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District and municipality in Antalya, Turkey
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İç Kale
This area commands great views and contains a Byzantine church, cisterns and storerooms.
Kızıl Kule
Redbrick hexagonal tower 33 m high, completed in 1226 by Ebu Ali Reha of Aleppo. There's a small museum display within, and you can climb the 78 steep stairs for harbour views.
Tersane
South of the beach below the Red Tower, these are five vaulted drydocks built in 1221.
Small museum of local prehistory, history and crafts.
Richly decorated dripstone cave, discovered in 1948 during works on the harbour. The air within is very humid and laden with CO₂, which they implausibly tout as a remedy for asthma.
Atatürk spent the night of 18 Feb 1935 here and it's been preserved as a museum, which remains closed.
Traditional Ottoman mansion open as a museum.
Extensive show-cave, a better experience than Damlataş as it's less crowded or humid.
Reliable friendly place for trad food.
Chinese and Japanese, since you need a break from Turkish.
Welcoming cafe at all hours.
No mystery, just good steaks and grills.
Mixed reviews for quality and service.
Lively place, the mixed grill is great value.
Good food in town centre, wide menu choice.
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Speedy filling pide.
Comfy place 1 km inland from beach, good activities for children.
Simple cheerful place in town.
Resort hotel on main drag a block from the beach. Mixed reviews for comfort and service.
Value for money simple hotel just back from the beach.
Well-run place right on the beach, great value.
Near beach, okay for what you pay. Staff attitude, communication and late night noise were problems for some visitors.
Great reviews for this smart hotel near beach.
Small friendly place by the harbour, some noise from street and other rooms.
Efficient welcoming hotel 200 m from beach.
Adults-only hotel east end of beach strip.
Family-friendly hotel 10 km east of centre, good kiddy entertainments.
By bus
Buses from Istanbul run every hour or so and take 13 hours to Alanya; they may run via Afyon or via Bolu and Konya. In 2023 an adult single is about 800 TL.
By train
Another route from Istanbul or Ankara is to take the YHT fast train to Konya, which connects with buses to Antalya and Alanya, taking 6 hours.
By ferry
From Kyrenia ("Girne") in Northern Cyprus, there's sometimes a fast-cat foot-passenger ferry, but it's not sailing in 2023. Travel instead via Taşucu on the summer fast-cat or year-round car ferry.
Walking is the best option in the town centre. Dolmuşes ply all the main streets, flag them down anywhere, or join others attempting to do so.
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