Informationen about Alanya, Side, Kemer, Antalya, Belek

The holiday-regions of Antalya at the Turkish south coast extend in the east from Alanya up to Kalkan in the west. The best known vacation places here are: Alanya, Side, Manavgat, Belek, Kundu, Lara, Beldibi, Göynük, Kemer, Camyuva, Tekirova, Kas and Kalkan. Every area has his special features and his "tribe tourists". One can say that the region has the most beautiful landscape around around Kemer. The high mountains of the Toros reach directly to the beaches, that with crystal-clear water to the bathing invite. Turkey, those ones are marvellous beaches, clean water, supermodern hotels, dreamy bays, cordial hospitality, fabulous food, a lot of history, sun full and much more.

Hotels and pensions of all categories do not make the selection slight for a vacation wahrlich. They search luxury and comfort? An athletic active voice vacation in a club or nevertheless dearer a Wellness- and spoiling-cure? Maybe you rather search the small personal retirement close to the beach? Skiing in Antalya? Is that anyway possible? Be sure you will find so many information and stimulation on this web-site that the selection falls to you a little more easily. Many holiday-makers who come into Turkey to the first once become regular customer. It will not help some with reducing prejudices opposite a vacation country in which so much culture history was written either as hardly in another country of the world. One is certain anyway, Turkey has to offer something for everyone!

The red tower of Alanya

Alanya: has 55.000 inhabitants belongs to the province Antalya. Alanya has the oldest tradition in the tourism at the south coast. Alanya became historical already in the 4th Century B.C. mentioned. Emperor Antonius gave once Kleopatra this beautiful earth spot for the wedding. It was landschaftlich very charm-fully. A former small fishing village, today presumably the biggest touristische place in the province Antalya. Many things disappeared, however, from the natural and unaffected beauty after hotel and vacations plants were built. Alanya looks today just the same, as a tourist center in Spain or Italy. Most hotels are separated from the beach by an a lot used main road. A stroll is Lohnenswert in any case through the old heart of the city and to the castle. Also a boat trip is worthwhile through the limestone cave and a bath in "Kleopatras" bathtub. So a formation of rocks is designated in the water. When do you have the occasion into an "imperial bathtub" to climb otherwise? Ideally suitable for alone travellers and child-free families. A very lively bathing resort, with many sandy beaches. Distance to the airport Antalya approx. 140 km, transfer time 2 of -2,5 hours. English Version: www.alanya.cx

Antalya old harbour

Antalya: Presumably the most beautiful city in Turkey. Some ideal points of view are to be achieved for the vacation, especially almost all sights and activities from here best. Fifth-Biggest city of the Turkey with about a million inhabitant. The actual inhabitants Antalyas are in der Minderheit. Through the booming tourism, people came more and more here from other provinces in order to earn their living. Approx. 20 years ago Antalya was not more than a small, dreamy fisherman-village with bordering agricultural villages. Typical for Antalya and citrus fruits and tomatoes that can be harvested two times per annum are environment. Meanwhile Antalya made itself a name in the winter as an important flower exporter. Also the old port with the old town "Kaleici" itself subsequent is very sight-worth. A stroll through the verwinkelten lanes is very much impressing and fascinating, particularly at the evening. Antalya is on high tufa rock built, that in the eastern part of Antalya as a wave-cut cliff in a normal way up to 35 meters into the sea declines. Stroll also to the gate Hadrians which spanned the main road once according to Perge. The gate has three transitions and became in the year to 130 A.C.. established established by the inhabitants in honor of in honor of the roman emperor Hadrian who stayed then in "Attaleia" to visit. In the proximity of the hotel Falez a free light museum invites history to a walk through 3.000 years. This museum has the most important collection of classical archeology next to the museums in Istambul and Ankara. The exhibits are from a very high quality. Antalyas beaches are found at the western outskirts of a town, the Konyaalti Strand. At the weekend it is very interesting to observe the many Turkish families there during the picnic. Motorcycles with four persons, or Lkw, crammed on the loading space with children, women and men, are not a rarity. With four hospitals and an university clinic the population and the holiday-makers are well looked after. The beaches of Antalya consist of sand/grit, at crystal-clear water. Suitable for child-free holiday-makers of every age. English Version: www.antalya.cx

Beldibi: Small tourist place between Antalya and Kemer. The beach in Beldibi consists of sand/grit. That has, however, the advantage that the water is here crystal-clear and clean! Well suitable for holiday-makers with or without children. Distance to the Antalya airport approx. 40 km with an approx. 45 minutes transfer time.

Belek from the air

Belek: Rising tourist place between Antalya and Side. The most modern hotels and vacation plants are here in a gigantic nature park the Turkish Mediterraneanarose. The municipalities Kadriye and Belek rearmed very quickly to a big tourist center. Also for golfers Belek became a fixed term. There are in Belek five marvellous golf courses of 770.000 square meters to 1.100.000 square meters with international standard. Many international tournaments are played here. Far more than 100 rare birds have it's breeding grounds here in the nature park Belek. There are in the vegetation approx. 230 plants from which 30 plants are to be found only in Belek. Belek is very well suitable for regeneration searching and families with children, there is a wonderful beach that goes very shallowly into the sea therefore completely harmlessly for children is. Distance to the airport approx. 25 km, between 30 and 45 minutes transfer time. English Version: www.belek.cx

Birds view over Camyuva

Camyuva: Small tourist place at Kemer. The beaches consist of sand/grit. The water is here crystal-clear. Distance according to Kemer about six kilometers. Suitable for all holiday-makers with or without children. Distance to the airport of Antalya approx. 50 km, approx. 1 hour transfer time.

