Alanya - Damlatas Cave

In 1948 workmen quarrying at the foot of the promontory in Alanya, on its northwest side, at the end of the west beach, discovered the Damlatas Cave containing huge stalagmites nearly 15m/50ft high (damlatas = "limestone formation"). Inside the cave the temperature remains a constant 22°C/72°F summer and winter. The radioactivity and high carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere (five times higher than in the open air) make the cave popular with local people suffering from asthma or bronchitis.