Cave Beldibi Photo: Cave Beldibi

25 km from Antalya city centre and close to the Turkish resort of Kemer is the national Park of Olympos - Badagary. Its long and narrow plain stretches from Cape Flight to Cape ACIAR. In the East of the Park mountains sharply down to the sea and represent the rocky cliffs. It is in this Park is the famous cave Beldibi, remote from Kemer, at a distance of 16 kilometers. It beckons tourists with its rock paintings and a beautiful waterfall.

Not far from her, right in the rocky mountains, is the source of a small river Beldibi, which gave its name to the nearby village. The length of the river is only four kilometers. Small urban-type settlement Beldibi stretched a narrow strip to a distance of six kilometers. In fact, it is a long street, consisting of hotels, retail pavilions, bars and small restaurants. The indigenous population of the small village. Beldibi is famous for its citrus orchards, picnic areas, tourist facilities with paths for walking and pebble beaches.

Visit the cave Beldibi is a genuine interest among the tourists in nearby towns tourists. The cave is located at the foot of Sandstone that extend into the sea and consists of two parts. She is a real historical value and, according to historians, was used in Paleolithic times. Really the most beautiful places in the cave belong to the Mesolithic era. This historic artifact was first discovered in 1956 E. Bostanci, but excavations here began only three years later.

In the cave there are six cultural layers: the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, the transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic, 4th, 5th and 6th layers belong to the Paleolithic era. On the walls there are schematic drawings of a man, shaman, mountain goats and deer, hunting scenes, figures depicting the mother goddess, is divided into 4 sections points. The pictures were made with dyes made from oxide of manganese and natural iron. Here were found fragments of plates and jugs, small instruments, carved from stone and bone. The majority of these archaeological finds are kept in the museums of Antalya.

The cave is situated at a height of twenty-five metres above sea level and has a vaulted shape. This place, situated amidst pine forests, primitive hunters of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic used as a shelter or dwelling. On the walls of the cave there are pointers to the direction in the direction of the waterfall. To reach it even have to cross a shallow but fairly wide mountain river. The waterfall will reward You with its beauty for the obstacles that had to overcome getting to him.

From natural attractions near the cave is located Gamucci canyon, from historical ruins of the ancient settlement of Phaselis, surrounded by beautiful pine forests, which even in the hot and cloudless days give people cool and a welcome breath of wind.

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