Alanya
This Turkish-Dutch operation occupies possibly the most handsome of Damlataş Caddesi's remaining Ottoman houses. It's beautifully restored inside, while outside a spacious terrace allows tables of merrymakers to tuck into good Turkish and European dishes without getting in each other's way.
There's an excellent value three-course vegetarian set menu (₺85) and a Sunday brunch buffet (₺150;11am to 2pm from mid-September to mid-June). Check out the renovated 1st floor, usually open in winter only.
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Don't miss the opportunity to visit this often overlooked ancient port city in Rough Cilicia, which was settled in the 7th century BC but abandoned in the…
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Surmounting Alanya's rocky peninsula is its awesome, Seljuk-era castle, girdled by 6km of walls and awaiting Unesco World Heritage listing. Climb to it…
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A wooden walkway runs south along the old harbour's east wall from the Red Tower to the Tersane, the only Seljuk-built shipyard remaining in Turkey…
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This underground fairyland is home to spectacular stalactite and stalagmite formations with a crystal-clear pool at the deepest depth. A 360m-long walkway…
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As you walk up to Alanya Castle, the road passes a turn-off for the village of Ehmedek, which was the Turkish quarter during Ottoman and Seljuk times…
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Refurbished in 2012, Alanya's small but excellently curated museum is worth a visit to see artefacts, including tools, jugs, jewellery, letters and coins,…
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This partially restored han (caravanserai) on the Aalara River was built by Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I (who also built Alanya Castle) in 1231 to…
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This striking five-storey octagonal defence tower, measuring nearly 30m in diameter, more than 30m in height and with a central cistern within for water…
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Kuyularönü Camii, renovated in 2005, is a an island of spirituality amid the bland knock-off designer-T-shirt shops and plastic-fantastic souvenir stores…
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The Yeni Cami (New Mosque) sits across the road from a shady park on Hükümet Caddesi.
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Every city in Turkey has its Atatürk statue, and Alanya's presides over the main street on the eastern edge of the central city.
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Close to Cleopatra's Beach and the cable car to the castle, this stalactite-studded cave has humidity levels of 98% and is said to produce a certain kind…
7. Alanya Archaeological Museum
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Refurbished in 2012, Alanya's small but excellently curated museum is worth a visit to see artefacts, including tools, jugs, jewellery, letters and coins,…
0.42 MILES
Enjoy this wonderful viewpoint looking across the city and Cilician mountains while walking up to the castle through the steep streets of the Tophane…