40 km after the centrum of Antalya one arrives at Kemer. 251 species of flowers are grown in the area. according to mythological accounts, Abihayat/Bengisu, that is, the spring of immortality water, should be somewhere in the sea section of the cape into which Agva creek at the south-western end of the Kemer bay flows. the area was called Abaawa, that is "sacred water spring" by the Luwians. The name of the city, situated in the ancient Pamphylia, was later changed into "Idyros". According to the Luwian myth, Adra/Toro/Toros, the bull-headed chief god and symbol of masculinity, drinks of the sacred immortality water at the shore where Mount Calis steeply plunges into the sea and becomes immortal. Luwians, based on this myth, build the sacred Temple "Adrawana" meaning the country of Adra. Upon the overflowing of the Creek Agva the Temple of Adra remained under alluvial deposits. The plains of Kemer and Agva where the temple was located completely turned into a swamp and were abandoned to mosquitoes in time. It was rebuilt by Teke Yoruks during the 1800s and the yoruks coming from the Taurus tablelands in 1916-19117. In order to protect the village a stone wall was built on the slopes of the Mount Kizilcik. This wall was compared to an arch and hence the name kemer (Arch). In Kemer which became a municpality in 1992 the agriculture and tourism potential developed at a great pace. The Yoruk Park daytime facilities and restaurats, with the ethnographic characteristics of yoruk lifestyle, on the Kemer Ayisigi Bay are well worth a visit. kemer is major tourism centre with its worldwide-renowned touristic facilities. Beycik Hill in kemer, Thanks to its low humidity and cool air and the facilities and villas built amidst its natural beauties, has turned into a mountain resort. Since 2000 "Anatolian Rally" is organised as a sportive safari activity on the tablelands of kemer and recorded in the world Rally Championship under the name "Rally of Turkey". Additionally, "Golden Pomegranate Tourism Carnival" and "Yesilyayla Oil Wrestling Matches" are organized.
Furthermore, hiking tours are carried out amidst the natural beauties on the routes of Kemer-Kuzdere-Karataslar-Sapandere-Aslanbucak. Kemer-Agva Cape provides excellent for underwater diving. In brief, Kemer, Which was set up by the spring of immortality, opens today the doors of its touristic facilities built to high standards for tourists from all over the world, offers means of shopping and grants everlasting memories to them through magnificent excursions into nature.
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