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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Lufthansa flies to Antalya
“This further strengthens our position in Turkey,” Lufthansa Turkey General Manager Gregor Wende, said, noting the importance of the Turkish market. “We are happy to have scheduled flights to Antalya.” Lufthansa has been running Turkish routes since 1956 and has the largest market share among foreign airlines. The company has a total of 73 flights per week from Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir and Bursa. With the inclusion of the new route
from Antalya, the number of flights per week has increased to 74.
Doğan News Agency (DHA)
Monday, April 4, 2011
The World`s Best Golf Courses in Antalya-Belek
Here at Belek Area, seven golf clubs are grouped in two pairs separated by a ten minute drive with most of the hotels in between. All ready to serve you not only sunshine and secluded beaches but also the unique and hidden golf treasure of our Antalya.
Golf courses; In planing the course, the architecs took into special account the wishes and expectations of Europen golfers. The perfect sight of the golf courses present the wonderful panorama and landscape of the neighborhood while providing the golf players with terrifie golf pleasure and struggle.Some annex fields are being planned for the development of the golf facilities. There are daily, even hourly tours from all resorts and holiday villages at the neighborhood to the golf field and bookings are available via these tours and clubs.
The golf facilities enable individuals and groups to play throughout the twelve months of the year including the winter sunshine period that averages over six sunshine hours a day. Records show over 300 days of sunshine annually for the region.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Turkey’s first ice bar opens in Antalya
Black Ice Bar, Turkey’s first and just one of seven ice bars in the world, opened at the Antalya Ramada Hotel on Thursday. In the bar, the tables, glasses, seats, floors and walls are all ice. The bar’s temperatures is -8 degrees Celsius all the time. The Ice Bar is decorated with ice sculptures and colored with different lights.
Entrance fee is 16 euros, including a free beverage. Customers are allowed to stay inside for 45 minutes. At the end of each session, customers can pass to another bar in the hotel.
HURRIYET DAILY NEWS
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
SUMMERTIME IN ANTALYA
SHINING SUN, AMAZING BEACHES, MAGNIFICENT MEDITERRANEAN SEA, LUXURY HOTELS, RAFTING, HORSE, ATV & JEEP SAFARIS, YATCH PARTIES, THE BEST DISCOS & CLUBS OF THE EUROPE, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS & CONCERTS, WATER SPORTS, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS IN TURKISH RIVIERA WHERE IS ANTALYA..
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Gelidonia Lighthouse
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Main Sights in Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It was the world's third most visited city by number of international arrivals in
2011, displacing New York. It is Turkey's biggest international sea resort.
The first
place to be seen in Antalya is the Old Town (in Turkish Kaleiçi). The
name Kaleiçi means "Inside the Kale" or "Inner Kale" (Kale
itself means castle or fortress). It is
the historic city center of Antalya. It has structures dating from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and modern Turkish republican eras.
The Kaleiçi area is located in the centre-eastern portion of the city along the
Mediterranean coast fronted by the yacht harbor that dates to the Roman era.
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| Old Town - Kaleici |
Especially, people must see the Hadrian’s Gate, Roman Clock Tower, Hıdırlık Tower, The
fluted (Yivli) minaret, Mermerli beach and the marina in the Old Town.
Hadrian's Gate: constructed in the 2nd century by the Romans in honor of the Emperor Hadrian.
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| Hıdırlık Tower |
Hıdırlık Tower is a
landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park. It is believed that
the ruling Roman Empire built this in the second century CE on a square plan.
It has since been used as a fortification or a lighthouse.
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| Clock Tower |
The Clock Tower is Roman architecture. People are meeting under clock tower, it
is like the symbol of Antalya. But the real symbol of the city is Yivli Minare (Fluted Minaret) which is built by the Seljuks and decorated with dark blue and
turquoise tiles.
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| Mermerli Beach |
The famous Mermerli Beach is Antalya’s oldest beach. The
little pebbly beach belongs to the Mermerli restaurant and is situated east to
the marina. Deck-chairs and umbrellas must be paid. Its meaning is Marble
Beach, and for good reason. It is all coral and marble at this tiny beach area,
sometimes only accessible by steps and more steps going down 50 ft cliffs.
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| Saklıkent Ski Center |
You’ve got to do a day trip to Saklıkent. The meaning
of Saklıkent is hidden city. It is a winter resort in Antalya, 45 kilometers from Antalya and 60 kilometers from Antalya Airport. It is open for skiing from November to May. Because of its
proximity to Antalya, one can ski and then one hour later swims in the Mediterranean Sea.
