Area: 20,815 sq. km
Population: 1,132,211 (1990)
Traffic Code: 07
Because of the archaeological and natural wealth of the region, Antalya is also known as the Turkish Riviera. The sun, sea, nature and history combine with a very popular Resort, some of the cleanest beaches in the Mediterranean. The 630 km of the coastline of the province is widely dispersed with cities, ports, monuments and tombs of beaches, coves and lush forests, many of which are easily accessible from the city.
With its palm Boulevard, Marina internationally recognized, and old castle with traditional architecture, amidst a modern city, Antalya is a major tourist center of Turkey. In addition to the wide range of hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and shops, the city also hosts a number of sporting events throughout the year, like International Beach Volleyball, triathlon, golf tournaments, shooting in archery, tennis and canoeing - competition. The cultural center, which, in 1995, open houses and cultural arts events in the fields of music, theater and visual arts. Most important, the interest of the city is of paramount importance within the old Roman city walls, also known as Kaleici, and many museums.
Districts: Akseki, Alanya, Elmali, Finike, Gazipasa, Gundogmus, Ibradi, Kale, Kas, Kemer, Korkutali, Kumluca, Manavgat and Serik are all towns in the province of Antalya.
Museum, historic and cultural ITEMS
Antalya Museum: Founded in 1922 by Süleyman Fikri Erten and is first in the Alaaddin mosque in the old city and, hence, in the Minaret Yivli later, the museum in its current location. The museum consists of 12 rooms and Expozitie galleries and gardens. In these halls the history of Antalya is in chronological order and in teaching, beginning with the first man and continue without interruption on modernity.
Museum Tel: (+90-242) 238 56 88-89
Kaleici: Today, the old city of Antalya is known as Kaleici (inside the castle) is surrounded by two walls, most of which fell. Inside the wall surrounding the port in a semicircle. As a result of the restoration, Kaleici has become a major tourist center with guest houses, bars, shops and restaurants, and the Romans in a modern port, well equipped Marina. As a result of the restoration, the Ministry of Tourism has received the Golden Apple (Tourism Oscar) in April 1984 by FIJET.
Antalya Museum: Founded in 1922 by Süleyman Fikri Erten and is first in the Alaaddin mosque in the old city and, hence, in the Minaret Yivli later, the museum to its more than 2 km to the east. The museum consists of 12 exhibition halls and art galleries and gardens. In these halls the history of Antalya is in chronological order, starting with fossils, the stone and bronze, followed by the classical and Hellenistic period. There are mosaics, the gallery gods phrygische ornaments, and a room with Christian art, the parts of the skull and bones of the jaw of San Nicolas, Santa Claus of the original. The ethnography section has a collection of Iznik ceramics, budget and weapons. Museum Tel: (+90-242) 238 56 88-89
The walls of the city: What is left today are one of the bastions of the city and Hadrian's Gate and its towers, the grand tour, the port and some pieces of the walls of the port. One of the walls around the marina and the other of the city, almost like a horseshoe. One of the rounds of the door of the castle is now the parochial place. There are four gates of the city, entering the city.
Hadrian's Gate: The gate of the city only have survived to this day is the most attractive of the Pamphylia: Uckapilar (three goals), also known as Hadrian's Gate, which is a tower on both sides. Built in honor of Emperor Hadrian's visit to the city in 130 AD, but all, except for columns, is pure white marble. The reliefs and sculptures are remarkable.
Old houses of Antalya: With its hot summers and mild winters, the houses are in Antalya for protection against the cold of winter, but without mercy against the summer heat. The stone gate-way and ensure the flow of air. The houses in Antalya is divided into three types, based on the design of the main hall, which also serves as a storage area. The three rooms are I, L-und U-halls. In the design of these houses, great attention on the needs of daily life, but also harmony with nature and the environment.
Perge: The hotel is located 18 km east of Antalya, Perge is in the city limits Bucagi Aksu. Because of its location on the Cilicia - Pisidia road, it was an important part of the province of Pamphylia, and was created at the same time as other cities in the region (7th century BC). It was an important city for Christians of Perge, devotion to the mother goddess Artemis. Saint-Paul and Barnabas visited the city and benefactors like Magna Plancia was a number of places built.
