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,
This is a vibrant, charming part of old Antalya. There is a lively bustle during the day and night.
Some great bars and tons of little shops. Go down to the harbour to see the boats although we found the retaurants above the harbour to be of a lot better standard.
Kaleici is the "old town" of Antalya. The most beautiful sights and views over the marina and sea. Lots of truly beautiful buildings.
The Bazaar is a must for anyone that visits Antalya. It had a variety of spices, food and everyone invited us for tea, really friendly people! The houses nearby where ancient as described and really beautiful too
If you are intersted in copies of branded good – clothes, bags, shoes, watches, sunglasses etc. this is the place to go, but – as always – beware of the quality. A friend bought a pair of jeans and the zipper was broken…
Go here and mooch around. Have a boat trip – if you have got sea legs! Barter with the people that organise though. Dont just pay what they ask for.
Lovely restaurants with a lovely view.
Easy to get to from central Antalya on the tram ( just get off at the museum and walk down to the beach). The beach is cobbled but this is fine. You can hire a lounger and parasol quite cheaply, just bring a beach towel. They tend to play really loud music so don't come if you want serenity!
Having lived in Konyaalti for several years I know this stretch of beach very well. Sadly, although the water is clean and welcoming it is a shame the same cannot be said for the beaches which are littered with glass and trash from the Turks beach barbecues, They love to barbecue and will do so where ever there is an…
Being Australian, we are blessed with some wonderful beaches stretched with glistening white sand. This beach is pebbles ranging from small to 3cm.
Still, beautiful water and no threat of sharks or jelly fish that can kill you. A tidy compromise!
This clock tower is located in central Antalya, the architecture and building materials used make the clock tower look like an ancient structure, which fits in very well with the surrounding area. If you're visiting Antalya's Clock Tower be sure to check out the main square, Hadrian's gate and Antalya Museum which are all nearby.
My favourite picture view-point is where the old tourist tram terminates(near the museum).From here you can see the full sweep of this sandy beach with the mountain back-drop