Nearby Points of Interest

• Belek is a relatively new resort of Antalya and Side. The region was once marshy area. It then began to plant olive trees. The trees need lots of water and soak the region over many many years formally dry. How could the country be built. The region is known for its golf courses up about 1 million square kilometers in size. Also here are of course all water sports represented. Whether water skiing parasailing wind surfing. In Belek there are many luxury hotels the guest of sport and recreation course spa offering everything. The areas around the town Belek such as Bogazkent are particularly suitable for tourists who want to have it quiet. Shopping malls and restaurants where you can find outside the resort usually does not.1. a length of 4350 meters the Tahtali Aerial Cableway is the longest cableway in Europe and the second longest worldwide. Despite enormous technical and physical challenges the project has progressed according to plan throughout the construction period. 2. From Alanya to Antalya and Konya from the Middle Ages to modern times caravans held at the Alara hostel. The caravanserai is authentically restored and there are evening events with the name of Turkish nights in them instead. Alara Castle was built in the Byzantine period in the outcome of the valley in an easterly direction on a 300 meter high hill. In the castle you can see secret exits which led to the Alara River. Today on the River Alara canoeing and rafting trips organized. The entire region is known for its famous banana cultivation. 3. Hamaxia the city in the village Elikesik 6 km northwest of Alanya is within the boundaries of the ancient Pamphylia region. Among the population it is known as Sinekkalesi. Strabo Geography of the famous ancient time tells about the city that they have a center of lumber for ship production and especially a city where there are particularly large cedar trees. It is believed that the city before the Roman period has been populated. Most are remnants from the Roman and Byzantine times. 4. The former name of the city in Luwian / Etruscan language was Korakassa or Karakassa what city edge meant. The ancient trade route from the interior of Anatolia to the Mediterranean via Kawana led along a river valley to the south and went into Korakesion has long been used. The actual development of the city was in the Byzantine era when the castle again had special significance. The walls were about 80 towers and 150 bastions. The facility is excellent for a nice trip into the past.