"Short Rest in Beysehir" Beysehir by remigia

Beysehir ( pronounced like Bey-sh-ehir) is a lovely province town on the coast of the lake with the same name. We were going from Antalya to Kayseri and stopped here for lunch. Acctually, i was really sorry we were short of time because we could spend here so little time. The town history goes back to Hetite Empire, but some archeological reasearch shows there were settlements from Neolite age. In Medieval times it was one of the important towns of Seljuc dynasty. The name of the town is translated as "town of bey(master)".

View to Beysehir Lake

The town is surrounded by the mountains and the Beysehir lake. The lake is the third biggest lake in Turkey but it's the biggest freswater lake. It's national resort and also popular place for fishing- passing by we saw fihermen standing with their rods perhaps every 10m or so. And some more sitting in boats. Local speciality are fish dishes and especially their carp. You can try them in one of many lakeside restaurants. Unfortunally, i cannot say anything about it - carp is my "uneatable fish" list..... but my friend said fish on grill was good.