Olympos

Olympos is a small village in on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, next to the ruins of the Lycian / Roman city of Olympos. That in turn was named for the nearby mountain now called Tahtalı - the ancients gave the name Olympos to some two dozen prominent mountains in Turkey alone.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city of Lycia in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Olympus”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Çıralı.

Neighborhood
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is an agricultural in southwest Turkey, in the district of . It is walking distance from the ancient ruins of Olympos and Chimaera permanent gas vents, located in the ancient region of .

Olympos

Latitude
36.395° or 36° 23′ 42″ north
Longitude
30.4735° or 30° 28′ 25″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8G8G9FWF+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 244857692
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6951087
Wiki­data ID
Q1380189
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Olympos” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Olimpos”
  • Catalan: “Olimp”
  • Chinese: “奧林帕斯城（呂基亞）”
  • Dutch: “Olympos”
  • French: “Olympos”
  • German: “Olympos”
  • Greek: “Όλυμπος”
  • Italian: “Adrianopoli”
  • Italian: “Olympos”
  • Korean: “올림포스”
  • Malagasy: “Ôlimpôsy (Torkia)”
  • Malagasy: “Ôlimpôsy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olympos i Lykia”
  • Persian: “الیمپوس (شهر)”
  • Persian: “الیمپوس”
  • Polish: “Olympos”
  • Portuguese: “Olimpo”
  • Portuguese: “Olimpos”
  • Romanian: “Olymposul Lician”
  • Russian: “Олимп”
  • Russian: “Олимпос”
  • Spanish: “Olimpo”
  • Swedish: “Olympos (Lykien)”
  • Swedish: “Olympos”
  • Turkish: “Olimpos, Kumluca”
  • Turkish: “Olimpos”
  • Ukrainian: “Олімпос”
  • Uzbek: “Olimpos, Kumluca”
  • Uzbek: “Olimpos”

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