"Backstory: Teetering in the treetops in Turkey
Above ancient Olympos dangle dozens of treehouses. But be warned: They're not for the fussy.
By Amelia Thomas | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
OLYMPOS, TURKEY – I'd heard tell of a place, on the southern coast of Turkey, where travelers live in trees. Where, deep in the forest, lie the fragmented remains of a 2,000-year-old city. Where the mountainside flickers with mythical eternal flames that spring spontaneously from the rocky ground, and where an azure sea, dotted with antique wooden barks, just begs to be dipped into.
It sounded like something from 'The Lord of the Rings,' and when we rolled up in time to watch the sun set behind the craggy peaks that frame the bay of ancient Olympos, it was easy to imagine Gollum springing about."
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