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,
Very nice harbour with a beautiful restaurant up the stairs with lovely view of the sea, was amazing. Boat trip guys can be very pushy and will walk with you trying to get you on their boat. Make sure you know your way back to where you come from as you can get easily lost through the market streets.
Of course, everybody loves sandy beaches, but gravel beaches have the advantage of the water being very clear. Love the beach and the promenade with all the restaurants, lounges etc.
Great place to visit and see, walk through the old city it is very beautiful. well worth the visit.
Hadrian's wall is stone pillars.
It’s a pebble beach with crystal clear waters. The beach is approx 15 km long and a lot of areas that you can go swimming in. We went to beach 4 most of the time.
Worth a visit if your in the Antalya region. The old town has a small Harbour full of little shops & stalls on the walk down. sample the local goods in the Bazaar or take a boat trip. The main Town of Antalya is very modern plenty of shops, bars & restaurants.
5 mins drive heading back towards the sea…
The daily trip boats are incredibly noisy. But we had our beers near the theater so we were far away from the noise. The staff was very helpful, very nice.
I loved everything about this beach as the hotel that I stayed in Porto Bello Resort and Spa was right next to it, and a part of this beach is actually the hotel beach. The beach itself is very well maintained, clean, and the sea is very warm, clean and clear in August – you can see through the water…
By walking in the old town you can feel the history of antalya , enjoy an afternoon walk in the old harbor , eating ice cream and having a turkish coffee in one of the cafe arround the marina.
If you visit Antalya by plane or by car you have the famous beach that you enjoy with nice sun and weather ,you can also visit the interesting archaeological museum .the old town called by Kaleici is one of the busiest place in Antalya , but don’t miss the waterfalls few kms away from the town.
very ancient houses in the fantastic narrow streets with beautiful small shops, hotels and restaurants. I never forget the essence of Kaleici.