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Turkey Antalya Travel Guide
HOT DESTINATIONS
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Kaleici: This
is the nucleus of a city which embraced many civilizations during time.
The restoration activities in Kaleici won the Golden Apple Prize, the
Oscar of tourism.
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Antalya Museum: A prize winning museum and one of the most notable archaeology
museums, of the world. It is also the only museum in Turkey with a children's
department exhibiting ancient monuments appealing to children.
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Hadrian's Gate: This ornamental marble arch was constructed in 2nd century BC
by the Romans in honour of the Emperor Hadrian. It is the most amazing
area in the whole ancient Pamphylia region.
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Kesik Minaret (Broken Minaret): Once a Byzantine Panaglia church, later converted
into a mosque
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Yivli Minaret: This fluted minaret of 13th century was built by the Seljuks.
Decorated with dark blue and turquouise tiles, the minaret eventually became
the symbol of the city.
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Termessos: It is a Pisidyan city with remnants of an agora, theatre and an odion.
It has a reputation of being the most magnificent necropolis on the Mediterranean,
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Perge: 18 kms northeast of Antalya. The ruins are spread on two hills, the theatre
on one and the acropolis on the other. According to the legend the city
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Alanya: Alanya
was favored as a seaside resort by the Seljuk Turks 800 years ago, just
as it is for the thousands of British and European visitors who pack its
hundreds of hotels and villas today.
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Aspendos: One
of the most important Pamphilian cities. It is situated on the point where
the Kopru River meets the sea.
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Lara Beach: east
of Antalya is a long beach of gentle waves, darkish sand, and some
small pebbles.
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Kalekapisi
: Kalekapisi is where Antalya's trams pass in the middle of
their run. Some city buses pass right by it, and many more—as well
as lots of useful minibus routes—pass a block or two north of the tower.
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Bridge Canyon
National Park You can arrange your excursion with transport,
equipment, guides and meals, or you can just drive up in the morning
and choose
a rafting company to go with.
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Karain
: It
contains a number of interconnected chambers and has produced remains
from the Lower Palaeolithic to Classical periods.
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Kursunlu Waterfalls
: Located
approx. 16 km on the east of Antalya near to the ancient roman city of
Perge is the Kursunlu Waterfalls.
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Karaalioglu
: Admission to the park is free, it's always open, and always
inviting.
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Kas : Once
an unspoiled Mediterranean fishing village, Kas is now a relatively unspoiled
tourist
town.
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Fethiye :
You arrive in Fethiye as you travel east which reminds you of
Marmaris.In the middle of the mountains that surround it and by a beautiful
coast,Fethiye
is one of Turkey's most important vacation spots
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Kemer
: With virtually nothing to offer in the way of quaint old buildings,
photogenic winding streets or archeological ruins, people come to Kemer for sun
and sea.
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Olympos
: Olimpos is known for a pristine little beach, a pine forest
full of tumbledown marble temples, tree house-hotels, and the Chimera,
a natural
flame that has burned ceaselessly for millennia.
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Duden : Most
of the domestic and foreign tourist visiting Antalya only see Düdenbasi
falls without noticing how these falls come out from the deep section
of the water by making a syphon
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Demre (Myra) : Actually, it was St Nicholas
who lived and worked here, and who was later transmuted into the jolly
Christmas
elf. An 11th-century church in Demre once held his earthly remains, but
most of them were later stolen by holy-relic thieves.Read
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Konyaalti Beach on the west side of
Antalya, Turkey, is a long strand of pebbles and rough stand backed by
park, some hotels, and residential areas.
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Patara : The most important
port city in Lycia,Patara was the judicial center for the Roman governor
at the time. It is known that St.Nicholas(Santa Claus) was born and raised
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Phaselis : Ancient Phaselis is set on three
small, perfect bays, now protected within the grounds of a beautiful national
park.
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Side : Both Turks and foreigners
come for the perfect white sand beaches, the seaside restaurants and bars,
the variety of lodgings (from cheap little pensions to luxury hotels),
and the impressive Hellenistic and Roman ruins.Read
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The Lycian Way :
The dramatic beauty of the Lycian countryside doesn't always make it easy
to hike....
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Butterfly Valley : Yachts on day cruises drop
anchor here for a swim in the quiet cove, and yachters often come ashore
to enjoy the sand beach.
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Xanthos :
The city was founded around center of Lycia and outside it, were the
remnants of Roman city center. Roman theater and the findings at the
west side of the theater still attracts the visitors. Harpy memorial
on the rocks is one of the most important traces.
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Saklikent is 50km west of the
centre of Antalya, in the Beydag mountain range, with an altitude of 2550m.
Because of its
close proximity to Antalya, it is one of the few places in the world that
people can ski in the mornings, then swim
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