canyon is known for rafting, but the walking around the gorge is the region’s best-kept secret.

The trails around the Nemrut crater lake climb through one of the most dramatic volcanic landscapes in Turkey.

The Kaz Mountains of northwestern Turkey are walking country of the finest kind: forested ridges, cold streams, and a network of trails that climbs from olive groves near the Aegean coast to the high country…

Aladaglar National Park offers the finest mountain walking in Turkey, a wilderness of granite peaks, green valleys, and glacier lakes that rewards hikers at every level.

Uzungol is famous for its beauty, but the best way to know it is on foot.

Ihlara Valley offers some of the most atmospheric walking in Turkey, and its trails range from an easy riverside stroll to full-day traverses and cliff-top routes.