NATURAL

YANARTAŞ (CHİMAERA )

Yanartaş, se sittue aux côtes de la plage de Çıralı Olympos environ 300 m. de hauteur. Chiemera est une ville antique, le feu qui est en flammes et qui ne s’est éteint jamais depuis la période antique, cette flamme se forme d’une source de gaz naturel en sortant par des fêlures au surface. Cette flamme était très forte, à la longue elle s’est transformée en petites flammes mais nombreux. C’est impressionnante de regarder pendant la soirée ces flammes mais qui sont très vagues dans la matinée. Vous pouvez atteindre à la colline où ces pierres en feu se trouvent après avoir marché pendant 20 minutes dès l’entrée d’Ören…


Upon the time there had been a  legendary nice guy Bellerophontes, living in Argos,Greek. Since he was desiring the flying horse Pegasus ,he had run after it many days but he couldnt. One day in his dream the Gods had told him how to catch the horse. And like they had told him,he cought the horse while it was drinking with the golden bit. One day Bellerophontes kills someone by mistake and leaves Argos and took refuge in the Tıryns King’s Palace. Then the  Queen fells in love with the guy in a very short time. She asks him for a relation. But Bellerophontes refuses her offer since he is a guest and doesnt want to betray the owner of the palace. After this the Queen wants to take a revenge by lying the King with telling that he wanted have her. The King gets annoyed but doesnt want to kill him and sends him to his father-in-law with a letter. Bellerophontes reaches Lykia.The King meets him near the Xanthos river and hosts him 9days. On the 9th day he opens the letter and understand that he has to be killed. But he can’t do this and wants Khimaira to do this. Khimaira is a creative which is in front a lion and in back is snake and has a  body as a goat and sprays flames from its mouth. Bellerophontes with the Gods’ wishes and help of Pegasos kills the Khimaira. As far as the King gives Bellerophontes very very hard stuff to do ,he could succeed all of them . After this the King believes that he has came from a God Race and he gives his daughter him as a wife with many gifts beside. Bellerophontes comes from the Poseidon Race .

From this marrige they had three children.Daughter Laodameia had relation with Zeus and Sarpedon takes birth from this and becomes the King of Lykia when he grows up.Then he enters the Troya Battle. There he gets angry to people escaping from the battle and says that he had came from a far way to fight and he has been killed by Patroklos who was fighting with Akhilleus weapons. Before he gives his last breath he gives his place to Glaukos and then he dies.Zeus orders Apollon to bring his son’s death to Lykia. Chimarea who has taken birth from the relation of underground creatives Typon and Ekhidna ,used to live in the mountain called Cirali  and Yanartaş and can be seen from Olympos.  When Bellerophontes has killed the Chimarea,it was still spraying flames from its mouth while giving the last breath…!! How many times in a life u can have the chance to visit such a legendary place,ask yourself please..!

  • PHASELİS
  •  Phaselis which is in Tekirova ,is 27km away from Cirali and stands on the foot of Tahtalı Mountain 15km South of Kemer.

  • The city was built in B.C. VII.century by the Rodos people. For a long period it was LIKYA’s most important harbour.Phaselis has three harbours.North port,Battle port or Protected port and the Sun port.Most important one is on the South. On the middle of the city there is 25m wide and 200m long road. On the South end of this road there is the Hadrian Water Way Door. On both sides of the road there are walking ways and shops. And other things are Bath,Agora and Theater for public usage. It is said that those building were used until the  I.and II.centuries B.C. Between the city center and the settlement place located on the 70m heigh plateau ,there are water pipelines.
     
  • OLYMPOS
  • Olympos qui est l’une des villes de port très importante de L’Antique Likya, a été le sujet à la mithologie pendant toute l’histoire. Grâce à sa position avantageux c’est l’abri des pirates, aujourd’hui elle est très connu dans le monde entier grâce à ses valeurs historiques, son rivage magnifique de 3200 m., ses plantes endemiques,ses tortues de mer, la nature grandiose de chimaira qui donne le permet aux activités sportives et son histoire…,La ville Antique d’Olympos est fondée dans le période Hellenistique. Le bain, L’Agora,la porte du sanctuaire, le theatre ont réussi à  vivre jusaq’au nos jours. Elle est devenue l’une des six villes qui a le droit des trois vôtes et elle est aussi devenue le meneur avant Jésus 100. Au même époque les pirates ont fréquenté Olimpos est c’est devenue une ville où les pirates vivent. Après le commandant Servilius Isaurieus a chassé les pirates d’Olympos et il a inclus ces terres à Rôme, il est devenue très célèbre avec la religion de Hephaitos qui est le dieu de fer à Çıralı.   Malgré que c’est un pays riche et comfort, à la fin des envahies continuelles des pirates elle est devenue une ville faible et pauvre.

  • Antique Olmpos was built in the Helenistik Period. Hamam(bath),Agora,Mabed Kapısı(Temple Door),Theater are the places could stand on until today. . B.C.100 it was a leading city and had 3voting right which made it one of six cities..B.C. 1.century the pirates haunted the city and the place became their house..Later Servilius Isaurieus  the commander of Roma,had banished the pirates and cleaned the city and added to Roma’s soils.The Ironmonger God Statue in Cirali has a big fame as well.Although the city was so rich and in comfort,because of the pirates’ attackes the city became so poor and had to keep on poor by the time.