Alanya is a city in the district of Antalya and is 135 km east of Antalya. In the east is the city Gazipasa and in the West Manavgat/Side. Alanya is also known as „Pearl of the Turkish Riviera" and is world famous for it's kilometres of fine and clean beach, crystal-clear water and the mild Mediterranean climate.
The historical past, the various sights of nature and the multi-cultural way of life made Alanya an unforgettable experience.
Through the different kind of water-sports, the colorful bazaar and the happy night-life Alanya is popular with local and European vacationists.

The first settlements are dated in the before-christian time which we explain under History. Before tourism the origin settlers „Yörük" (a nomad race) lived from farming, fishing and stockbreeding. Over the winter month they lived in the mild climate of Alanya and in the summer they moved with their cattle to the Taurus Mountain. But through the tourism they settled down and opened boutiques and hotels.

The population structure in Alanya has changed within the last 15 years to a European and multicultural city. With the tourism businessman from Ystanbul, Ankara, Yzmir and other cities have opened the first hotels and stores. Then the Turkish people who lived in a foreign country came back and invested their money in tourism.

With the built of the infrastructure, healthcare, modern hotels, buildings and stores the first holiday apartments have been purchased by European. To this day over 10.000 apartments were sold to European (most of them are German 6.500) and the most of them are still living here as new and local friends. In Turkey Alanya is humorous known as a holiday place which was conquered and free from European.

The popularity of Alanya rest on the special qualities of the touristical equipment of the hotels and of the beaches. The long beaches are opend for everyone. Also the hotels are not like at other places full of buildings for mass-tourism behind walls and fence. The hotels in Alanya have a capacity of 50-100 rooms and the furniture is comfortable and tasteful. The hotels are among the beach or near the centre of Alanya and managed professional in a familiar atmosphere. Discover the history, nature and culture of Alanya. Experience the Turkish hospitality in a familiar atmosphere.

 
 

On the top of the Kandeler with the rest of survival the centuries the castle of Alanya is the only one in good condition from the Seljuks. In 1225 the castle has been rebuilt by the Anatolian Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat instead to repair the ruins of the old castle from the Romans.

His value became the castle from the aristocracy of the Alaiye time and was later occupied from the Ottomans in 1471. Constructs with indoor and outdoor sectors, surround with three ramparts the castle has 83 towers and 140 domes. The castle is full of historical richness with his Ayayorgi church, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman mosque, Seljuks steam bath, market, antique shop, Sitti Zeynep monument, Sultan Alaaddin palace, large and small rumparts, lighthouse and dungeon.
 
It is placed at a point where the coast wall encircling. The Alanya Fortress from cast and the nord walls are coming together. The inscription on the tower tells us that it had been built by a architect named Kettanizade Ebu Ali by Alaaddin Keybubatin 1225-1227. The octangonal tower has a diameter of 29 metres and is 33 metres high. Inside, it is 5 storeyed and has a complex plan, in connection of defence systems. The section arising from the middle of the tower up to the fourth floor is forming the spine of the tower and has also the function of a cistern. The fortress wall was built of pebbles in two lower floors and are paved by lined rectangular blocks.
 

It is located in the 150 metres in the west of The Red Tower, it is the unique Seljuk dockyard surviving until our day. This construction is 57 metre long and 40 metre wide, comprising a 5-vaulted site separted by inner walls. The Dockyard's entrance is the gate next to The Red Tower. According to the inscriptions, it was built by Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat in 1227. The chamber at the left of the gate was used as a little mosque by the employees. The alight chamber at the right supposed to be used as an office. The two storeyed tower at the western section of the dockyard was built against the attacks from sea and land.
The tower named Tophane was built on the rocks in a rectangular plan and 19 metres high. The lower storeys have windows looking out at the sea and land. The chambers in the upper storeys are different. The cistern providing water for tower guards is still in a good condition and in service.
  KLEOPATRA BEACH
ALANYA - TURKEY