Düden Waterfalls

Düden Şelalesi

The Düden River plunges from a 40-meter cliff straight into the Mediterranean on the Lara coast, and the shaded Upper Düden Waterfall lies in the green northern part of the city.

The Düden River rises in the Taurus Mountains and forms two waterfalls around Antalya. Lower Düden lies on the Lara coast southeast of the city, where the river drops directly from a limestone cliff about 40 meters high into the Mediterranean. It is a rare waterfall that falls straight into the sea. A clifftop park above the falls has a free viewing platform, and visiting in the evening lets you see the curtain of water and the bay at sunset. For a more dramatic angle, take a boat from the old harbor at Kaleiçi, which costs about EUR 10 to 20 and takes 1 to 2 hours, and view the waterfall head-on from the sea. Upper Düden lies about 10 km north of the city, in the Kepez district. The fall drops about 20 meters and is surrounded by dense green parkland. Stairs lead behind the water into a cave, where you can view the curtain of water from the inside. It is cool and pleasant in summer, and admission costs several dozen lira. Lower Düden is about 20 minutes from the city center by bus or taxi, and Upper Düden is about 25 minutes by taxi. Both can be visited on the same day.

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