About Kemer
Kemer only 42 km. south of Antalya, is an important tourism center with many hotels with a large capacity, holiday village and modern marina.
The name has been given to the city of Turkish word for belt, due to the fact that the river that flows through the Kemer, looks like a belt.
Only 20 years ago, it was charming Mediterranean village with two to three story houses lost among orange groves, facing the pine forest of the Toros Mountains.
With the advent of tourism, the country changed rapidly. Three story buildings mushroomed in Kemer. Some of these buildings are hotels, other are businesses.
All kinds of international products are sold in the ground floor shops of the town. Tourism dominates Kemer. In the cool evening hours, the town's streets bustle with visitors and local alike, whose mill about the shops and coffeehouses.
Tables are set into the sidewalks. Shops are alive selling everything from souvenirs and trinkets to carpets. Bars and nightclubs, where mostly one or two entertainers perform, come to life.
The most attractive characteristic of Kemer is its natural beauty, with many parks, and orange trees can be found everywhere..
Between Moonlight Beach (which has the attractive Blue Flag from EU for clean water) and the center, there is a large recreation ground with restaurants, small shops, theatre scene, water park and pool for the display of dolphins.
With its big pine trees, you can search shadow here as it is hot, and you're still be close to the beach. The beach has fine sand and you will find a variety of water activities.
Phaselis was an ancient Greek and Roman city on the coast of Lycia. Its ruins are located north of the modern town Tekirova in the Kemer district of Antalya Province in Turkey. It lies between the Bey Mountains and the forests of Olympos National Park, 16 km west of the tourist town of Kemer and on the 57th kilometre of the Antalya–Kumluca highway. Phaselis and other ancient towns around the shore can also be accessed from the sea by daily yacht tours.
Phaselis has three harbours: the 'Northern Harbour', the 'Battle Harbour' and the 'Protected (Sun) Harbour', of which the last is the most important today. A 24-metre-wide ancient street runs through the middle of the city. The 'Hadrian Waterway Gate' is on the southern part of the street. There are ruins of shops and stores on the sides of the street and near these are ruins of public places such as Roman baths, agoras and theatres. These structures are dated to the 2nd century BC. There are water canals between the town centre and the 70 m plateau. There are also numerous sarcophagi.
The second beach is made up of roll pebbles, where it is water is deeper.
Between the 2 beaches is the marina where you will find boats from all over Europe.
Every Monday's and Tuesday's it's Market in Kemer where local people are shopping for next week's consumption of vegetables and other necessities, and you simply must get to experience the market's.
Attractions:
Surrounding Kemer, there are 3 places worth a visit, if you are interested in living history.
Phaselis, which was founded in the 4th. century BC and Olympos with the city, the beach and Mount Olympus Chimera with the eternal flame. In both places you'll find ruins from Byzantium and the Romans.
Attractions:
Surrounding Kemer, there are 3 places worth a visit, if you are interested in living history.
Phaselis, which was founded in the 4th. century BC and Olympos with the city, the beach and Mount Olympus Chimera with the eternal flame. In both places you'll find ruins from Byzantium and the Romans.