Adventure holidays in Turkey

Adventurous activities for adrenaline junkies

A holiday in Turkey can consist of more than beaches, crumbling monuments and endless bottles of Efes pils . Olu Deniz beach (near Fethiye) was recently the venue for the World Air Games. If the idea of a 6,000-foot paraglide sounds scary, there are the white-water rapids (grade four) on the Dalaman River . This takes you through a raw and unspoilt landscape of forests, mountain passes and traditional villages.

Spring 2000 saw the opening of Turkey 's first long-distance footpath, the Lycian Way . It stretches 500kms from Fethiye to Antalya - a good month of hiking through some of Turkey 's most breathtaking scenery. And, according to the authors of this site, anyone interested in paintball, bird-watching, painting and truck safaris won't be disappointed either. There's even skiing (January to March) at Kartalkaya, Erciyes and Uludag where, alongside ski rental and lessons, belly dancing is listed as an essential ski service.

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