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Places worth the detour in Silifke

9 places worth going out of your way for lie within 12 km of Silifke, Turkey, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (8). Best known: Akhayat sinkhole. 9 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological8 Nature1
Within 12 km
9
Oldest
Aya Tekla Church 401
Little known
9 of 9
Most from
5th century
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Akhayat sinkhole
Akhayat sinkhole · Photo: Nedim Ardoğa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

All 9, ranked 9

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

9 of 9

Within reach of Silifke

Mersin · 77 km11

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Silifke?

9 places within 12 km: 8 archaeological & historic sites and 1 nature & landscapes. The best known is Akhayat sinkhole.

Is there anything near Silifke that most visitors miss?

9 of these 9 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Silifke?

Aya Tekla Church, dated to 401.

How is the 12 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Silifke, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.