Termessos - Kursunlu Tour with lunch
We transfers you from your hotels to meeting point Meet with your Tour guide and Sightseeings:
You will be met at Antalya harbour, Antalya Airport or at your Hotel. After collect all clients we will drive to visit Termessos was built by the Solymians in a strategic position on the shipping route to the Aegean. The Greek historian Arrian said of the location that " the two cliffs make a sort of natural gateway so that quite a small force can, by holding the high ground, prevent an enemy from getting through" The city's formidable natural defences conviced Alexander the Great not to attempt to take the city during the 4th century BC.Termessos is perhaps the most interesting ancient city in Antalya region. It is a Psidian city built at a height of 1050 meters in the Taurus Mountains. Termessos constitutes an unusual synthesis of a large number of rare plants and animal species,which are under protection in the Termessos National Park. When turning off the Antalya to Burdur highway (11km) in the direction of Korkuteli, the Termessos signpost will be seen 14 km. further on, and Termess a further 9 km. A visit to this site requires time and the stamina to walk uphill, because Termessos is built entirely on a mountainous area difficult to access. The inhabitants of Termessos were known as the Solyms but unlike those of other cities of the time they did not come from the sea and were entirely of Anatolian origin. What is known of their history commences principally at the time that Alexander the Great surrounded the city in 333 B.C., which he likened to an eagle's nest and failed finally abandoned in the 5th century A.D. Some of the remains found there are the walls, the Hadrian's triumphal arch, the cisterns, the theater, the gymnasium, the agora, the odeon and the heroon. Among tombs which are scattered far and wide can be seen those of Alcates, Agatemeros and the Lion decorated sarcophagi, which are extraordinary. Termessos lies in Gulluk Dag National Park,which includes an area for breding wild goats and deer, and may be last refuge of Anatolian Iynk. The area is also known for its butterflies.
After a delicious Lunch we will continue to see province of Antalya, Turkey. The waterfall, formed by the Duden River (one of Anatolia), is located 12 km north-east of Antalya; which ends, where the limpid waters of the Lower Duden Falls drop off a rocky cliff directly into the Mediterranean Sea in a dazzling show. We transfer you to Yacht Harbour, Airport or your hotel in Antalya. End of tour and our services. (L)
OPTIONEL TOURS: (Extra Paying Tours): If requested from us we can arrange extension overstay in your hotel and can offers below extra Tours:
- Turkish Hammam Tour
- Turkish Night Tour
- Beskonak Rafting Tour
- Daily Kemer - Phaselis Boat Cruises
- Eco - Village Life Tour
- Perge - Side - Aspendos Tours
- Old City (Marina) Walking Tour
- ATV Tour
- Phaselis - Termessos Tours
- Kemer or Alanya Jeep Safari Tour
- Demre (Myra) St. Nicholas Church Visits
- Horse Riding - Ranch Tours
- Incentives large groups - theme Tours
- Honeymoon couple Tours
- 1- 2- 3 Days Pamukkale Thermal Tours
- 2- 3- 4 days Cappadocia private Tours
- Roundtrip (By plane) Istanbul Tours
- Roundtrip (By plane) Ephesus Tours
- Roundtrip (By plane) Cappadocia Tours
- Olympos - Fethiye 4 Days Charter Cruises
- Antalya/Kemer Kekova 8 Days Blue Voyage Cruises |
