Antalia - city of falls. Mecca of tourist Turkey. City filled by history. Any of these statements rightfully is possible to relate to Antalia. When tsar Attal II has sent the soldiers on searches of the new grounds, it has allowed them the order to find the most fine place on the world. It is no wonder, that their choice has fallen on the magnificent green plateau covered among snow tops of Tauris. Since in this paradise has been grounded Antalia, much has changed including and the name of city. But the main thing - beauty was kept! To rich history of city will tell you the place of interest of city - a gate of emperor Adriana, rocky minaret Eevle in height of 37 meters, and osmanli fortress...

Necessarily take look in old city, whose narrow streets will fascinate you by all means, many houses, Mosques and turkish baths were kept since times of Osmanli turks. You will walk on the marble slabs polished by time on which the Roman emperors, Christian apostles and east sultans went long times ago. Modern Antalia is heart of tourist Turkey, the city created for fun and active leisure. Two huge beaches, hotels on all tastes and purses, weight of various entertainments will not allow to miss minutes. Last hit antalian fashions - magnificent "Beach Park", located into an eight-kilometer beach which part belongs to ultrafashionable hotel Hillside Su. Fun here does not cease neither in the afternoon, nor at night. Smart fish restaurants, numerous bars and cafe it is loads and loads on seacoast, fashionable night clubs with the alive music, popular discos are always ready to receiving visitors. Here spend the concerts even stars of a turkish pop music. Join!

Antalia It is large, quickly developing city (a population 600.000 person, not including visitors), possessing the developed infrastructure of entertainments. The city conducts the history about 11 century, when it has been grounded by tsar Attalos, it has received the name of settlements in honour of him. Antalia was visited by known historic figures: apostle Paul, the Roman emperor Adrian and many other. Location

Antalia stands on the plain surrounded by high mountains (a ridge Tauris), the snow covered top to the end of May. As growth of city in the east does not restrain a mountainous landscape (as it occurs in the West), Antalia already has incorporated some settlements to the east from the center (including Lara, Alsu) and continues to develop actively.

Infrastructure In the most known street of Antalia - a local "Broadway" - Ishkelar (street of "not dying away fires") and Palm Parkway with a small restaurants, cafe and various shops without a break work all over the night. On these streets passes unique in Antalia the tram route which is coming to at end to the Archeologic museum. The basic discos of Antalia are located in old city, at large hotels, on quay Konialty and in place Beach Park. In city there is a delphinarium, 2 large aquaparks - Dedeman and Aqualand, an amusement park and large shopping centers. Various small restaurants and cafe settle down along coasts and in the city. In Antalia also are an amphitheater open-air where are spent concerts and different shows, stadium, museums, the congress-halls . The big interest for fans of history represents the Archeologic museum of Antalia in which it is collected more than 1000 exhibits of the antique period: sculptures, sarcophagi, reliefs, a mosaic, and also monuments of early christianity. In this modern complex have been gathered the most excellent samples of the archeological excavations spent in region of Turkish Riviera.

Climate and the nature

Summer in Antalia is hot and long, warm and soft winters, as a whole a climate more damp and warm, than at Aegean coast of Turkey. In city the set of parks is broken, the majority from which settle down along coast, parkways are surrounded by palm trees and subtropical plants. In a city boundaries there are some falls.

Hotels

Hotels of Antalia is city type. Located in the downtown five-stars business-hotels Hillside Su, Sheraton, Falez, use municipal beach Konialti, with a large white pebble.

Feature of hotels of Antalia which is being the central rocky part that to their beach-platform it is necessary to go down long enough. Hotels in east area Lara have own sandy beaches (not a platform).

Beaches and the sea Antalia coast is washed by Mediterranean sea. The city can be conditionally divided into three parts. The central part (the old city of Kaleichi) stands on a steep rocky ledge in height of 30-50 m. it is possible to bathe here only having gone down on ladder downwards to the sea. Beaches as are not present those, on an entrance in the sea there are large stones disappearing in depth. At the left and to the right of old city is settle down beach strips and quays . Quay Konialty (in the West from Antalia, aside Kemer) - a beach from a large white pebble, beach Lara (in the east from Antalia, aside Kundu-Aksu and Belek) - sand and a fine pebble.

Resort

Beach Park grounded in 2003 on seacoast in front of hotel Hillside Su with huge quantity of various restaurants, cafe, night (there it is possible to have a rest on a beach on plank beds, in hammocks, on a swing, in tents, on green lawns on grass, etc.) uses huge popularity. Restaurants of various national kitchens, confectioner shops, enable to have a rest to each visitor. In the afternoon the Scourge Park functions, basically, as a city beach (a fine pebble), and in the evening, perhaps this most popular place of Antalia where all city gathers. A scourge Park as the most popular vacation spot of the townspeople and visitors of city even has selected a palm tree of superiority at Kalechi. Also visitors of Antalia will be undoubtedly pleased with an abundance of shops of the turkish and European marks located in downtown, and in large shopping centers. The most known shopping center of Antalia - "Migros", is on suburb of Antalia, on road in Kemer. On three levels, connected by escalators, it is possible not only to do purchases in various branded shops, but also to spend time in cafe and small restaurants for all tastes and to look films in language of the original in seven cinema halls.

Excursions Antalia city is exactly in the middle of the same region, all excursions here are accessible : from Kemer, and from Belek, Side and Alania. Ruins of ancient cities meet in area of Antalia literally continually. The unapproachable fortress of the antique city of Termessos is to the north from Antalia, the Center of a province Pamphylia - Perge and capital of Cilicia - Side at top of mountain at height about 1000 m. also will be interest to fans of history, especially if to emphasize, that in due time they considerably outstriped ancient Antalia on the importance.

Aspendos till now is famous for the huge perfectly kept amphitheater where various shows are spent, concerts and musical festivals. In the western Antalia, almost behind of Kemer it is possible to see ruins of two capitals Lycia Union - Faselis and Olimpaso, scattered among magnificent natural scenery. Hardly are Miry Kekova, Ksanf and other ancient cities further.

From natural monuments are worthy at once 3 falls (not without reason Antalia in an antiquity named city of falls): it is Lara, 30 m. falling down from height directly in the sea located at the same name area, Kurshunlu Duden.

Also it is impossible to disregard almost obligatory for visiting in Turkey walks by a boat or a yacht. Them spend from small yacht port the Antalia, and from Kemer.

Fans of productive leisure can subdue waters of the river Kyoprjuchaj in the same natural reserve, investigate underwater depths, go on a jeep-safari and even to make a jump on a paraplane in a tandem with the instructor from mountain Tenek-Tepe on surburb of city.