Full-day tour of Phaselis and Tahtali Mountain with Dino Park visit
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Full-day tour of Phaselis and Tahtali Mountain with Dino Park visit

4.3/5

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153 reviews
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$103.00
Free cancellation
Language: German, English, French, Dutch, Polish
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours

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Why you’ll love this…
  • You'll get the inside scoop on your guided tour of Phaselis, an ancient Greek and Roman city
  • The 4,000-metre Olympos Aerial Tram cable ride up to Mount Tahtali is one of Europe's longest
  • You'll have lunch at the Antalya Dino Park – the animatronic dinosaurs will be a hit with kids
  • There's a plenty of time to kick back and relax on a couple of secluded beaches
  • Your expert guide will share their local knowledge of this part of Turkey and its people
What to expect

"This family-friendly tour is steeped in mythology," says Muzzafer, one of our guides. "Alexander the Great spent a winter in the ancient city of Phaselis, while from the top of Mount Olympos the gods and goddesses looked down, wishing they were in his place." It's quite a calling card but this tour lives up to it. You've got history at Phaselis and panoramic views from a ride on the Olympos Aerial Tram. What's more, there's time to visit some of Antalya's most secluded beaches and a mountain-top lunch.

First up is the ancient Greek and Roman city of Phaselis. It's scattered around a woodland and three little bays on the Lycian coastline and boasts impressive relics from classical times. Hadrian's Gate, the theatre and the aqueduct are among the standouts of the guided tour. Plus, you'll get to stroll among the ruins of former shops and the main street. There's also free time to visit the beaches, so bring your bathing gear. When you're finished relaxing by the coast and swimming in the sea, it's time to indulge the kids as you head to Antalya Dino Park for a late lunch surrounded by animatronic dinosaurs.

Your next destination is the Bey Mountains National Park. You'll ride through the clouds to the summit of Mount Olympos, also known as Tahtali, on one of the longest cable car rides in the world – it's more than 4km long. At the summit, which is 2,365m above sea level, you'll have plenty of time to soak up 360-degree panoramas from the viewing platforms, just as the ancient gods and goddesses did.

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What's included
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What to remember
  • Not recommended if you're afraid of heights
  • Photos not included
  • Snorkelling equipment not included
  • There may be an initial, unaccompanied pick-up from your hotel to a meeting point from which the tour proper departs
  • There's no swimming during winter months, from November to April
  • Bring bathing gear and sunblock
  • Not suitable for guests who suffer from claustrophobia
  • Bring a towel
  • Bring a hat
  • Bring suitable footwear
  • Drinks not included
  • Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility
  • Bring warm clothes
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Provider
TANTUR TURIZM SEYAHAT A.S
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

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4.3 /5

Based on 153 reviews from verified customers


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    Evelyn

    Verified booking

    4.2

    October 8, 2025

    Traveled with a group of friends


    We enjoy everything part of we didnt like dinopark was abit bored . Lunch was lovely foods . Cable car was lovely view to see the montain but mostly was cloudy. Pick up coach was prefect on time and back was no problem .

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    Al Burns

    Verified booking

    4.2

    September 24, 2025

    Traveled as a couple


    The dinopark wasn’t great, but the lunch was good.

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    Andy

    Verified booking

    2.6

    September 19, 2025

    Traveled as a couple


    We enjoyed the tour of the ancient city, BUT the toilet facilities left a lot to be disered, absolutely disgusting. The cable car ride was fantastic but would have liked longer there and maybe lunch there as well to be included, as the Dino park was a complete waste of everyone's time and brought no pleasure to the day out. What do a group of adults do a a child's theme area, NOTHING. WASTE OF TIME.

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    Norman

    Verified booking

    2.2

    September 17, 2025

    Traveled as a couple


    As two mid 70’s travellers we were told the journey time to the destination would be ninety minutes or there about the actual time was 3 hours, the trip stated there would be swimming time at the first destination in reality there wasn’t enough time to get changed swim and dried before it was time to leave so we didn’t bother. The cable car ride was a unique experience the lunch was 75 minutes late and the journey back was 150 minutes we feel we were misold this mostly unenjoyable lengthy experi

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    Anne

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    2.2

    August 27, 2025

    Traveled with family


    Cable car at Olympos was good. For the Phaselis ruins and swimming, there wasn’t enough time. If you want to do both, you have to choose between seeing the theater or swimming. If you do both the ruins tour and swimming, then you can only swim for about 10 minutes. The ruins tour is just a quick explanation of the aqueduct and agora. You go to the theater without a guide. Dino Park was quite outdated. Activities were closed. Bunnies were kept in a small cage. Food served was ok.

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    Robert Givens

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    1

    August 6, 2025

    Traveled as a couple


    Cable car was good , Dino park is a joke ,we got a lunch if you can call it lunch at 3 pm and most of it went in the bin . We spent most of the day in a coach with no air conditioning,then they swapped coaches. So over all not happy

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