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Alanya
District and municipality in Antalya, Turkey

Alanya

Alanya, formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city, a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey.

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It is on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya. Its area is 1,577 km2, and its population is 364,180 (2022). The city proper has 189,222 inhabitants (2022).

Get in

Getting to Alanya

Antalya Airport (AYT IATA) 125 km west is the usual arrival point for international visitors. Those on package holidays are bussed straight to their hotels. Otherwise take tram 1A (every 15min) from Terminal 1 to the tram stop Cırnık, cross the bridge and take a bus (every 30min) from the bus stop called "Serik Cd-1" to Alanya.

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    Alanya Otogar is 2 km west

    It has ticket offices and toilets, and is reasonably clean and efficient.

See

Worth seeing

The Citadel (Kale) occupies the headland between the port and beaches. Most of the area is free to stroll, and you only pay for İç Kale the inner castle. This obvious defensive position has been occupied since prehistory and was fortified in Roman and Byzantine times, but what you see now is a Seljuk bastion built from 1220 AD. Houses, shops and other buildings have sprung up within the citadel walls.

Do

Things to do

Beaches are sandy, stretching several km either side of the headland. Boat trips sail round the headland and sea caves. There's half a dozen operators along the harbour. Scuba diving: the caves are memorable, outside is typically Med, just rocks, eel-grass and few fish. Scuba shacks are Dolphin, Magic Dive and Alanya Diving Centre. Jeep safaris are based at Zambak Sk next to Alaiye Kleopatra Hotel.

Eat

Where to eat

Budget places cluster around Damlataş Cave and the nearby beach. Rami Restoran, Köseoğlu Sk (next to museum). Reliable friendly place for trad food. Sushi Co, İsmet Hilmi Balcı Cd 11 (north side of museum),. Daily 11:30-23:00. Chinese and Japanese, since you need a break from Turkish. Sherlock Holmes Restaurant, Damlataş Cd (next to museum),. Daily 08:00-00:00. Welcoming cafe at all hours.

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    Mystery Steakhouse

    Damlataş Cd 71,.

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    Willi's Kneipe

    Güzelyalı Cd 26/D,.

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    Mezze Grill

    Lively place, the mixed grill is great value.

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    Şehzade Restaurant

    Good food in town centre, wide menu choice..

How locals move

Getting around Alanya the local way

  • Get inFrom Kyrenia ("Girne") in Northern Cyprus, there's sometimes a fast-cat foot-passenger ferry, but it's not sailing in 2023.
  • Get inTravel instead via Taşucu on the summer fast-cat or year-round car ferry.
  • Get aroundAlanya Teleferik is a gondola cable car from Sultan Alaadin Cd (Damlataş station) by the beach to Ehdemek (Kale station) at the top of the citadel.

From Wikivoyage: Alanya, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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