Another, nearly as popular kind of using bicycles, is mountain biking. In between there are certain possibilities for the renting of mountain bikes, helmets and all other necessary protection stuff for just a little amount of money.
The mountains around the holiday resorts are not too high to enjoy the day out on a bike.For sure the quality of the roads in the villages is not that good as in the city centres, so it makes much more sense to use the mountain bike instead of a touring bike or even a racing bike. Especially around Kemer and Alanya indescribable trails in the Taurus mountains attracting crowds of foreign bikers. Lot of them are preparing their sportive season as kind of training season but most of them just enjoy the tours in quite and natural surrounding on a mountain bike.
Who wants to escape from really high temperatures in the city centre will easily find out that just little higher in the mountains the temperatures are quite more suitable. During the hot summer month it is not enough to carry two bottles of water, but you will easily find some springs in the mountains to refill them. During the winter time you should not trust the warm temperatures at the beach because after reaching about 1.000 meters height you will notice that it can be quite cold even in the South of Turkey, so don’t forget your jacket as a protection from the wind.
If you are little less professional mountain bike user, just go for a swim in one of the really refreshing rivers in the mountains during your trip and enjoy a fried trout in one of the numberless barbeque spots. Can be a ice trip with on mountain bike as well.
13. ALANYA INTERNATIONALES MOUNTAINBIKE RENNEN AM KIZILALAN
Since a couple of years some of the famous competitions of mountain bikers take place in Turkey. There is a cross country race in Alanya, Adana, Istanbul and in Manavgat with more then 100 national riders, more and more foreign riders joining them. Quite well known are the international competitions in Alanya and Cappadokia. Some of the riders combine the championship with having some days of holiday together with their family. If someone is interested to take part in the competition it is important to own the International UCI License. At stake there is no competition for hobby mountain bikers.
