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50 Km / 45 Hour
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25 Km / 35 Minutes
Distance to Sea
20 Km / 30 Minutes
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Antalya Museum
While in Antalya, if you have the opportunity, we recommend that you visit the Antalya Museum. Suleyman Fikri Erten founded the museum in 1922. It was initially inside the Aladdin Mosque located at the Fortress. It was then moved to the Yivli Minaret and finally moving to its present location in 1972. It was the recipient of Council of Europe Special Jury Award in 1988. The museum has 13 exhibition halls, outdoor galleries and a garden. The majority of the collection is made up of ethnographic works of art found during archeological digs in the Antalya region. The sculptures from the Roman Empire are among the most impressive works that can be found at the museum. Archeologists from the USA, Germany, France, England, Austria and Turkey continue to conduct research in the area and the Museum experts conduct the coordination of these efforts. The exhibition halls trail the history of the first inhabitors of Antalya to the present day and include thousands of years of chronological data and information.
• Taking photographs and videos are permitted. However, for professional shoots, permission must be obtained from the museum.
• The museum has a library;; however, books are not loaned out.
Make sure to include the Antalya Museum on your visit list!
Antalya Museum: Konyaalti Caddesi - Antalya Tel: (0242)-2414528
Antalya City Centre
Antalya is Turkey's leading tourism center and one of the most important tourism centers in the world.. You start your Antalya visit at the historical city centre, which includes Hadrian's Gate, the Hidirlik Tower, the Yivli Minaret, the Kesik Minaret, and Kaleici (old Antalya), with its narrow streets, historic houses, and the ancient port. All are within an area of one square kilometer. You can cover all this on foot, which is the best option as cars are banned on certain streets.
The Hadrian's Gate (or Hadrianus Gate or The Three Gates (meaning "Üçkapılar" in Turkish) is a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited Antalya in 130 A.D. It has three arched gates. According to the legend, Sultan Belkis, the Queen of Sheba, is said to have passed under those gates and enjoyed a happy day in the palace in Aspendos on her way to visit King Solomon. According to the famed traveller Evliya Çelebi, the historical city was surrounded by 4.5 kilometres of walls. The walls of the fortress and towers were strengthened during the Seljuk period, surrounding the whole port area. At the southeast end of the walls, the two-storey Hidirlik Tower stands fourteen metres high. You can get there from Hadrian's Gate by following Hesapçı Street down to the seaside.
Once you enter Kaleiçi one of the monuments that will attract your attention is the Yivli ("Fluted") Minaret, the symbol of Antalya. The 37-metre-high brick minaret has eight chamfers or turns. In was built by the Selçuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat I.
Another interesting monument in old Antalya, Kaleici, is the Kesik Minaret. The building was originally a 5th century church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Later the son of Sultan Beyazid II, Korkut, had it converted into a mosque. The original wooden minaret burned down in 1986 and it has since been known as the Kesik Truncated) Minaret.
Now it is time to move towards the port area through the narrow streets of Kaleici. The district can be visited at all hours of the day but the best time is towards the evening. Many of Kaleici's historic houses and mansions have been restored and several are used as hotels, pensions, bars, and shops. Most shops offer gifts and souvenirs aimed at the tourist market. Most hotels, restaurants, and bars in Kaleici have an inner courtyard under the orange trees, the ideal spot for a drink with lots of ice. There are also many cafeterias, bars, and restaurants that overlook the walls.
The old port of Antalya was restored in the 1980s and this restoration work received the European Council Golden Apple award. You will come across many boats anchored in the port. You can take one for an excursion to the nearby waterfalls via the dolmuş system (where you wait for enough passengers to fill the boat) or hire one yourself.
Kaleiçi nights are colourful. You can get carried away by the inviting music coming from the side streets; you can sip your drink or dance in bars and restaurants with live music and late closing hours; you can make friends with people of many different nationalities: Turk, German, Russian and Italian…
For a panoramic view over the city of Antalya, take the Korkuteli turnoff and drive three kilometers to the Düzlerçamı Park. Then continue to Güveruçurumu Section Three for a view of the city, the pearl of Turkish tourism.
Antalya Düden Waterfall
To have a cool day in Antalya and to see a wonder of nature, you should go to Düdenbaşı waterfall. The waterfall is twelve kilometers north of the city, and there are buses and minibuses running to the site. Düden means "sinkhole." Some of these sinkholes are big enough to swallow a whole river and lake.
