Lycian Way

Lycian Way is the complete companion app for Turkey's legendary 540 km coastal trail — from planning your hike, to booking each night's bed, to navigating offline through pine forests and Lycian ruins, to swapping stories with hikers around you. Built for thru-hikers, weekenders, and culture-curious travelers walking from Fethiye to Antalya. OFFLINE GPS + TRAIL DATA • Detailed offline maps powered by Mapbox • Stage-by-stage breakdown with elevation, distance, and difficulty • Real-time GPS tracking with off-route warnings • Custom route builder and GPX import • Save stages for offline reference ASK LYCIA • Daily briefing each morning of your hike: weather, distance, water sources BOOK YOUR HIKE END-TO-END • Browse 200+ pensions, guesthouses, and campsites along the trail • Restaurant and supply-stop directory for every village • Book guided tours and shuttle transfers with verified local agencies • In-app marketplace for porters, mules, and gear rental • Track your bookings in one place CULTURAL EXPLORATION • 58 historical sites with audio guides • Lycian rock tombs, Roman amphitheaters, ancient harbors • Flora and fauna identification along the route • Available in 8 languages: English, Turkish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian COMMUNITY OF TREKKERS • Trail feed: see who's walking nearby and what they found today • Find hike buddies for sections you're nervous about doing solo • Share your custom routes with the community • Group chats for organized treks • Reviews of trails, guesthouses, and tour operators TRACK YOUR JOURNEY • Trail journal with photos, notes, and tagged locations • Step counter, calorie estimate, and pace stats • Hike summaries with shareable cards • Personal stats dashboard • Earn trail tags for sections completed SAFETY ON REMOTE STAGES • Emergency check-in with contacts of your choice • Saved emergency contacts with tap-to-call • First aid reference for trail injuries • Battery-aware background tracking • Works fully offline — no signal needed FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES • Pension owners, guides, and tour operators can list their services • Receive booking inquiries directly through the app • Manage departures, hiker rosters, and reviews from a built-in dashboard PRIVACY-FIRST Your location, photos, and journals stay on your device unless you choose to share them. No ads. No background data harvesting. Whether you're walking your first ten kilometers or your tenth thru-hike, Lycian Way walks with you — through the planning, the trail, and the stories you'll bring home. Plan. Book. Hike. Remember.