The cultural heritage on the route from Alanya to Konya to be revived

The route that is in Akseki district, in Antalya will be brought in tourism. This route used to be a caravan and migration route from Romans to Ottomans and it was a part of the Silk Road between Alanya and Konya

The historic values in Akseki district, in Antalya which is the capital of tourism when you evaluate the number of tourists that visit the city, are being brought up one by one to serve for tourism. Two years ago, West Mediterranean Development Agency (short for BAKA in Turkish) and Akseki district governorship started an initiative to open both the antique road, which was a part of the world-wide used commercial road-Silk Road- between Alanya and Konya, and the indigenous Button Houses for cultural and alternative tourism activities. According to this, 3 thousand 650 meters part of the nearly 6 kilometers historic caravan and migration road between Sarıhacılar, Belenalan, Bucakalan and Hüsamettin neighborhoods has been completed. The rest part will be maintained and repaired this year and will be opened. The cultural heritage will be revived. Akseki district governor Volkan Hülür said that Akseki is a center of attraction with its nature, atmosphere and history. He cited that they want Akseki to be a part of tourism and for this reason they presented the related project about the restoration of the historic caravan and migration road to the BAКА. After the acceptance of the project, they started the work. Hülür mentioned that the restoration of the walking trail between Akseki and Sarıhacılar was previously completed, and he also said that "we will restore and open the part of the road between Sarıhacılar-Belenalan for alternative tourism. When people set out from Akseki, they will be able to hike for 6 kilometers by feeling the history with the unique nature and atmosphere. After 4 kilometers, they will be able to see Button Houses and spend a whole day there." Hülür expressed that, within this month, they expect to finish the restoration on the road whose project cost is 550 thousand TL. He said that environmental cleaning, maintenance and repairing will be done on the road and he also evaluated that "we wanted to revive the cultural heritage from Seljuks and Ottomans. Once the road is put into service, we expect 70 thousand people to hike on this route yearly."