Çamliyayla

A narrow country road 65km/40mi long links Tarsus with the popular summer resort of Çamliyayla (1,200-1,300m/3,900-4,250ft). Even a hundred years ago this attractive town was inhabited only in the summer providing refuge from the sweltering heat. One 19th century traveler described it as a large village ("Namrun, consisting of a scattering of Swiss-style wood cabins). Çamliyayla (wooded pasture) is not just the center of the settlement beneath the Namrun castle (Lampron), but an expanse of land measuring 25sq.km/9sq.miles dotted with summer houses.