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
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Kaleici is an atmospheric area of Antalya- full of little boutiques , restaurants, cafes– with pressing invitations to come and look -'no need to buy ' ! Most of the buildings near the harbour date from the 80s- when I first visited in the late 60s the only buildings were a derelict factory and some sheds where locals repaired boats-…
Great fun to haggle for fake designer goods,but such good quality.Everybody speaks English and wants to sell you something,You can get things really cheap here if you stand your ground.
A great pebble beach – which we reached by tram from the old town of Kalechi.
There are a number of beach clubs – where you can hire sunbeds and umbrellas for 10 TL – but make sure you like hardcore dance beats, as they are relentlessly pumped out. You can however go a bit further down and just put…
Lovely part to walk around, Nice harbour to sit at. Very picturesque. Although we did not eat in Kaleici, there were plenty of places to eat and drink. A very enjoyable day out
liked everything about this resort and the hotel was extremely fantastic. the anamation team were brillint,moussa,uagr,yasmin and john were most amasing ones there. the intertanment was absoullty fantastic.
Standing up to my shoulders in the sea, and still be able to see my toes clearly, that means something 😉
Pretty spot. Some nice bars and restaurants overlooking the spectacular view at the top of the harbour.
We walked thought the bazaar in late November in the off season. Most stalls were selling the same ware. What really put me off was the vendors constantly calling out to get you in. Really irritating.
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 . have nice vacation
The old harbour is now being "used" as a marina for most of the boats who take tourists on various trips. The area is very clean and leads to lots of little streets leading back into Kaleici.