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SIMENA HOLIDAY VILLAGE
About Antalya ...
The city of Antalya is built
on the rocks in 39 m altitude, in the shore of
Mediterranean in front of gulf that has the same name. The
first views of Antalya’s and the surrounding areas’,
are the lowlands which are in different sizes and take
place in the area from the sea side to the Taurus Mountain
Chain that the highest point is 3086 m. The land and the
sea reach each other in the beaches that are in many
kilometers length or in the precipitous rocky places. The
cheer cliffs, the precipices and especially the caves that
are near the coast which are between the Taurus Mountain
Chain add a different value to this area.
A lot of large and small rivers that fountain from the
south slope of the Taurus Mountains give fertility to the
lowlands and then reach the Mediterranean Sea. The water
of these rivers is limpid and clear and they create so
beautiful waterfalls during their way and at the point
that reach to the sea, that you can not see them anywhere
else.
Antalya has a rich natural plant cover also. In the sea
side you can find every tropical plant. The cactuses with
giant dimension that take place in some areas are one of
the first things that attract the new comers in Antalya.
If you go away from the sea side and come to the foot of
the Taurus Mountains you can see that the dominant plant
cover is the scrubs that are peculiar to Mediterranean
countries. After scrubs you can find healthy and thick
forests of every type of oak and pine trees. In the
lowlands, the cotton and sesame fields as well as the
orange, lemon and banana gardens add a distinct beauty to
the area.
In Antalya the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and
winter take place only in the calendars. As you can not
live winter here. In 1985 after 60 years in Antalya snowed
and hailed and this became an event for news. During
summer is warm and arid. On the other months the climate
is rainy and lukewarm. The average temperature is 18, 7°
C. 309, 5 day in a year is not rainy. It is very rare that
the temperature became below zero ° C. Regarding the
average of the last 40 years, the highest temperature is
44,6 ° C.
The average relative humidity in Antalya is %64 and the
temperature of sea water in January is 17,
6 ° C in April is 18, 0 ° C in August is 27, 7 ° C and
in October is 24, 5 ° C.
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