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Kayaköy Ghost Town – View of Barlas Cove loop from Kayaköy

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Kayaköy Ghost Town – View of Barlas Cove loop from Kayaköy

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Kayaköy Ghost Town – View of Barlas Cove loop from Kayaköy

02:24

6.08km

270m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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218 m

Kayaköy (Levissi) — Abandoned Village Ruins

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Kayaköy (Turkish for 'rock village'; Greek Λεβίσσι Levissi, also Livissi Λ (ε) ιβίσσι) is a village in Turkey that is located in the area of a small town that was …

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Kayaköy Ghost Town

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Just crazy such a big ghost town

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418 m

Kayaköy — Ruins of the Abandoned Village

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Continue whole hike by following the red & yellow painted track markers. For the first half of the hike they are widely spaced and sometimes hard to see - then they become clear and frequent.

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511 m

View of Kayaköy (Abandoned Levissi village)

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Levissi (also pronounced Livissi, Loivissi or Leivissi) is situated in close proximity to ancient Karmylassos while Macri is believed to be the site of ancient Telmessos. Prior to 1922, these …

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1.18 km

View of the islands off Ölüdeniz and Akayaköy

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Stunning views, flat rocks to sit on, great rest stop.

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1.31 km

Abandoned Greek Orthodox Shrine in Kayaköy

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Around the period of World War I, the Greeks of Levissi/Kayaköy were ethnically cleansed then forcibly expelled in 1922. Their homes have remained vacant ever since. In 1957 an earthquake …

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1.58 km

View of Barlas Cove

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3.02 km

Viewpoint

5.61 km

Painted Trail Marker at Kayaköy Ruins

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They look like this. Stripey mean this is the track. Bendy mean bear left or right. Pointy mean head this way.

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6.08 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.39 km

1.49 km

144 m

Surfaces

4.39 km

1.49 km

144 m

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Thursday 27 August

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May 29, 2022,Von Kayaköy nach Ölüdeniz

First we reach today's Kayaköy - a charming little village - only then the actual ancient village of Kayaköy. Formerly called Levissi (name in the Lycian League Karmilasos), the village is like an open air museum and is often called a ghost town. The history of this Greek town dates back to 3,000 BC. Until the exchange of nations in …

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April 29, 2024,From Kayakoy to Oludeniz 🥾🇹🇷 Warm Up Lycian Way

Dark and mysterious. Kayaköy is an unmissable stop, especially for its (sad) history.

Levissi - the Greek name of the city - was abandoned by its Greek inhabitants in 1923, when the League of Nations ordered a general exchange of populations at the end of the Turkish war of independence. Many Muslim Greeks (about 1,200,000) moved to Turkey, and most …

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June 8, 2023,Top of the town viewpoint – Kayaköy - Karmlassos Hiking from Ölüdeniz

Kayaköy - Karmylassos
Hiking from our car to the ancient greak village.
The hike was really in the nature till we came to the ruins of Karmylassos which was left in 1923 with Greek Turkish agreement „population exchanges“
The 30 degree heat made this only 3.6 Km distance too heavy. We enjoyed at the end the cold cold beer in …

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Kayaköy Ghost Town – View of Barlas Cove loop from Kayaköy

Kayaköy (Levissi) — Abandoned Village Ruins

Kayaköy Ghost Town

Kayaköy — Ruins of the Abandoned Village

View of Kayaköy (Abandoned Levissi village)

View of the islands off Ölüdeniz and Akayaköy

Abandoned Greek Orthodox Shrine in Kayaköy

View of Barlas Cove

Painted Trail Marker at Kayaköy Ruins

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