Location: Silifke
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The 10 Best Things to Do in Silifke, Turkey
Silifke (Greek: Σελεύκεια, Seleukeia, Latin: Seleucia ad Calycadnum) is a town and district in south-central Mersin Province, Turkey, 80 km (50 mi) west of the city of Mersin, on the west end of Çukurova.
Restaurants in Silifke
1. Caves of Heaven and Hell
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 150 reviews
Reviewed By Lanni_12 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Only short walk to reach Hell and it is a super huge hole in the ground, nothing special and easy. But difficult, ups-and-down, slippery, dark cave, but worthy because the Heaven cave was located in deep valley where we could find also old small church and a river under ground. The way to reach Heaven is so rich of vegetation and kind-of-forest full of trees. Good as a wake up call that I need to exercise more :-)
Sport comfortable shoes will be helpful.
2. Tarsus Waterfall
Overall Ratings
4 based on 150 reviews
Reviewed By Will J
Very pretty waterfall surrounded by cafes. It was quite busy on a Sunday, but no parking or entrance fee. Nice place to stop for tea or ice cream.
3. Narlikuyu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By kozin58 - Toronto, Canada
Narlıkuyu is a part of ancient Roman Cilicia. It is 21 km eastbound of Silifke and 77 km westbound of Mersin. You can visit the small mosaic museum and Heaven and Hell chasms (Cennet-Cehennem) and the Asthma Cave, as well, all located very near each other. Don't forget to have a lunch or dinner if you like seafood if you are not a budget traveller.
4. Kanlidivane
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By Bob S - Westerville, Ohio, United States
very cheap to visit, ruins in good shape, the crowds are few. kiz kalesi is very close and a good place to stay. Hantur hotel is great at kiz kalesi, right on the beach, but it has no pool, but service is great and rooms clean.
5. Mersin Marina
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 367 reviews
Reviewed By foodgemini - Beirut, Lebanon
mersin marina is one of the best places to visit in Mersin day or night …best restaurants of all types are available in one area so you have a wide choice .. big chef restaurant is found there too where you can feed the fish in the marina water from your tables … nice shopping center available ..migros supermarket and wide choice of cafes are operating all day long …
The marina is the main attraction in Mersin and must go there ….
6. Taskuyu Cave
7. Kiz Castle
Overall Ratings
4 based on 111 reviews
Reviewed By 1alwaystraveling - Richmond, Virginia
First, Kizkalesi Castle is the one off the coast. The Mainland one they call Korykos Castle, but both are a stones throw away from each other. Just an absolutely beautiful place, with such history and ancient engineering mastery. Over 2000 years old, and still standing. Unfortunately the Turkish gov't has not put enough efforts into preserving such a grand monument to the past. The walls are mostly still standing and showing their might and craftsmanship. Two sides of the main castle run along the Mediterranean Sea and the views from the arrow slits and windows of the castle are amazing. Walls of the armory are mostly together (believe it is on the north side, largest square building near one of the entrances that looks to have been carved to have a moat. But the beach side is very much showing its age, but has the best view of the castle built on a small island just 2000 meters off the shore line just south. They light the both Castles up at night which is a memorizing effect To tour the main castle, it is $5 local, or about $1.65 US, or just about one Euro. Great way to spend an afternoon thinking of the muscle power and genius it took to build such a structure thousands of decades ago. All interior portions have unfortunately been demolished or have not stood the test of time.
8. Astim Cave
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By 1alwaystraveling - Richmond, Virginia
Based on Greek mythology, these two caves are locally known as Heaven and Hell Caves. Heaven you can hike down and there is a small temple like structure at the beginning of the entrance to the cave. The cave goes back about 1/5 a kilometer, and has amazing formations and color schemes. At some points it looks like parts of Raiders of the Lost Arc. Very cool hiking experience. But once inside the cave, because the temperature drops quite a bit, the humidity causes the steps to be extremely slippery, so be careful. In total, hiking all the way diem and back up amounts to probably a little more than a mile. Hell cave is just a sinkhole next to the larger Heaven sinkhole. You can't go down to it, but there is a place to look straight down it and observe which is nice.
9. Eshab-i Kehf Cave Mosque
Overall Ratings
4 based on 88 reviews
Reviewed By junior1907 - Istanbul
This is not a good option to visit during weekend,specially sundays,
if the weather is also fine,then it is very much better to stay away from this place due to extreme crowd making picnic all around the house.İf you have enough time,pls go and visit as early as possible.
10. Tisan Koyu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By YeicGeztoz - Turkey
Özel ve gezi teknelerinin denize girmek için demir atıp mola verdiği, günübirlikçilerin de tercih ettiği, tertemiz ve masmavi deniziyle bölgenin en güzel koylarından biri.
