Know Antalya before you walk it.
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Eleven sections, each with its own facts: where it is, how long it takes, which season suits it best.
Places to Visit
Düden Waterfalls
The Düden river runs underground for kilometres, then splits in two: one arm falls through pine forest, the other drops…
Kaleiçi Old Town
The historic core inside the Roman walls, all narrow lanes, with stairs cut into the cliff leading down to the yacht…
Aspendos Theatre
The best-preserved Roman theatre in the Mediterranean, and one where the acoustics still work. Seating for fifteen…
Olympos and Yanartaş
An ancient city spread along a stream bed, and on the slope above it a place where gas seeping from the ground burns…
Side Ancient City
The ancient city that was never fenced off — the modern town grew up inside it. Theatre, agora and colonnaded street…
Antalya Museum
Where the sculpture excavated at Perge and the surrounding sites is displayed. The second half of any visit to the…
Events
Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival
Opera and ballet in a two-thousand-year-old Roman theatre. The setting is half the programme: the acoustics still work.
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
Turkey's longest-running film festival, held across the city centre. For a visitor, its real effect is on the rhythm of…
Side Summer Concerts
An open-air concert season in Side through the summer, with the ancient town, the evening cool and the sea all within a…
Regions
Antalya city centre
A real city of more than a million people, not a resort. It sits on top of a cliff, and you go down stairs to reach its…
Kaleiçi
A quarter apart inside the city: within the Roman walls, closed to cars, paved in stone. You can also stay here.
Lara
A long sand beach east of the city with a strip of large hotels behind it. The closest accommodation area to the…
Belek
A planned resort area laid out between pine forest and sand, known above all for its golf courses.
Guide
Three days in Antalya: a realistic plan
Three days is short for Antalya but enough if the plan is built right. What decides it is not how many sites you list…
Antalya Golf Guide: Belek Courses, Hotels and a Golf Holiday
Almost every course in Turkey is packed into a fifteen-kilometre strip. That density is worth more than any individual…
Can you swim in Antalya in October?
Yes. The sea is only a degree or two below September, and the beaches have emptied. What really changes is not the…
Where is the Museum Pass valid in Antalya?
The distinction is simple: the pass covers sites run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, not those run by a…