Tlos lies on the east side of the Xanthos valley atop an rocky outcrop that slopes up from a plateau from a modern village, but ends on the west, north and northeast in almost perpendicular cliffs.
Tlos lies on the east side of the Xanthos valley and is dominated by its acropolis. The rocky outcrop slopes up from a plateau from a modern village, but ends on the west, north and northeast in almost perpendicular cliffs.