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,
At any of the bazaars in Turkey, one can expect to find lots of designer fakes for a decent price, however as soon as you step into a shop, then the sales men are constantly behind you harrassing you and offering to "give you a very good price". The haggling then starts and people can expect to bargain and almost…
It's the oldest part of the city, with narrow, winding streets and many little shops. As you progress down the hill you reach the harbour, which is pleasant to stroll around, but you're going to get approached by restaurant staff eager to book.
The Bazaar is fine if you're fairly confident and are prepared to haggle. Strangely enough the ladies were better at it then we mere men – they left us (and one of the stallholders!) standing.
I had a walk through the stony narrow streets, and very old houses, the peace and the atmosphere had me gone away to old days.. the night got perfect by having a view of harbor and walking on the sea side. If you go to Antalya make sure you do not miss this place. I loved it.
you can do a lot of shopping here, leather jackets, fur jackets, bags, shoes, clothes, but pay attention to be authentical…some of them are copies….
I loved this part of Turkey,it wasn't very touristy and had loads of lovely cafes and restaurants,also lots of gift shops,there is a private beach which is only 11tl,also the harbour was lovely,you could go down late at night and it would be so lively,plenty of boat rides I would recommend the night trip.The people were so friendly and hospitable,i'm…
This was a very disappointing area for me, it was full of tourist boats and men just trying to get you to go on tours….
The restaurants around the area was not particularly good either.
Would suggest however that you do the sunset boat ride and if you get to the marina just before 7 a good deal can be…
Get yourself lost in these beautiful streets and before you know it, you will hit a major landmark such as Hadrians gate, Kaleici marina or the clock tower. Though the shop owners will ask you to their shops, we never had much of an issue of being pestered. In fact, our hotel was located in the area and as we…
Very nice beach & clean with easy to reach . Crestal clear blue see water ! Really beautiful view and relaxing. You can enjoy the blue Ocian even if you don't want to swim.
as i see people are meeting under clock tower, it is like the symbol of Antalya…