Post by yenilira on Oct 20, 2011 0:40:20 GMT 1
Not many visitors or tourists to Alanya have heard, or know of, the 'local beauty spot' that is Dim Çayý.
After all, we want to keep it to ourselves, don't we?
Seriously, it can be one of the best restful days of your holiday, I can assure you, especially if, like me, you're not a 'beach type'.
Dim Çayý river originates in the Konya highlands and flows south 200 km before it empties into the Mediterranean Sea east of Alanya. The river played an important role in economic development that Alanya underwent in the '40s, when the many banana plantations were started. It was with the water from the river that the DimCay plantations were irrigated.
Even today, when it is no longer farming and banana cultivation, which is the main industry in the Alanya area, the river plays an important role in the city. Along the river there are now countless restaurants that are located in the river itself.
Here, one can spend the entire day on the (tied-up) rafts or pontoons in idyllic contemplation of the world as it passes by, just relaxing, or go for a swim, or paddle, or watch others cavorting in the sometimes temperate waters. Finish off that book you started on the plane coming in, even.
Meals are also served at the various raft sites, of which there are a fair number, the more well known ones being Kemer 12, Restaurant Dimcay, Pinarbaþi is very popular, Ada Piknik, Göl and Beyaz Saray also very good.
One can spend the whole day there, from having breakfast, through lunch, to the evening meal, all aboard your 'raft'.
“Eat, drink, and relax” is the motto here.
www.holidaycheck.com/things_to_do-holiday-pictures_Restaurant+Dimcay-ch_ub-zid_2867.html?action=detail&mediaId=1158258273&mediaOrder=4
The restaurants by Dim Çayý all breed trout, which are then served fresh. Especially in the hot summer months when temperatures approaching 40 degrees, the river and the many nice restaurants are a popular place - not just for tourists, but equally also for the locals who do not like to bask on the beaches .
About 5 km from the mouth of the river is the dam, built three years ago.
The dam does not only supply Alanya with drinking water but also solves the problem of the insufficient and unstable supply of electricity.
Don't forget, we have, on average, at least one electricity cut-out per week.
(Thank heavens for the generator at our apartment block.)
It is located in Kestel, only 8 km from Alanya city centre just off the southbound D400 to Mersin and there's a half-hourly bus from Centrum (Alanya town centre bus station) which goes along the prom road.
To finish the day off, why not also visit Dim Maðarasý a short distance further up the river.
www.dimcave.com.tr/english/magara_eng.htm
(click on 'photo gallery' on left hand side to see more).
This season 'tis be o'er,
but there'll always be another year.
YL.
After all, we want to keep it to ourselves, don't we?
Seriously, it can be one of the best restful days of your holiday, I can assure you, especially if, like me, you're not a 'beach type'.
Dim Çayý river originates in the Konya highlands and flows south 200 km before it empties into the Mediterranean Sea east of Alanya. The river played an important role in economic development that Alanya underwent in the '40s, when the many banana plantations were started. It was with the water from the river that the DimCay plantations were irrigated.
Even today, when it is no longer farming and banana cultivation, which is the main industry in the Alanya area, the river plays an important role in the city. Along the river there are now countless restaurants that are located in the river itself.
Here, one can spend the entire day on the (tied-up) rafts or pontoons in idyllic contemplation of the world as it passes by, just relaxing, or go for a swim, or paddle, or watch others cavorting in the sometimes temperate waters. Finish off that book you started on the plane coming in, even.
Meals are also served at the various raft sites, of which there are a fair number, the more well known ones being Kemer 12, Restaurant Dimcay, Pinarbaþi is very popular, Ada Piknik, Göl and Beyaz Saray also very good.
One can spend the whole day there, from having breakfast, through lunch, to the evening meal, all aboard your 'raft'.
“Eat, drink, and relax” is the motto here.
www.holidaycheck.com/things_to_do-holiday-pictures_Restaurant+Dimcay-ch_ub-zid_2867.html?action=detail&mediaId=1158258273&mediaOrder=4
The restaurants by Dim Çayý all breed trout, which are then served fresh. Especially in the hot summer months when temperatures approaching 40 degrees, the river and the many nice restaurants are a popular place - not just for tourists, but equally also for the locals who do not like to bask on the beaches .
About 5 km from the mouth of the river is the dam, built three years ago.
The dam does not only supply Alanya with drinking water but also solves the problem of the insufficient and unstable supply of electricity.
Don't forget, we have, on average, at least one electricity cut-out per week.
(Thank heavens for the generator at our apartment block.)
It is located in Kestel, only 8 km from Alanya city centre just off the southbound D400 to Mersin and there's a half-hourly bus from Centrum (Alanya town centre bus station) which goes along the prom road.
To finish the day off, why not also visit Dim Maðarasý a short distance further up the river.
www.dimcave.com.tr/english/magara_eng.htm
(click on 'photo gallery' on left hand side to see more).
This season 'tis be o'er,
but there'll always be another year.
YL.