Cave Beldibi
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At 25 kilometers from Antalya city center and close to the Turkish resort of Kemer Olympos National Park - Bedaglary. Its long and narrow plain stretches from Cape Race to Cape Akyar. In the east of the park mountain sharply down to the sea and are rocky cliffs. It is in this park is a famous cave Beldibi distant from Kemer to a distance of 16 kilometers. It attracts tourists with its rock paintings and a beautiful waterfall.

Not far away, right in the Rocky Mountains, it is the source of the small river Beldibi, which gave its name to the nearby village. The river is only four kilometers away. A small urban village Beldibi stretched a narrow strip at a distance of six kilometers. In fact, it is a long street, consisting of hotels, shopping halls, bars and small restaurants. The indigenous population of the village a few. Beldibi is famous for its citrus orchards, picnic grounds, tourist facilities with paths for walking and pristine pebble beaches.

A visit to the caves of Beldibi is genuine interest among tourists in nearby cities tourists. The cave is located at the foot of the mountains of sandstone, which extend into the sea and consists of two parts. It is a real historical value and, according to historians, was used during the time of the Paleolithic. The truth is the most beautiful place in the cave belong to the Mesolithic. This historic artifact was first discovered in 1956 by E. Bostanzhi but excavations here began only three years later.

The cave is six cultural layers: the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, the transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic, 4th, 5th and 6th layers belong to the Paleolithic era. On the walls there are also schematic drawings of man, a shaman, mountain goats and deer hunting scenes, figures depicting a mother-goddess, divided into 4 sections points. Pictures were performed paint made of a natural oxide of iron and manganese. Here were found fragments of plates and jugs, small tools, carved out of stone and bone. Most of these archaeological finds are stored in the museum of Antalya.

The cave is located at an altitude of twenty-five meters above sea level and has a vaulted shape. This place is located among pine forests, primitive hunters of the Paleolithic and Neolithic times was used as a shelter or home. On the walls of the cave there are pointers to the direction toward the waterfall. To reach it even have to cross a shallow but fairly wide mountain river. Waterfall also thank you with its beauty for the obstacles that had to be overcome, reaching for him.

From natural attractions located near the cave Geynyuksky canyon of the historical - the ruins of the ancient settlement of Phaselis, surrounded by picturesque pine forests that even on the hottest days and cloudless give people cool and a welcome breeze.

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