The first excavations began in 1946 by the University of Istanbul and has made many important discoveries: The theater consists of three sections: the head office, the orchestra and theater. It has 12,000 spectators, with 19 rows of seats on the lower section 23 on the upper part, and a 52 meters from the scene.
The stage measures 34 square meters, with 13 rows of seats on the vault. The east and west of 30 pages and the entire roof on the north side a 10th For the three arches, is an entry for the stadium, and the other two were, as auto sales.
The Agora was the economic and political center of the city, with shops around the central patio, some of which are mosaics on the floor. The Agora measured 76 square meters, with a circular structure in the center of a diameter of 13.40 meters.
The Hellenistic colonnaded Boulevard, is located between the port and Nympheum on the slopes of the Acropolis. On both sides of the road, 20 meters wide, arcades, just five meters high, behind the shops. The route is divided in two by a 2-meter-wide channel is in the middle.
Other structures of the necropolis, walls, gym, Roman baths, fountains and monuments of Greek and Roman gates.
Termessos: The city destroyed Termessos, 34km west of Antalya in a rugged mountain valley, was adopted by the Solyma man, the interior of Anatolia. Among the important remains of 4,200-seat theater and the Roman columns that Augustus had built at the beginning of the first century after Christ. The Odeon, the meeting hall, a place for 600 people. The five cisterns connected them were for the storage of water and oil.
More importantly, the Agora, with an open Western and other pages that colonnaded heroic monument on a 6-meter-high platform, the Corinthian temple, the temple of Zeus, the Lesser and Greater Region , temple of Artemis, the gym and watch. In addition, there are more than 1200 rock tombs.
Olympos: It is located between Kemer and Adrasan is the old port Cirali village, the ruins of Olympos and the site of the Chimaera. The history of Olympos from the 2nd century BC, when he was one of the main lykischen city, even if it was empty in the 6 century. The Olympians adore Hephaestos (Vulcan), the god of fire, probably the eternal flame, or Chimaera, yet the mountain. Also known as Yanartas (the burning stone), the flame is by combustion of natural gas from the mountain. Outside the ruins, Olympos is known for its ease of Treehouse camps, where most tourists travel, and natural environment of woods and vineyards, close to a beautiful beach.
Ariassos: The remains of the former Ariassos, about 50 km from Antalya, located on the slopes and rocky bath and tombs.
Phaselis: On the coast, 60 km south of Antalya, was adopted by the Phaselis Rhoditen in the 7 century BC and was known as the largest seaport in East Lykia. On the west side of the city is Hadrian's Gate, with shops and bathrooms on both sides. The city is on both the road and lake.
Limyra: There are probably since 5 century Limyra yet, despite a massive earthquake in the mid-19th century, although was emptied in the 7th century and 9 after the Arab invasion. The city, which is 11km south, comprising three chapters, the Acropolis, urbanization and necropolis.
Arycanda: excavations of the city, it is likely that the 5 was composed of centuries before Jesus Christ, and controls a large part of the valley Arycanda. After surviving a devastating earthquake in 240 AD, the city of its importance to the 11 century, and its main structures still survive today.
Demre (Myra): Demre was one of the most important cities of civilization lykischen. 25 km west of Finike and 48 km east of Kas, Demre was a place of settlement of the 5th century BC. The city was abandoned in 9 AD after the invasion of Arabs. Rock tombs, the theater and the church of St. Nicholas (the origin of Father Christmas), most places in the city today.
Simena (Kale): receipt of the beauty of history, sea and sun, Simena is Ucagiz. The underside of the city and the ancient remains of the island opposite the island of Kekova, they make a trip worthwhile. These are the traces of the Romans and other cultures in Simena, the history, the date of lykischen civilization. It is a small theater in the rock mainly, and the Roman city.
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Waterfall of Manavgat
Waterfall, 3 km. north of Manavgat province, the same name of the province. It comprises a valuable overview, to see with their broadband over a vast territory, then it is a wonder. Only near the waterfalls, you can picnic in the wild and eat fresh fish in surrounding restaurants.
MUSEUMS
Side Museum
Hammam of the Ancient Agora, 5th and even 6 Century AD, at the Agora, the Roman Empire, is back on 1960 / 61 and in a museum.
