Edens of Turkey

Mediterranean Region TURKEY

Pamukkale (türkisch für Baumwollfestung) ist ein Dorf nahe der Stadt der Türkei Denizli im Südwest. Seinen Namen erhielt der Ort durch die beeindruckend Kalksinterterrassen, über die durch Jahrtausend kalkhaltige Thermalquellen entstanden sind und heute eine Touristenattraktion darstellen. Die Terrassen stehen auf der Liste des Weltkulturerbe der Unesco.

Myra is an ancient city in Lycia, now Turkey. The place is now called Demre (formerly Kale). Myra is known as a place of pilgrimage because of the then-born Nicholas of Myra (* 280/286 in Patara in Lycia; † 345/351).
History
Myra was since 6 Century BC, one of the six largest cities in the Lycian Federation. […]

Kaş is a city in the Turkish province of Antalya and district capital of the same district Kaş.
The town has about 10,000 residents and is wedged between the foothills of the AkDag Mountains (3080m) in the sea about 180 km southwest of Antalya.

Patara was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast Lykiens in today’s Turkey.
Meaning
Patara was regarded as one of the most important cities Lykiens and the most important port of this landscape. Under the name Pttara the city was probably a Lycian creation, although a later Greek tradition on Pataros, a son Apollo, zurückführte. Apollon […]

Marmaris is a coastal city in the Muğla Province in the southwestern part of Turkey. It has approximately 31,000 inhabitants (2002) and is dominated by tourism.

History
The town’s name means Four hanged architects. This name comes from the origins of her formative castle. The then Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent commanded 1522, after his victory over […]