Turkey Tourism Guide - Mosques, Historical Places, Towers, Castles

Caves of Turkey - Karaca Cave / Gümüşhane
Ballica Magarasi (Ballica Cave) is located high on the slopes of Mount Akdag (1,915m asl). The location is rather remote, and so it never was a popular vacation spot. The cave is known since Roman times.
Ballica Cave is located in a small patch of marble, unbedded but faulted […]

Caves of Turkey - Karaca Cave / Gümüşhane
Karaca Magarasi is known since ancient times, the entrance area was used as a natural shelter by ancient man. The area around the cave consists of 1000m thick andezitic and basaltic lavas, tufas and agglomerates. In between this volcanic rocks lie some small patches of sedimentary rocks of […]

Caves of Turkey - Kaklık Cave / Denizli
The cave entrance of Kaklik Magarasi (Kaklik Cave) is a huge doline, between 11 and 13m in diameter and 10m deep. This collapse of the roof of a part of the cave allowes to enter the cave. Inside are numerous rimstone pools, glimmering white and often compared to […]

Caves of Turkey - Zeytintaşı Cave / Antalya
Zeytintaşi Magarasi has two levels, the upper level is 136m long and the lower level is 98m long. It formed in Jurassic and Cretacious limestones of the Zeytintaşi hill, which it is was named after. This patch of limestone has only a very small extend and is surrounded […]

Caves of Turkey - Karain Cave / Antalya
This cave is famous for the numerous paleolithic remains found here, some dated to be 160,000 years old. Beneath human remains, the bones of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) and horses were discovered. Most of the finds are about 50,000 years old, when the cave was used as a […]

Caves of Turkey - Dim Cave / Antalya
Dim Magarasi (Dim Cave) is located on the slopes of Cebel Reis (1691m asl) at an altitude of 232m asl. It overlooks the Dim valley, which it is named after. Located only 11km from the popular tourism center of Alanya, it obtains an increasing popularity.
This cave is a […]

Caves of Turkey - Damlataş Cave / Antalya
During blasting work for the construction of Alanya Harbour in 1948, engineers found the Damlatas cave. Today the cave is one of the town’s most popular attractions. The cave has a constant temperature of 22-23 degrees Celsius and humidity level of more than 90 %. There are also […]

Caves of Turkey - Heaven and Hell Pits /Mersin
Cennet Cehennem (Heaven and Hell) are two dolines, located very closely, near the small fishing village Narlıkuyu. They are cultic places since prehistoric times.
The Greek believed this to be the place where the giant Typhon lived, who was killed by Zeus, with the help of Pan and […]