Taurusvuorten juurella on ollut vuosituhansien ajan matkailu- ja kauppapaikka. Tällä National Geographicin kierroksella tutustut alueen yhä elinvoimaisiin perinteisiin, ja vierailet yörük-perheen luona tutustumassa paimentolaiselämään.
Näet ensin Aspendoksessa sijaitsevan epätavallisen seldžukkien sillan, jonka kiehtovasta tarinasta kertoo sen ainutlaatuinen siksak-muodostelma. Silta on ylittänyt Köprüçay-joen tämän osan noin 300-luvulta lähtien, ja saat kuulla oppaaltasi enemmän sen merkityksestä.
Vierailet myös muinaisessa karavaanariseraljissa, joka on pysynyt hämmästyttävän hyvin ennallaan. Kävellessäsi oppaasi kanssa alkuperäisissä huoneissa, vartijoiden asuintiloissa, kylpytiloissa ja rukoushuoneessa saat käsityksen menneistä ajoista ja kaikista niistä useista ihmisistä, jotka kävivät täällä yöpymässä ja virkistäytymässä matkoillaan.
Yörük-heimo on noudattanut muinaisia paimentolaiselämän rytmejä vuosisatojen ajan. Joka kevät he siirtävät leirinsä ja laumansa rannikon leudoilta tasangoilta vuoriston kesälaitumille. Tutustu yörük-perheeseen ja opi lisää heidän vähäpäästöisestä elämäntyylistään.
Seuraavaksi nautit maukkaan aterian paikassa, josta avautuvat upeat näkymät Taurusvuorille. Lähistöllä on paikka, josta voit ostaa paikallisia tuotteita, kuten saippuaa, teetä ja öljyjä. Tuotoilla tuetaan yhteisöjä, jotka ovat kärsineet viimeaikaisista maanjäristyksistä ja metsäpaloista.
Lopuksi sinulla on aikaa tutustua kauniiseen Ormanan ottomaanikylään, joka tunnetaan nerokkaista "nappitaloistaan".
Nat Geo Day Tour: Tutustu Antalyan paimentolaiskulttuuriin
- Nauti National Geographicin suunnittelemasta ainutlaatuisesta retkestä, jolla pääset tapaamaan paimentolaisperheitä ja oppimaan heidän elämäntavastaan.
- Tutustu merkittäviin kulttuurisiin maamerkkeihin, kuten seldžukkien siltaan, muinaiseen karavaanariseraljiin ja Ormanan ”nappitaloihin”, jotka kertovat kukin oman osansa historiasta.
- Tapaa yörük-paimentolaisheimo ja tutustu heidän ikivanhaan elämäntapaansa. Ole vuorovaikutuksessa paikallisten kanssa, jotka elävät samalla tavalla kuin ensimmäiset asukkaat Turkissa noin 1000-luvulta lähtien.
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