Dim Baraj
17. 10. 2018
Peter Schrammel
Weather
hazy
Interest 
**: quick ride up the lower Dim Çayı valley to a huge dam
Route
Alanya Oba, 2m - Dim Baraj, 200m - Oba
Elevation gain
313m
Distance
23km
Timing
1 3/4h (1 + 3/4)
Stamina
B
Difficulty
0
Danger
0
Visitor frequency
c: car traffic
Report
One afternoon I rented a bicycle to explore the Dim valley. I cycled through residential areas up the ridge west of the valley until a steep road led me down to Dim Çayı road. I followed the road upstream past a restaurant with a huge aquarium and taverns hanging above the river, which is certainly a nice place to escape the heat and have a drink. After a few kilometres the front of the huge dam appeared. I took the branch of the road that climbs to the northern bank of the lake that was in the process of filling up the valley behind the dam. The view felt more like being on an industrial site than in a pittoresque valley that must once have been. On the way down I continued in the valley. Suddenly it started raining. I stopped under the future motorway bridge to a wait a few minutes until it eased. Then I continued down to the sea and fought my way back through roads blocked by street markets.
View from the little pass to the Dim valley
Aqueduct
Dim Baraj
Reservoir filling
Taverns and fountains in the Dim Çayı
Motorway bridge under construction