CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE BOOK. PRINT AND ADD TO YOUR BOOK BEFORE YOU WALK.
[UPDATED MAY, 2010]

Here’s the latest information on the St Paul Trail:

P 53 – 1.1 Perge to Akçapınar - approaching and crossing the regulator
Not re-waymarked. No problems have been reported crossing the regulator.

Akçapınar Uçan1 to Adada
Re-waymarked April 2010, except as noted below.

P 56 – 1.3 Akçapınar to Ören - Uçan 1 waterfall
A restaurant, bar and toilets have been built (from wood) for locals and tourist jeep safaris.

P 57 – 1.3 Akçapınar to Ören - approach Pednelisssos.
After the cemetery turn R then immediately L onto G5 track.

P 59 – 1.3 Akçapınar to Ören - Pednelissos
No waymarks through the site – follow the tractor track to the top where waymarks resume.

P 60 – 1.3 Akçapınar to Ören
Waymarking not renewed from above Pednelissos to just after Yıldız village. Karataş- Missing marks. Follow the road through the village and find waymarks at the far end.

P 67 – 1.5 Candir to Sutculer
The safety wire on this section has been removed but the pegs remain and you could loop a rope round these. The route has become easier, but if you are trekking alone and have a full pack, you may need a rope to haul your pack up into the cave.

P 71 – Sütçüler to Muezzinler loop
Oonly the section from the canyon to Muezzinler re-waymarked April 2010 – this area is under review and will be re-routed in Sept 2010. Until then, please don’t use.

P 73 – 1.7 Sütçüler to Adada – Complete re-route
Waymarked April 2010. From Sütçüler, walk on the main tarmac for 500m to a R turn onto G6 unsurfaced road. Follow waymarking to a spring; turn R on G5 over a pass and along a hillside to a junction. Follow waymarks over a field to a walled track leading down to cross a stream and pass L of a graveyard. Turn L on the road for 500m, then R onto G4 track to Posnar Mahalle, passing L of a large white house. Continue between houses, past a spring then on G3 path towards an old walled road on the pass. Descend the valley, bear L on G4 track then R to cross the streambed to another G5 track Turn R then L to take G2 path to the pass. Descend the far side then follow marks across open fields to the road and pick up the former trail at the track below the signpost. (If you want to go to the accommodation at Sağrak, leave the route at this point).

Waymarking stops at the base of the Roman road up to the site and recommences just below the pass on the way out.

P 83 – 2.1 and 2.3 Aspendos to Beşkonak
A huge forest fire and subsequent tree-cutting have made a mess of this part of the route. Start at the mosque at Karabük, re-waymarked from here to Adada in April 2010, excepting as noted under Cimenova to Kesme.

P 95 2.4 Selge to Çaltepe
Slight re-routing around the fence in para 6.

P 99 – 2.6 Caltepe to Cimenova
Re-waymarked April 2010 – forest fire had little effect. The time in the text doesn't add up to the time in the header. The time in the header, (17 hrs) is correct.

P 100 – 2.7 Cimenova to Kesme
Re-waymarked as far as Beydili and from Cukurca to Kesme in April 2010.

P 102 Cimenova to Golcuk
Para 1 onwards: From 2716J. Cross the new bulldozed road here at a junction and continue upwards. Rejoin the new road just before the trun up over the pass, and leave again to follow the old path upwards. Rejoin it just after the first pass for 400m. Turn L/up onto old Golcuk track, which runs above and parallel to the road. Descend for a bend and re-join immediately after. Descend again , then 200m later turn R to a junction. Here there is a marked junction – turn R/downhill for a shrot route to Beydili, or L to Golcuk (old marks only). Past Golcuk, the old track runs parallel to the road but is only damaged for a short distance. A new road is under construction linking Beydili with Çukurca and has damaged the old track; this section was not re-marked.

P 108 – 2.8 Kesme to Kasimlar
Re-waymarked April 2010 – route description error Turn L, pass a spring, should read Turn R, pass a spring. Slight changes on the route up to Kasımlar.

P 110 – 2.9 Kasimlar to Adada – alternative route
Waymarked April 2010  High level forest route between Kasımlar and Tota Yaylası (about 1.5 hrs)

Replaces part of last paragraph before Tota Yaylası on page 110.

This is an alternative to walking into Tota Yaylası on the road - it cuts off all but 10 minutes of the road walk.
This is one of the highest points of the walk; turn R on the gravel, cross a stream via a concrete bridge and descend towards the road. When the road is in sight, turn L and then L again onto a rising forestry road. This road zigzags up to the head of a deep valley; ignore several R turnings and reach a stream crossing. After the stream, the track runs almost level over a bridge; after a second bridge is a turn L/up also on forest road. At a crossroads, continue up for only about 50m, then turn R on to an indistinct level track, which is the course of an old buried pipeline, protected in places by a stone curb or low wall. Follow this G2-3 trail across a damp patch and up a slope, then curve R to a side ridge. From here is a steep climb to near a forestry road, but the pipeline track levels again and descends to a barbed wire fence. Cross this and a stream where the pipe is exposed. Climb gently again, still following the track, crossing two gulleys, then turn down a forestry road. At a junction climb sharply to a pylon. Continue on path to a forest road and, where this bends, continue on level paths. Approaching Tota, turn R/down to meet the dirt road above the buildings.

P 114 – 3.1 Adada to Sipahiler
Re-waymarked April 2010

P 115 – 3.1 Sipahiler to Yukarı Gokdere
Re-waymarked April 2010. Tree cutting near Sipahiler had damaged the route.

