Alanya'da Gezilecek En İyi Yerler

Alanya Highlights

This selection explores Alanya’s historical and natural landmarks, centered on the 13th-century Seljuk fortress and the iconic Red Tower. The list covers coastal ruins like the ancient city of Iotape and the mountain-side Alara Castle. For nature, the Sapadere Canyon offers waterfalls and walking trails. Modern additions like the Castle Ropeway and the View Terrasses provide vantage points over the Mediterranean coast and the Taurus Mountains, while the Atatürk House Museum preserves local 19th-century architecture.

Alanya Highlights — Harita

A

Kale

A 13th-century Seljuk fortress situated on a 250-meter high rocky peninsula. The complex contains 6.5 kilometers of defensive walls, 140 towers, and ruins of cisterns and a Byzantine church.

B

Red Tower

The Red Tower is a historical tower in the Turkish city of Alanya. The building is considered to be the symbol of the city, and is used on…

C

Sapadere Kanyonu

A 360-meter long canyon featuring a wooden pedestrian walkway that leads through steep rock walls to several waterfalls and natural swimming pools.

D

Alara Castle

A steep, hilltop fortress originally built during the Byzantine era and later fortified by the Seljuks to guard the Silk Road trade route.

E

Alara Han

A 13th-century Seljuk caravanserai built in 1231. It served as a roadside inn for merchants on the Silk Road, featuring intricate stone masonry and stables.

F

Castle Ropeway

A 900-meter cable car line connecting Damlataş Beach to the Ehmedek fortress area, providing views of Cleopatra Beach and the Mediterranean coastline.

G

Ehmedek

The northern fortification of Alanya Castle, built on the site of an earlier Byzantine fortress to protect the inner citadel and the Seljuk sultan’s residence.

H

Syedra

Syedra was an ancient port city in region of ancient Cilicia, Pamphylia, or Isauria, on the southern coast of modern-day Turkey between the…

I

Iotape

Ruins of an ancient harbor city featuring remains of a Roman bathhouse, a necropolis, and a small secluded beach cove.

J

Alanya View Terrasses

An elevated park situated 650 meters above sea level, offering panoramic views of the Alanya peninsula, the harbor, and the surrounding Taurus Mountains.

K

Atatürk House Museum

A 19th-century traditional Alanya house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed in 1935. It displays personal artifacts, historical documents, and local ethnographic items.