Cilician Mountains Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
central part of the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. Despite the name, this rugged part of the ancient region of Cilicia also has an extensive coastline fronting the Mediterranean
About Cilician Mountains
Although nowhere near as widely visited as its western neighbour,Pamphylia, the Cilician Mountains has a lot to offer to every taste. For history lovers, it offers hundreds of castles, city ruins, temples, inns, and artifacts dating back to theRoman,Biblical,Crusade, Seljuq, andOttomanepochs. For nature lovers, it may mean mountains, mountains, and again mountains covered with pine forests. For green warriors, it holds the last shelters for the endangered Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus) and Mediterranean sea turtles (Caretta caretta). For sun and sea seekers, it has hundreds of miles of beaches, both sandy and pebbled, spared from pollution, and lying under perhaps one of the sunniest skies of Turkey and of Europe. Despite its close proximity to Turkey’s main touristic areas,
Cilician Mountains Travel Guide Sections
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