Phaselis Ancient City and Bay
Phaselis Ancient City and Bay have become popular for historical value as well as natural beauty. Ancient city is approximately 12 km away from Kemer. This city has been found in 7th century BC by Lycians and this city has been rules by various civilisations as well as pirates. Almost all city has been excavated including 3 ports. After visiting this city, you can eat in picnic areas and enjoy the sea in one of the best beaches of Mediterranean. You can swim in 3 bays and beaches in this ancient city.
Since Phaselis is surrounded by pine forests, this region is cool even in the hottest days of summer. In this sense, you can easily visit the ancient city and enjoy the nature around you. Also, Phaselis beach is amazing.
Beldibi Cave
Beldibi Cave is 25-meter above sea and it is a cave under rocks near the beach. This cave is located around Oba village that is at the Çambağ exit of Antalya – Kemer coastal road.
Today, since cave has been damaged due to natural causes, rainwater and wind carried all fill layers.
Excavation in Beldibi Cave found six layers containing Mesolithic culture and fire stone tools from Upper Palaeolithic Era and Mesolithic era was found.
On the walls of under rock shelters, schematised human, mountain goat and deer pictures were found.
Olympos Ancient City
Olympos ancient city has two entrances: one entrance is from seaside and the other one is from land side. Olypmos ancient city is at the end of the beach 3.5 km away from Çıralı. When you start to visit this ancient city from seaside which is the south entrance, you can see Acropolis and mausoleum on the steep hills on the right hand side. There is water in almost every corner of Olympos and it is possible to see various historical artefacts in this area. If you are visiting from seaside, there is a stream ben on the left hand side as well as a historical bridge from ancient periods. On the opposite side of the river, there is a basilica from Byzantine period.
Olympos Beach
Olympos has a beautiful beach. Short beach is full of holidaymakers who wants to sunbath and swim. Olympos beach and sea offers beautiful opportunities to holidaymakers. You can sunbath in Olympos beach and enjoy crystal clear sea. Olypmos beach connects with famous Çıralı beach.
Çıralı
Right next to Olympos, Çıralı, as an important holiday place is worth seeing with natural beauties, orange tree gardens and 3.5 km long beach.
Yanartaş (Chimera)
Again, famous Yanartaş region that is located at 230 meter near Olympos is worth visiting with flaming gases between rocks. Here, fire raising between rocks is linked with a flame-breathing beast in ancient ages. You can reach to Yanartaş from Çıralı after 30 minutes nature walk.
Tahtalı Mountain and Olympos Cable
Tahtalı Mountain inside Beydağları National Park as one of the most popular places to visit in Kemer is located at Kemer coastline. This place is the highest point of the region with 2365 meter. Tahtalı Mountain is one of the popular travel point in Turkey. You can take the cable from Olympos to Tahtalı Mountain and enjoy this amazing view from here.
Olympos Cable is the second longest cable of the world and longest cable in Europe. This cable connected Mediterranean and 2365 meter high Tahtalı Mountain. You will see Tahtalı Mountain with “Sea to Sky” slogan in Kemer and you can reach this mountain in approximately 10 minutes from Olypmos.
When you reach Tahtalı Mountain, you will witness and extraordinary view. Here, you can watch sunrise, enjoy clean air with amazing views and rest for the day. Also, there are closed and open restaurants, wedding, meeting halls with 200-people capacity, Shakespeare Mountain Bistro, paragliding, sunbathing and observation terrace with binoculars and amazing peak panorama on Tahtalı Mountain.
Üçoluk Highland
1500-meter high Üçoluk Highland is approximately 37 km away from Kemer and it is among one of the most beautiful natural beauties of Kemer. Also, this place is an ideal location for camp lovers. You can reach Üçoluk Highlands from Kemer by using 37 km long stabilised road between pine trees. Üçoluk Highlands is approximately 1500-meter high and this place has rich flora and fauna.
Yörük Park
Folkloric Yuruk Park is in Kemer centre behind Kemer yacht marina and this place is worth visiting with historical and authentic structure that shows Yuruk culture. Folkloric Yuruk Park is an open air museum on Küçükburun peninsula that offers folkloric music, special food and traditional appetizers in an authentic atmosphere. This is one of the leading places to visit in Kemer.