Most pieces of art in the museum, the results during excavations between 1947 and 1967 in the ancient city of Side Dr. Arif Mufid Mansel. The Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine period, inscriptions, gun-reliefs, statues, torso, tombs, portraits, ostotexes, amphorae, altar tomb stands head and column base of the spine, copies of Greek originals, built in the Roman period, are is issued.
ANCIENT CITIES
Side
Page that is 7 km. away from Manavgat, is a former colony city. Page, who is, by historians as 1405 BC, had the reigns of Lydian, Persian, Alexander the Great, the Antiogonous, Ptolemy, and from the second half of the sixth century after J .- C. After 215 AD, the city, improvement of Syria under the supervision of the United Kingdom, and in a scientific and cultural center, had to Bergama AD with the Kingdom Apameia peace, then took independence is Pamphilya region and has achieved a great wealth and prosperity with a huge commercial fleet.
They are under the dominion of Byzantium Roman Empire in 78 BC Side, who was a bishop in the center of V and VI century, had experienced its greatest period during these years.
Main city, a unique, is between the two towers. There are two most important streets in Side province. These roads are samples of ancient columns roads age. After passing through the gate of their city, decorated with flat stones is the starting point of this road. There are pillars, arches alongside two sides of the road, and behind them.
He is a "nymphaeum", the largest historical wells Anatolia against the city, outside the city walls. A pool is the foundation. You can book a monumental, by road, after the theater. The building with the dimensions of 100x100 m, is an Agora. Agora, the bazaar of the city, is surrounded by arcades and business on three sides of it. It is a school, surrounded by arcades and is composed of three rooms on the street, south side of the Agora. In the main street in the north - the direction of the South, there is a vaulted structure, built during the Roman period. Importance of the city of Side theater as part of architecture, building arches places blocking of a hill, like other Roman theater.
Theater, which consists of three departments cavea, director and orchestra, is the largest and one of monumental Pamphylia theater, and has a capacity of 20,000 spectators.
There are large cemeteries outside the walls of the city of Side, and the largest of them, Western Necropolis, is 1.5 km. away. There are also temples and aqueducts in Side. More important are the temple of Athena, the temple of Apollo and men. Water to the east side of Dumanli source Oymapınar dam, about 25 km. away. The water transport system is composed of ten aqueducts, some of them are two levels. The largest is near Oymapınar and has 40 specs.
A large Roman steam bath is in a museum, and hosts for the most beautiful parts of the archaeological collection of the region. The city, which has reigned for Seljukian XIII century, Hamitoğulları and Tekelioğulları during the fourteenth century and, finally, during the fifteenth century Ottoman empire, was not a solution during this period.
Although most parts of the city, the holding structure and characteristics of Roman and Byzantine periods, was demolished today, nearly all of the city in the Netherlands remained page.
Selge
You can Selge, which is an old mountain town, near Köprü Stream (Eurymdon) on the south side of the Toroslar, 35 km. north of Serik, one of 14 km. stabilizing roads with sloping curves Köprülü Canyon National Park rock engraved ago, coverin whole side of the mountain and the Feenkamine Göreme on the road, Köprülü canyon, very rich, in conjunction with natural beauty.
City, who are part of Psidia and in areas Pampheylia was ruled by Lydia, Persia, Alexander the Great and Roman governments, respectively.
It is the scene of 5 doors and 45 escalators in the North is an important monument. On the stone engraved with the southern theater, stadium and gymnasium, and the western Ionian temple of nature, whose ceiling is decorated with an eagle design attracts attention. In the south of the stadium, there are fountains and Agora. On the north side of the city is located southwest of the city, Artemis Zeus and monuments and to present necropolis.
Seleukia
Two floors of Agora, the Basilica Cistern and sanitation can be considered as a sign of the evolution of the city. Mosaic, which arise when the city of excavations are now in the Museum of Antalya.
Etenna
Eten, the 29 km. north of Manavgat, is based on the hills that are on the upper part of the village of Sirt. At the head of the city, which was adopted, as a bishop in the center of the Byzantine Empire, there is a time of the Acropolis from the terrace surrounded by walls, and the best preserved and highest slopes of the city . There is a Herron (a tomb for a noble person) in the south of the city. Basilica, Agora, church, hammam and tanks are important components of the historic ruins of that.
