Antalya - Turkey  ( Antalya Turkey Tours )

One Day Tour of of Termesos, Karian Cave, Kırkgoz Han Tour (Day Trip)
Tour Name : Antalya City Tour ( Daily )
Tour Depart : Every Day Depart
Time : 09:00 to 17:00
What to Visit :  Termesos, Karian Cave, Kırkgoz Han,
What is Included : Hotel pick up and drop off, guiding service, Lunch, Museum Tickets, Transportation 

Tour Itinerary

After we pick you up from your hotel we continue to Kekova .

TERMESSOS

The location of Termessos is the first thing that catches one off guard. Especially now that the greater majority of the world is living on flat land or at most on the skirts of the mountains. Termessos is on top of the mountain that is more than a 1,000 m. high. Yet it was an extensive city for its time. Tough people!!! Indeed they were. They are mostly known for confronting Alexander the Great: They took thirty Lycian cities on at once before Alexander’s time. They are also said to have kept their freedom from Rome as well. They made treaties on their own terms! When visiting the site, one can not help thinking how a city existed here. First we are met with the ‘Royal Road’; constructed either by carving the rock or with heavy boulders. Then we meet their watch towers/outposts, which they had many around the city. Then we see the outer walls and inner walls and finally we reach the city – after having climbed for forty five minutes! The gymnasium bath complex greets you in full existence.

KARA-IN CAVE

The cave is found inside the borders of Yağca Village which is at 5 - 6 km. distance to the old Antalya - Burdur highway, 30 km northwest of Antalya.

The Karain cave which is one of the greatest natural caves of Turkey, is 150 m high from the travertine valley in front, ve430-450 m. high from the sea.

The cave stands in the period of the beginning of the history of the mankind, as the cavern was continuously accommodated by early humans during the prehistoric and classic periods starting from lower Paleolithic, medium and high Paleolithic, Neolithic, Calcolithic and Ancient Bronze stages. As a natural result of this, the cavern contains a thick cultural layer which can be 11 meters. But the longest and most important accommodation period of the cave is relevant with the Paleolithic period.

The usage at the classical period is more likely as an Offering Cave(Temple) and there are Greek inscriptions and niches at the cave exterior walls and ceiling. The archeological findings discovered from the archeological excavations done inside Karain Cave are displayed at the Antalya Museum and at the Karain Museum which is just near the cave.