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,
We booked this holiday with the hope to laze by the beach for most of our holiday but soon found it was near impossible because the beach was pebbled, which broke our stroller. That said the water was very clean
A wonderful maze of winding streets with little shops, restaurants and boutique hotels, set above the harbour, from where you can take a boat trip, or just sit at a cafe and people watch. Lots of character, charm and history.
It might not suit people with walking difficulties, as some of the streets are quite steep, and there are a…
The whole bazaar is just chock full of dodgy rip-off gear. Seems Turkey has no respect for copyright legislation. There was no authentic Turkish arts and crafts – just tons of Hollister, Prada, Ben Sherman, Fred Perry, Ray Bann duds!
The area is a must-see but be careful – there are merchants and boat tour guides who are constantly after you to buy. The Antali cafe is very good for coffee, treat or dinner. The path can take you to a modern amphitheater with beautiful views of the sea.
Very hot when we visited. Glad we just came across this and did not walk miles to find it. If you're into ruins you may get more out of this than we did.
Everything about this area of Antalya we found interesting and Turkish people were friendly and helpful…. Good hotels ( except the Alp Pasa) so look around..
we enjoyed haggling to get good prices and got many gifts to take home to our friends and some for ourselves!
i think its the best place in antlya
there are many historical sites , restaurants , cafes , shops and hotels in this place , I stayed in one of them and there is kaleici marina its a very nice place .
Lovely scenery, but shops, retaurants and boat staff just hassled for business constantly, so it got really annoying, apart from that great!
We loved visiting this beach by taking the old tram to the Museum stop & then walking downhill to the beach. I recommend water shoes as the beach is stony but very clean. We loved Aydin Beach Club, Beach Park, Antalya. The staff here were very friendly & attentive. The facilities, toilets, changing etc are spotless. The food was tasty…