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| Hasan Subasi Cultural Park |
Antalya will host EXPO 2016
which is the next scheduled A1 Horticultural Exposition. From 9,160 botanical
species growing in Turkey about 3,300 are endemic. 630 of these 3,300 plants
grow only at the Mediterranean Sea and 500 of those only grow in the province
of Antalya. Hasan Subasi Cultural Park is located in the heart of Antalya's cultural
and touristic area of the Konyaalti district. The park is my best relaxing
place. Long walk in early morning when the city was sleeping is the best thing
in Antalya. It is look like a paradise. You should see the great and
fascinating view of Konyaalti beach and Toros Mountains from this park.
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| Beachpark |
Konyaalti Beachpark is the Antalya’s new music and arts center. Here you
always find an activity or live music concerts. Located in Antalya's breathtaking Konyaaltı
coasts, surrounded by the natural green beauty... Close enough to liveliness of
the city, yet far enough to get lost among the magic turquoise waters and
glittering sun... Lots of thought has been given into even the tiniest details
in BeachPark to meet the needs of those longing for a wonderful break-away to
get rid of all city stressors. Whether you are just by yourself, with your
family or friends, coming to BeachPark and picking one of a hundred leisurely
activities is all it takes to spend an unforgettable day.
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| Beachpark |
There are a number of caves in the city that you can visit, which include:
- Altinbesik Dudensu Cave
- Beldibi Cave
- Damlatas Cave
- Karain Cave
- Kocain Cave
Each of these caves has a special appeal that makes it unique
Sites of interest in the city centre
- Karpuzkaldıran
- Tünek Hill
- Karaalioglu Park
- Arapsu Bridge
- Lara Beach
- Minicity
- Antalya Aquarium
Moreover, you can visit ancient cities near Antalya such as Aspendos, Olimpos, Side, Selge, Perge, Phaselis, ve Termessos.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Antalya Kaleici (The Fortress) and Marina
The ancient city center enclosed by the sea and land walls is today called the "Kale Ici" (Inner Bailey). The streets and buildings still bear the marks of Antalya's history. The characteristic of the houses do not lie only in their architecture but reflect the living habits, customs and social ways of the inhabitants of ancient Antalya and are thus a valuable source of information.
This streets within the bailey are narrow, and stretch upwards from the harbor and along by the walls. The difference in the houses shows the economic status of the owners or the purpose for which they were used. However, they share many common factors. Most of them were built of masonry interspersed with timber.
Each one has a front and back garden. They are very few windows on the street side of the first floor of the house. On the top floor is a "cumba" or trellised projection in harmony with the architecture of the house and street, adorned with wooden ornaments. The center of the house is on the ground floor and opens onto a paved courtyard called "taslik" and where there are wooden benches. This leads into the ground floor rooms and there is also a staircase to the upper floors. The ground floor is largely the house's servicing area and consists of the kitchen, storage room, etc. while the upper floor contains the living quarters, although kitchen and storage room can sometimes be seen on the top floor. The upper floor rooms are larger and lighter with large windows. In some of these houses the top floor rooms have two rows of windows, one on top of the other, and in some cases the upper rows do not have any glass only wooden lattices. The bottom row can be opened. In the upper part of some of the "cumba" are small pieces of glass, sometimes colored.
A few of the buildings within the harbor have been restored and restoration is continuing. Today in the inner bailey, can be found places of entertainment, guesthouses, restaurants, shops selling souvenirs and old carpets and other necessities, a supermarket servicing the yacht as well as other amenities required by them, and it is in fact an attractive center of tourism. The port of Antalya was formerly considered after Mersin as the only port on Turkey's western seaboard where ships could dock. However, today it is used exclusively as a yacht harbor. After the new industrial harbor west of Antalya went into operation, the former port became known as the Yacht Harbor. The ancient city of Antalya was protected by two walls, in the shape of a horseshoe, one enclosing it along the shore and the other inland. In addition, there were walls within the city separating the various settlements, and a great number of towers on the outer walls at 50 paces from each other. These walls date back to ancient times and, as was the general rule, the Romans built on the Hellenistic foundations and these were subsequently widens and repaired by the Seljuks. Many stone blocks with ancient inscriptions were used and the walls were well protected until the end of the 19th century. Today in the city can be seen the remains of some of the walls, a few turrets, Hadrian's Gate, the Clock Tower, and the Hidirlik Tower. This is one of the best preserved monuments in Antalya. This Roman edifice was built in 130 A.D. to honor the Emperor Hadrian.