P 120 – Additional route from Kasnak to Eğirdir
Waymarked April 2010. This new route takes you through Kasnak forest and farmland to Akpınar village then down the road to Eğirdir.

Take the forest track from the type speciemen oak N, around bends through forest. As it turns W/up, follow a G2 path straight E/down then diagonally N/down to a G5 road along farmland. Continue NW on the L of an ova then through forest. Waymarking stops at a fork – bear R /NNW across smaller clear areas to a large ova. Turn W and find the last waymark across the ova on a dirt track. Follow G2 path NW through forest to the S end of another ova. Walk N and meet the dirt road as it enters forest.  Follow the G5 track rising and just after a sharp bend turn L onto rising G2 path. Climb towards the treeline and turn R onto path. Continue NE on dirt road to the Colonel’s house where there may be accommodation; just past, turn L/NW on rising path up sharp bends. Turn R/NW on path between hillocks to a forest road. Bear L then at a crossroads turn R/SE to a major track. Walk above the track and quarry over a ridge in forest then regain the track and follow it past a R turn, across a valley to Akpınar. Follow asphalt road towards lake Eğirdir, cutting bends and passing the hospital to the main road. Turn L and walk to Eğirdir.

P120 - Kasnak to the ski lodge
Partly re-waymarked April 2010. Upper sections are affected by construction of a jeep road. Re-waymarking not completed because of snow.

P 124/125 - Military road to Sevinçbey and Eğirdir (around 5-6 hrs)
Replaces page 124/125 from 2nd paragraph to Eğirdir – History.

Passing junipers cropped into neat mounds by the attentions of the goats, the view opens up to show the western lakeshore, with the military headquarters on a conical hill. On the right of the road is the corner of a fence around a military compound. Leave the road opposite the fence corner, first descending around a hill then L of some small huts on a lower hilltop. Descend to a marshy basin and follow a faint G4 track N to a spring near a willow tree. In front are views of Barla. Turn L onto a bulldozed and partly surfaced G5 road which descends steeply NE into a narrow river valley. Cut the first bend then descend the track, with the stream on your L, to a spring. Ignore a rising road on the L, cross the stream and pass under a fallen willow tree. Continue on G5 road a new marble quarry, where the road may be damaged. Continue down the valley, which opens out and has plantings of willows and poplars at intervals. Before the G5 road rises out of the valley, turn down/R, to the stream, cross it diagonally and continue on G2 path becoming G4, then G5 track. Past a muddy pool, cross back over the stream and continues on the W bank to the main road. Turn R, climb the hill and turn the bend; after 500m, turn L onto a G2-G3 stony old road, which runs downhill parallel to and below the tarmac road. Turn sharp L and descend the hill to the valley bottom, where there is a wide, dry stream bed (3324). Turn R along the stream bed in valley bottom, and follow the marked path to the village of Sevinçbey. Here, re-cross the stream, then re-cross again at a concrete bridge to turn L on road and cross the two bridges in the village. Turn R along the stream for 100m and after the last house, turn R to cross the road and follow a G4 track with a large irrigation pipe on the L side. Continue to the railway line; turn R through a cutting, under a road bridge, around a bend, across the beautiful old viaduct with views over the lake and to the old, deserted station in Eğirdir.

P 129 – 3.4 Eğirdir to Bedre Beach Park
Not re-marked.

P 131 – 3.5 Bedre Beach park to Barla village
Re-waymarked April 2010, lake levels ok

P 132 – 3.5 Bedre Beach park to Barla village – stream bed route slightly changed to avoid aggressive dogs. It enters the stream bed lower down, closer to the graveyard W of Bedre.

P 132 to end
Entirely re-waymarked April 2010. 

P 139 – 3.6 Barla to Dikmen Çiftliği - Boat Crossing
The owner of the fish farm near the exit to the road at Dikmen Ciftligi will organize your boat crossing. His wife will also feed you while you're waiting

P 140 – 3.7 Kemerdamları to Eyüpler – beware of the dogs.
A group of trekkers were attacked by four dogs near the shepherds’ encampment about 20 minutes after leaving Kemerdamları village. Although nobody was hurt, the attack lasted 20 minutes, and the dogs refused to back-off despite dog dazers and sticks. Be on your guard, pick up a handful of stones to throw at the dogs, and have a stick/walking pole handy.

P144 – Eyüpler to Sücüllü
Reroute past a Neolithic hoyuk due for excavation. At the pool, continue straight/uphill on G5 track. At a pond bear R onto narrower track then keep L into open country. Follow G5 track over a hill to the village of Cifteler; on the approach fork R. Turn L at the graveyard, R in front of the mosque then L and R and walk downhill through willows to the main road. Cross it onto a G5 track rising through fences, gates and new pomegranate orchards. Continue beyond the gates to a spring and just beyond, a Neolithic settlement hoyuk called Tekne Pınar Hoyuk. At the spring, turn R/E down tree-lined G5 track towards a new dam. Turn R, cross a small bridge and continue along field edges to the concrete outflow channel. Follow this down to a bridge across the stream. Climb the far side and turn up the lake bank. Cross a gully and regain the drowned track. Turn R/NE on G5 track, pass a spring and walk over a pass. Cross the Terziler road and continue to the hilltop where the old route merges from the R. Continue downhill past a large spring to Sücüllü.

Please report any other problems to us. We know the first walkers are on the trail now.
Good luck.