Göynük Canyon
Canyon is one of the most popular places to visit in Kemer. This place is amazing for nature lovers with splendid nature, trees, waterfalls and pools. Göynük Canyon is approximately 4 km away from Göynük which is a popular holiday resort in Kemer. Göynük Canyon has approximately 4.5 km stage. You can organise daily tours, enjoy nature walks and trekking and view natural beauties of this region.
Lycia road is accepted among top 10 trekking tracks. An important part of this road passes from Göynük Canyon. Additionally, Göynük Canyon is one of the most ideal camping and resting point in entire Lycia road. Individual or groups tours are organised for Göynük canton. Holidaymakers can spend enjoyable and adventurous moments with trekking, paintball and zip wire options.
Adrasan
Adrasan is near Kumluca that is approximately 50 km away from Kemer. This is one of the important and must-see holiday resorts in Kemer . You can reach Adrasan Village approximately 18 km after Olympos-Adrasan exit when you drive west from Kemer. Adrasan Bay is 4 km away after this village.
Adrasan Bay , has 2 km-long amazing beach. This bay is surrounded with pine trees. Adrasan is the most peaceful beach in this region. In Adrasan, air is cool during hot summer days. Also, you can fell extreme hots days of summer days less with wind blowing from sea until the afternoon and from land at night.
Kemer Beaches
Kemer centre and Kemer holiday resorts have numerous amazing bays and beaches. Kemer beaches offer the best options for travellers. You can spend a nice day on Kemer beaches or do water sports like parasailing, jet-ski and diving. Also, you can take one of the yacht tours to visit bays around this region.
Ayışığı beach in Kemer centre is the most popular beach in Kemer. Additionally, holiday resorts like Beldibi, Göynük, Tekirova, Çamyuva, Kiriş, Çıralı, Adrasan and Olympos beaches are amazing.
Paris 2 Shipwreck
Paris 2 Shipwreck offers an amazing option in Kemer if you love diving. This shipwreck is located at 33-meter depth and close to marina. This war ship was sunk by Cannonball Surgent Mustafa Ertuğrul during World War I is 50-meter long and 8-meter wide. This shipwreck was discovered by the divers in 1995 and it is now popular among underwater photographers. This region has been named as one of the best diving spots in the world by various international magazines.
Sırtlanini Cove
If you want to witness natural beauties, you can add Sırtlanini Cave to your places to see in Kemer. You can reach this cave from both Çamarası and Narlıgedik and it has horizontal 348 meter length. You can enter this underground structure from a narrow entrance. After entering to main hall, you can visits rooms side by side divided with wall-like columns.
Dolphinarium Kemer
Families with children can spend enjoyable moments in Dolphinarium. Shows organised in Kemer have dolphins and sealions raised by experts. In this theme park, you can participate to shows as audience and there are also events where you can feed these lovely living beings and swim with them.
Tekirova Ecological Natural Park
Tekirova Ecological Nature Park was opened in 2005 and this park is home to first flora-herpetofauna of the world on 40 bin m² area. Visitors can see reptiles and amphibious living beings in their natural habitat surrounded by plants. This thematic park founded under leadership of Selami Tomruk who has spent his life on this field of life and you can see different exotic bird species.
Seljuk Hunting Mansion
It is believed that Seljuk Hunting Mansion was built between 1230-1248 and it is located in forest area near Kemer exit of Antalya-Kumluca highway. This historical mansion is the only structure form Seljuk period in this region. Although time and unconscious application caused certain level of damage, it is possible to see the most successful examples of Turkish-Islamic art tradition today. When you visit this structure, you can visit seal of Solomon on the roof and hexagonal star embossed stone stairs which are the best preserved parts of this structure.
Idyros Ancient City
Ayışığı Cove is one of the most beautiful places to swim in Kemer. Idyros ancient city near this cove was found by excavations by Antalya Museum in 1976 and 1977. During these excavations, remaining from a church, city walls and smaller religious structure from Byzantine period has been found. These structures were mainly built parallel to coastline.