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Natural places of interest of Turkey

In Turkey assemblage of corners of the nature involving tourists from all world. And first of all it is Bosporus - dazzling, with what not a comparable show. This strait bordered with picturesque green shores, reminds the stately river. In an antiquity Bosporus named the eighth miracle of light. Still the Argonauts floating through this strait on the vessel (were directed behind a gold fleece), admired its beauty.

Anatoly can name the country of natural contrasts. Its central, intrinsic part - the isolated and uniform world of a plateau, hollows and elevations with boundless open spaces of dry steppes. Around - the mounts decomposed by gorges, in the north and the south abruptly lowered to the sea. At coast lowlands with sandy and galechnikovymi beaches are had. In Western Anatolys in 10  the km from a shore has placed picturesque small town Jalova. In him noise of riglets and hubbub of auks reigns. Argonauts considered, that in these places there live nymphs.

To the south JAlovy mounts Mudanja (1287 rise). At southern coast of sea of Marmara picturesque mounts Uludag were stretched. One of the most beautiful apexes - Keshish, named by the Mizijsky Olympus (2493 ). The river Simav abjoints all these chains of mounts and hollows from massive peninsula Biga (antique Troada).

the Most raised parts going on a bottom of sea of Marmara of mountain chains are formed by island Marmara and archipelago Prinkipo (Princes Islands). The nature of Princes Islands differs exclusive beauty. Surrounded by the azure sea, they are buried in verdure. Around high pines, magnificent gardens where rose-trees blossom, lilies, poppies, mimosas and a jasmin. Here it is a lot of beaches, hotels, restaurants and private country houses.

landscapes of Aegean sea which is flowing about the western shores of Turkey are not less unique also. The largest city of this region - Izmir.

the Small town Afon-Karahisar in the central part Western Anatolys is had at a foot of a huge rock. At its apex fortress Karahisar (the Black strong hold) has hidden. To the southeast from small town there is a Turkish country of loches. Here there are also fresh loches (Egridir, Burdur, Sugla) and salty (Adzhi, Akshehir). Many of them, surrounded with rocks and rocks, remind high-mountainous loches that gives to a landscape an original charm.

To the east from Afon-Karahisara the Kopijsky plain begins. Among kopijskih semidesert steppes on a plateau (about 1000 m above sea level) salty Tuz lake lays. Saltiness of water in loch above, than in the Dead Sea. This natural salt production supplies I will merge all Turkey.

East Turkey also has attractiveness. Here are had the most majestic mount of Turkey - the Big Ararat, lost volcanoes Sjuphan, Aladag and nemrud. nemrud is famous huge - 8  km across diameter - a crater with mountain loch. Before burning mountains has widely spread besstochnoe loch Van. This one of the most beautiful places in Turkey: bright blue of huge loch in a combination to snow caps of giants-volcanoes as if stewing in the root, make indelible impression.