GASTHOF
Alara Inn
If you have 9 km. to the west of Manavgat, you arrive at Alara Inn. He is the 13 century, Seljukian to maintain the link between the capital of the south coast, Konya and Alanya. They are people, travel, with caravan aries and distributors for the costs of the night and rest, secure and comfortable.
Chainrings
There are many high plateaus of the Toros Mountains, which is in two Köprüçayı valley.
More important are Güğlenpınar and Beloluk plateaus, Avanos Beliği in Tefekli region Gücer Plateau, Kesikbeli, Akçaalan Plateau, Topalceviz, Alic Demre and plateaus, Dumanli Plateau at the foot of the mountains Bozburun İkiz plateau. Most of the villagers are in the highlands for the summer.
Aspendos: The ancient city, 48km to the east of Antalya, is famous for its theater, perhaps the best preserved in Asia Minor. He is still in use, and stages the annual opera and ballet Aspendos festival each summer. It was the scene of a bloody battle between Greeks and Persians in 469 BC, then the Spartans 120 years later. The city was part of the empire Seleukiden after the death of Alexander the Great, and was part of the Roman province of Asia in 133 BC.
The famous scene was in the 2nd century AD, with a Roman design, and it is still intact. Ataturk was responsible for a large part of the restoration, said after the visit should be regarded as the theater is not just a museum.
Besides the theater, there is an acropolis on a hill, the basilica nymphaeum and are still quite intact.
Hours: Summer from 08.00 to 19.00; Winter 08h00 - 17h30.
Kekova it is in the Kas-Demre. It is an old city 500 m from the village of Üçağız in the Mediterranean.
Patara: It is Kalkan-Fethiye road, about 10 km from Kalkan, is located in the south .. The colorful ceramics in the center of the city show that the city's history dates back to 5 BC as most of the birthplace of Saint Nicolas, he was one of the main seaports at the time of Alexander the Great. Gated three walls of enclosure, one of which leads to Patara, was governor in the 110th Modestus One of the most important is the scene of the time buried under sand beach of Patara lens.
Xanthos: Based on the pool of Xanthos, Xanthos, the largest and oldest city in the Lykia. Is still independent, invading Persians in 4292 BC, Xanthos of trying hard to defend against invasion, but at a distance of achieving the victory of the man of Xanthos first murdered his wife and suicide whole. 80 Then imigrating family to create the area of the city, but 100 years later, the city was completely destroyed by a fire. Reesatblished city since strengtened its relationship with the West Bank and has been a major center.Still the city can not be registered by misfortune. On the strength of the tax by the Roman Brutus, the city has been destroyed and people were at war. Xanthos and the city was a disaster.
The city was half the Lykia and outside the Roman ruins of the city. Roman theater and results in the west of the theater still attracts visitors. Harpy memorial on the rock is one of the main runways. Only the reproduction of the work, the original is visible to the British Museum in England, may be in the region.
Kas (Antiphellos):
Kas was one of the most important cities of Lykia, and is now a small resort of great historical interest. The picturesque town of the water has a rocky, with good beaches nearby. There are water sports nearby, such as canoeing, jet skiing, diving, paragliding, cave diving and technical equipment, for low and dark caves. For those wishing to travel on water, Mavi Yolculuk (blue) and other excursions by boat excursions can madeto surrounding islands.
History
Habesos is the first known name of the ancient city, such as archaeological discoveries. Antiphellos but the name is more familiar, and it was the port of the former Phellos. Excavations have revealed a solution the4th century BC, perhaps earlier, although it reached its peak in the importance of the Roman and Byzantine periods, as a center for the bishops. It also had important consequences in the world of maritime trade, and during Roman times, famous for its exported sponges wasespecially. It was designed by the Arabs, and in the Anatolian Seljuks, and took the name Andifli. After the destruction of the state Anatolian Seljuks, the Turks in his country. The name Kas means "eyebrow" or "something of a curve," explains the shape of the city under the bottom of 500 meters high, behind the cliffs.
Climate
Summers are hot and dry in Kas, quite typical of the Mediterranean region to about 35 degrees during the day. The winters are warm, even if during the day can be cool at night and may be below 10 degrees.
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