The water disappearing from the Bıyıklı sinkhole travels fourteen kilometers underground before surfacing again at one end of the Varsak sinkhole, and then, after flowing another two kilometers, dives underground again. It re-emerges at Düdenbaşı, where the Düden River breaks into several branches, finally running into the Mediterranean from the cast of an over-40-metre-high travertine forming a waterfall.
The cave you enter via a narrow staircase and the green of the environment will also impress you. Do not forget to pack your camera. On the bank of the river, by the cool water and greenery, there are restaurants where you can get a meal and a drink.
Antalya Kurşunlu Waterfall
On a stream running through pine forest and a valley covered with thick vegetation, twenty-four kilometers from Antalya, there is a recreation area under the national park authority with small and large waterfalls, lakes, viewing terraces, and walking paths. There are small lakes where you can look at water lilies and see ducks and fish swimming. After this, you can observe the cool waters running into a cave and then bursting into a waterfall before your eyes, as the water drops turn to gold in the sunlight. Walks on the paths that follow the stream and run all around the valley are another source of joy. Or you can climb on the trees that stretch their branches over the running water, cross the bridges and, if all this is not enough for you, you can walk beside the stream as it runs through the valley. The reward for this walk is to rest in the rustic restaurants and coffee houses around the waterfall after the excursion. To get to Kurşunlu Waterfall, follow the Antalya-Alanya road and take the turn onto the NEW İsparta road after seventeen kilometers. Then follow the signposts for seven kilometers to the site.
Antalya Konyaaltı - Beach Park
Antalya Beach Park has shade trees, snack stands, restaurants, cafes and bars, showers and other services, as well as beach chairs and sun umbrellas for rent. Parallel to the beach there are cafes, restaurants satisfying all tastes.
Behind it is a large parking lot for visitors' cars. Its long beach holds the blue flag certificate, the internationally recognized symbol of clean and safe beaches. You can take part in activities such as paintball and mini-golf in the woods behind the facilities.
The Beach Park Entertainment Complex includes the following:
- Beach: A 3.2 kilometer stretch of beach is part of the complex. This area has a total of 16 different beach areas. The Antalya Sheraton Voyager, Falez and Su Hotels run 3 of them. The areas between the beaches are free to use, but if you want to sunbath at a beach you may have to rent a beach chair and an umbrella. All different types of water sports activities are available at 3 of the locations. Additionally, one location has a seaplane which is available for hire. Finally, the beach also has beach-volley; football fields and beach parties once in a while.
-Hillside Su Hotel: This 5-star hotel is owned and operated by the Hillside chain of hotels.
- Aqualand: Aqualand is built on 36 acres and is the largest entertainment center in the Mediterranean region.
- Dolphinland: Dolphinland is Turkey's first Dolphin Performance Center with 2 white whales, 2 dolphins and 1 sea lion. You can watch the show and swim with the dolphins.
- Forest: The forest is about 300 acres and includes a dog hotel, paintball area, picnic grounds, outdoor activities, open-air movie theater, horseback riding club and nightclub. Additionally, an amphitheater with a capacity for 3,500 people is available for all types of cultural activities.
- The remaining area of the entertainment complex houses a shopping center and promenade. This area is 4,500 square meters and has 54 shops and restaurants that include an antique shop, children's club, nargile cafe, Cuban-Mexican restaurant, and wine & cigar shop and seafood restaurants. Most of the shops are restaurants, cafes and bars.
Antalya Lara - Lara Beach
The beach begins east of Antalya's cliffs just past the Lower Düden Waterfall. East of the waterfall a point of land extends into the Gulf of Antalya. Hotels, restaurants and other services host visitors who swim mostly from docks and platforms. The real sand beach starts on the east side of the point and extends for several kilometers. The first major installation is Lara Halk Plaji, with beach services organized by the city of Antalya. Beyond this municipal beach are various private commercial installations which bear numbers (1 to 8) and names. I'd suggest that you have a look at Lara Halk Plaji first, and if this doesn't fit your needs, go farther east to find one that does.
Antalya Kalekapısı - Hadrianus Gate
The Hadrian's Gate (or Hadrianus Gate or The Three Gates (meaning "Üçkapılar" in Turkish) is a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited Antalya in 130 A.D. It has three arched gates. According to the legend, Sultan Belkis, the Queen of Sheba, is said to have passed under those gates and enjoyed a happy day in the palace in Aspendos on her way to visit King Solomon.
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