Beach of Cirali

Cirali: Here in the nature park Olympos the holiday-maker finds off the mass tourism wonderful small hotels and pensions which lie directly near the beach. Here there are no bed castles and no animation, simply only rest and regeneration. The almost secluded beach miles long consists of sand/grit, the water turtles lay down its eggs here. The water of the sea is crystal-clear. Suitable for families with and without children and Individualreisende. Distance to the airport approx. 100 km, 1,5 hours transfer time. My recommendation for the individual holiday-maker with or without children:

Göynük: Small municipality at Kemer. Slowly but continuously the tourism grasps also here around. The beaches of Göynük consist of sand/grit. The water is crystal-clear and clean. Suitable for holiday-makers with and without children. Distance to the airport approx. 40 km, 1 hour transfer time.

Incekum: It is said verbally translates: thin sand. A small tourist place between Side and Alanya. Well suitable for families with children. There are excellent sandy beaches. Distance to the airport Antalya approx. 110 km, between 1,5 and 2 hours transfer time.

Street in Kas

Kas: (speak Kash) Auch Kas remained a dreamy vacation place, without gigantic hotel systems. Kas kept his charm and his naturalness. Through the geographical situation and the distance to the airport Antalya that will remain also so. Kas remains a vacation place for connoisseurs, divers and Paraglider. There are no sandy beaches, but only rocky bays, however... crystal-clear water and the proximity to the sunken city Kekova. Transfer time of the airport Antalya of approx. 2,5 hours for the 170 km distance. English Version: www.kas.cx

Kalkan

Kalkan: More lies near the boundary of Mediterranean Sea and Aegaen coast. Only some km behind Kas and a wonderful dreamy small fishing village is. Here the individualist his vacation claims can be raked to. There are not any big hotel buildings and not a lot tom-tom, here everything ends actually quite calmly and congenially. The distance to the airport Antalya is approx. 200 km, approx. 3 hours transfer time over a marvellous coast street.

Kemer from the air

Kemer: The former orange village Kemer developed in the course of the last years to a true tourist stronghold. A business follows the next one. Leather, gold, textiles, carpets. Restaurants, bars and Cafes join. A picture as Mallorcas surrenders to "Arenal" or grain Canarias so south. The same picture is repeated in every bigger Turkish vacation place. A walk is very amusing. "You German"? or "From where come you from"? "You want to look once beautiful carpet"? To find all skillful asking the vendor around the first conversation and to invite to the tea or Raki. Natural from "Turkish tradition"! The beautiful big hotel systems and clubs, with its many a thousand beds, lie outside of Kemer at the beaches. Kemer itself lay a very beautiful port and behind that in the Moonlight bay a beautiful beach. A walk to the nomad village on the mountain behind the port is lohnenswert. Kemer and his environment are very well-kept and offer wonderful beaches and sights. The beaches of Kemer consist of sand/grit, with crystal-clear water. Well suitable for all holiday-makers, with or without children. Distance to the airport approx. 45 km, 1 hour transfer time. English Version: www.kemer.cx

Kundu: This relatively new holiday region of Antalya lies a little between Antalya and Belek off the known regions, about 30 km east of the airport Antalya, and invites with his topic hotels that are that: Topkapi Palast, Kremlin (Kremlin), Venezia (Reproduction of Venice). Soon one will mix new hotel for this purpose, the White House. It is a question in the case of all plants of gigantic projects more or less on highest level.

Lara: Shortly behind the airport Antalya a new vacation field arose in 2003 by the name of Lara. Antalya's are here most beautiful sandy beaches. Many new and convenient hotels arose already here and are still built. The vacation field with the shortest transfer time of the airport Antalya.

Temple of Apollo in Side

Side: Huges tourist place (heard to Manavgat). Differently than in Perge and Aspendos the Greeks settled here not in the hinterland on a mountain, but directly at the sea. The history speaks of the Greeks of Side having mixed so very much with the origin inhabitants that they spoke even their language finally. In the 2./3th Centura A.C. a very prosperous port and main envelope place for the slave trade were Side. Old Egyptian documents occupy that the big slave market of Side mainly offered black Africans and Nubier. The gains from these businesses were used for the beauty of the city and the financing of games and competitions. First a great purge action through Pompeius (67 A.C.) an end prepared for this driving. In Byzantine time Side became bishop seat. The theater in which so many people lost their life once served now for the holy supper as place. Sides theater was the largest in Pamhylia. The ruins of the rows of seats are today still very well preserved while the stagehouse is lying, however, in thrums on the orchestra. Also the remains of the city gate are sight-worth directly at the local entry. Today Side is a big tourist place, with many big hotel systems which lie directly near the well-kept sandy beaches. To the catchment area Side the places Colakli, Titreyengoel, Kumkoey and Manavgat belong, This Area is very well suitable for all holiday-makers and particularly for family vacation with children. Everywhere sandy beaches. Distance to the airport approx. 80 km, approx. 1,5 hours transfer time. English Version: www.side.cx

Tekirova

Tekirova: Small tourist place near Kemer. Well suitable for holiday-makers with or without children. The beaches consist of grit/sand and the water is crystal-clear and completely clean. The field around Kemer around is one of the best diving-districts in the field Antalya. Distance of the airport approx. 75 km, approx. 1,5 hours transfer time.