the trail follows the old migration routes. Starting out from Fethiye-Hisaronu, it rises hundreds of meters from the coves of the Mediterranean, welcoming visitors to the mysterious cities of ancient Lycia and culminating in the village of Hisarçan 25 km from Antalya.

The Lycian homeland or ‘Land of Light’ is the area between Antalya and Köycegiz on the Teke peninsula. The Lycians, who called themselves the ‘Trmmili’ (Termilae), were known for their love of freedom and war-like traditions. Founding countless cities reminiscent of eagle’s eyries in this harsh terrain and scorching climate, they possessed an original culture with rock tombs and sarcophagi worked in the local limestone, and the Lycian League, whose capital was at Patara, was a forerunner of many modern-day systems of statehood with its concept of autonomous rule. The Lycians, who made their living as sailors, pirates and mercenaries, had a matriarchal society. But come now, let us set out on an extensive but pleasant tour through the ‘Land of Light’.