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 sat here having an ice cream on an excellent sunny day watching all the locals and tourists enjoying themselves
The beach is not sandy, it's formed of tiny rocks. The water was not very clean. The beach is crowded with Turkish people.
This is a beautiful beach, if you like pebbles……
The first batch of sun beds are by far the best and the staff work really hard looking after you. Fetching drinks and snacks and adjusting your parasols….
The only down side is the slope into the sea, my advice is take some flip flops or crocs to keep on your…
Excellent place spoiled a little by over-commercialization. We liked the pizza we shared in harbor restaurant for 14 Turkish Lira.
the old part of Antalya, Hadrian's Wall and all these narrow streets full of shops. Some really nice restaurants can be found there. Architecture is impressive. Whenever you are in Antalya u must go there to see it.
Lively & interesting. Haggle for the best price on the boat tours. Watch the fish and the huge crabs lumbering around the sea floor in the marina! Get totally confused by the ice cream vendors and their high jinks with the ice cream cones…
It totally preserved the spirit of ancient times, so it gets you the nice feeling of timelessness, and it's the definitely the most romantic and peaceful place inside Kaleici
This isn't really a destination, but you can walk past on yoour way to Kaleiçi market or on your way to visit a mosque. The Old Bazaar is across from the tower, so you'll pass it a couple of times while walking in the city.
Beautiful and sometimes steep streets, you can feel the quiet and relaxed ambience. It is better to get in without map and simply let yourself go to find a great variety of shops and cafes.
Busy, stony dirty and small. It's located next to the busy coastal highway and not far from the Oil Terminal. Give it a miss and visit Lara instead.