With its history, sea, cultural assets and high quality tourism facilities, Antalya is known as the capital of Tutkish tourism. With Belek, Kemer, Side-Manavgat, Alanya, Lara-Kunda, and Kaş tourism centers, Antalya hosts more than 10 million foreign quests every year. Along with a cultural heritage deeply rooted in history,
Antalya’s coves and highlands of unique beauty, pristine beaches, comfortable hotels and marinas, colourful entertainment venues, and art-filled festivals all make it a tourist destination that offers endless possibilities to its guests.
These include the pleasure of sunbathing from sunrise to sunset; the natural thrill of outdoor sports in the grip of mother nature; the excitement of discovering national parks with their rich flora and fauna, ancient cities, museums and Kaleiçi; the mystery of the mountains and the peaceful Mediterranean coves drawing you away; the romance of watching an opera outdoors under the stars at night; sampling the unique delicacies of Turkish cuisine and enjoying the party scene. Meeting the hospitable people of Antalya is just another part of the pleasant holiday experience.
Hadrian’s Gate, built in the honor of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited Antalya in the year 130.
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It is Turkey’s biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera.
A view of Antalya’s coastline.
In 2011 the city had a population of 964,886 and the metropolitan municipality 1,041,972. Antalya was the world’s fourth most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, with 10.5 million annual visitors. Most of these tourists were changing planes or moving between the airport and the cruise lines.
Scene around Kaleici. The old city center in Antalya
Antalya,
Lovely narrow streets leading down to the harbour. Fantastic cllocktower and mosque (that allowed visitors)
and of course Hadrians gate.
If you can dodge the venders of tacky boat trips in replica pirate ships this is a lovely area for a walk and a coffee
we are with a tour group and have whole afternoon to explore the kaleici. well maintained town with thousands years history. many nice restaurants and souvenir shops. nice marina and harbor view.
It's a beautiful place but it is spoilt by the constant hassling of sellers and restaurant owners. When you turn down their offers they persist and they get nasty. We would of been happy to of spent money there but due to this we avoided the place
great! really clean and high class! great view! much better than lara! good discos, good drinks, good view, good service, wonderful beach, what more could one want?
I really enjoyed Konyalti beach and it was definitely the highligh of my trip to Turkey. Even though it was a pebble (no sand) beach, it had great atmosphere in the evening. Deck chairs laid out for a small charge. The water was warm and very calm. My friends and I spent an hour learning how to dive off a…
To celebrate our Wedding Anniversary we booked a two hour evening cruise on the "Marti" one of the boats in the harbour, we had a fabulous meal cooked on board with just two of us on board, at a very reasonable price, TL 360 including wine.
The trip was truly wonderful and we were cheered by the crowds as we…
Watch out for the dishonest boat owners. You pay for certain trips and they decide to cut the time out. I have been ripped off twice now. Learnt my lesson.
You need a good pair of trainers to walk on this beach,it was very dissapointing.No sandcastles on this beach.
The meeting place for most hotel trips. Nice square, wonderful views of the mountains and the harbour below.