THE ANTIQUE CITY IS ON BOTH SIDES OF A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY. A SANDY BEACH IS FOUND WHERE THE TOWN AND THE VALLEY MEET THE SEA, INTO WHICH A MOUNTAIN STREAM FLOWS. AN HOURS WALK FROM OLYMPOS BRINGS YOU TO THE NATURAL PHENOMENON OF THE CHIMERA. KNOWN BY THE INHABITANTS AS THE BURNING MOUNTAIN, IT IS A RESULT OF ESCAPING NATURAL GAS, WHOSE FLAMES HAVE BEEN SHOOTING HEAVENWARDS FOR CENTURIES. THE PATH TO THE CHIMERA IS NARROW AND STEEP BUT IS WELL MARKED. (more…)
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Kemer - Chimera
Friday, April 11th, 2008Kemer - Phaselis
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Phaselis is an age-old Lycian city-limits in the arena of Antalya in Turkey. It is amid amid the Bey Mountains and the forests of Olympos National Park, 16 km west of the touristic boondocks of Kemer and on the 57th kilometre of the Antalya Kumluca highway. Phaselis and added age-old towns about the bank can aswell be accessed from the sea by circadian yacht tours. (more…)