Green Canyon

This guide to Green Canyon near Antalya opens with the startling color of the water and traces it back to the Oymapinar Dam, completed in 1984, which drowned a valley deep in the Taurus Mountains beneath what is now a seventeen-kilometer lake. You'll hear the competing theories locals and scientists offer for the color, and how the surrounding gorge became a protected nature reserve in 2004. A tip: watch how the shade shifts as your boat moves deeper into the canyon.