Özkan Şahin Recreation Area – Dim Dam loop from Tosmur

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Özkan Şahin Recreation Area – Dim Dam loop from Tosmur

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Özkan Şahin Recreation Area – Dim Dam loop from Tosmur

05:29

20.0km

320m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Antalya Alanya Dimçayı Yaban Hayatı Geliştirme Sahası

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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424 m

Sunset Over the Mediterranean Sea in Alanya

Highlight • Viewpoint

When you see this, you can really hear the hissing sound as the sun sinks into the sea.

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8.02 km

Çağlar Piknik Restaurant, Dimçayı

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Turkish hospitality with good food and friendly staff.
You can enjoy breakfast, lunch, or dinner in an incredible atmosphere in an exceptional location.
Dangle your feet in the ice-cold water, swing on the water, bathe, swim, and relax, as the restaurant is fed with water from the dam. Ice-cold!
Highly recommended.

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9.51 km

Dim River Dam

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The dam that makes the reservoir. Please bring lots of doggy food for the stray dogs

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10.4 km

Dim Cave Stalactite Wall

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A beautiful large stalactite cave. A must-have lakes.

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10.6 km

Dim Dam

Highlight • Monument

The Dim Dam (Turkish Dim Barajı) is located 12 km east of Alanya on Dim Çayı in the southern Turkish province of Antalya.

The Dim dam was built in the years 1997-2007 as a stone dump dam with water-side concrete sealing. It is used for irrigation, energy generation and drinking water supply.
The barrier structure is 123.5 m high (above the valley floor) and has a volume of 4.8 million m³. The reservoir covers an area of 5 km² and has a storage volume of 240 million m³.
The dam is designed for irrigating an area of 5312 ha. The Dim Dam hydroelectric power station has an installed capacity of 38.25 megawatts. The regular working capacity is 122 GWh per year.
(Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim-Talsperre)

Below the dam wall, almost the entire Dimcay River runs along, many small cozy little river restaurants.
Here you can sit comfortably with food and drink on small platforms in the water and let your feet dangle in the water.
There are also a lot of small aqua parks with slides and all kinds of other attractions. There is something here for the whole family.

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End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.9 km

2.03 km

818 m

250 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.7 km

2.80 km

1.30 km

250 m

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Wednesday 4 November

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Comments

October 22, 2023,Wanderung zur Dim-Talsperre und zurück nach Alanya

We took bus number 10 from Alanya to the foot of the Tasperre. Over gravel paths and the road up to the mighty dam wall. There had to be some tea up there, then back down the old Dim road back to Alanya. Very impressive. Imposing rocks, but also dilapidated infrastructure and garbage.
Overall, still worth experiencing.

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February 13, 2024,Wanderung zur DIM Talsperre

I started running in cloudy weather.
The tour almost constantly follows the road, which is very dangerous in this country as cars and scooters speed past you extremely close. There are only some sidewalks, but they are in such poor condition with holes that they cannot be used. In addition, you always have to expect that a scooter or three-wheeled …

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