Alanya is probably the liveliest summerholiday destination in Turkey. Alanya is credited to be a perfect travel destination due to the versatile range of pleasures it can offer to tourists that naturally benefits residents like.
Alanya lies about 75 miles and roughly 2 hours journey from the airport at Antalya and can almost be classed a city due to its size. With its vast beaches, historic sites, the innumerable fish restaurants and its modern hotels, motels and its cafes and bars, Alanya, is an outstanding location. The first thing that greets any visitor is the 13th century Seljuk Castle, which sits like a crown atop of Alanya Peninsula. Besides the impressive castle, there is the shipyard and the Red Tower (Kizil Kule) with monumental beauty.
The westerly region of Turkey's Mediterranean coastline is especially popular and sandy beaches around Antalya and the Konyaalti Bay are in abundance. With a particularly diverse landscape, it is actually quite feasible to enjoy a morning swim, and then head to the Taurus Mountains for a spot of skiing in the afternoon at the neighbouring resort of Davras. Antalya's historical Old Town area known as the Kaleici offers beautiful harbour views and is surrounded by medieval fortified walls, which date back before both the Roman and Byzantine periods and have been restored many times. Currently the fasted-growing city in Turkey, Antalya enjoys an idyllic climate for a good deal of the year and much tourism