Formerly the city walls enclosed the outside of the gate and it was not used for many years. This may be the reason why it has not been destroyed, and it was only revealed when the walls collapsed. It is considered as Pamphylia's most beautiful Gate. The upper part has three apertures in the shape of a cupola, and except for the pillars is built entirely of white marble. The ornamentation is very striking. The original Gate was two storeys but little is known of the top storey.
On either side of the Gate are towers, which are known not to have been built at the same time. The southern one is known as the Julia Sancta tower and is a work of the Hadrian era. It was constructed of plain stone blocks. While the base of the northern tower belongs to antiquity, the upper part is left over from the Seljuks.
It is worth while stopping in front of the Gate and reflecting for a few moments. On the one hand you are standing on modern Antalya's dual carriageway, lined with palm and orange trees, Ataturk Caddesi, while behind you is ancient Attaleia, the past and the present separated by Pamphylia's most beautiful Gate, which itself has on either side towers representing the art and civilization of two different epochs. This blending of the epochs is something peculiar to Antalya and can be often seen.
The Hidirlik Tower, which has a square base surmounted by a cylindrical edifice, can be seen at the southern most point of the land walls. Belonging to ancient times, there is a large square block in the interior. The tower is a very solid building and, from the shape of the inside, it is thought to have been used for defense or to send out signals by lighting a fire.
Examination of the TRUNCATED MINARET MOSQUE reveals that it dates to the 2nd century A.D. and that in the 5th century A.D. a basilica was built on an ancient temple. The son of Bayazit II, Sultan Korkud, transformed it into a mosque and had a minaret added. When a fire broke out in the 19th century the timber section of the minaret was burnt out, and since then it has been called the "truncated minaret". It is to this day in a state of disrepair and does not function as a mosque, but as visitors can see ancient, Byzantine and Seljuk remains all at one time, it still serves as an unusually interesting sight.
The "Kalekapisi" neighborhood is where number of buildings of Seljuk origin are concentrated, and consist of the following: the Fluted (Yivli) Minaret, the Yivli Mosque, the Giyaseddin Keyhusrev Medrese, the Seljuk Medrese, the Mevlevi Han, the Zincirkiran Mausoleum and the Nigar Hatun Mausoleum.
The Fluted Minaret is one of the first Muslim edifices in Antalya and is an 18th century work of the Seljuk period. Its base is of hewn stone and the trunk of bricks and turquoise colored tiles, and it has eight grooves. This minaret has now become the symbol of Antalya. It is 38 meters high and the top is reached by 90 steps.
The Yivli Minaret Mosque is to the west of the Truncated Minaret. It is the oldest example of the multicupola construction in Anatolia; it is covered by six semi-spherical cupolas. It was built in 1372 by Balaban Tavsi and it can be seen that ancient ruins have been used in addition to other products in its construction.
Giyaseddin Keyhusrev had the Medrese built in his name by Atabey Armagan in 1239. Facing the entrance of this building are the ruins of what is thought to be a 13th century Seljuk Medrese.
The Zincirkiran Mausoleum is north of the Fluted Minaret in the upper garden and is of Seljuk design. However, because of the simplicity of the exterior, of having windows, and the tombs being at a lower level, it has the characteristics of the Ottoman Mausoleums. In was built in 1379 and contains three tombs.
The Nigar Hatun Mausoleum is also north of the Fluted Minaret. It is of simple design and is hexagonal in shape. The Seljuk style mausoleum dates back to 1502.
It is believed that the Mevlevis house to the west of the Zincirkiran Mausoleum was built by Aladdin Keykubat in 1225. Its inscription has been effaced, but the building has been repaired and is today used as a fine arts gallery.
ISKELE MOSQUE is a very small and pretty mosque in the old Yacht Harbor. It is not known when it was built, but it was repaired within the framework of the Inner Bailey restoration project.
ISKELE MOSQUE is a very small and pretty mosque in the old Yacht Harbor. It is not known when it was built, but it was repaired within the framework of the Inner Bailey restoration project.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Lara - Antalya
Lara is a district of Antalya city, Turkey. Its famous beach, Lara beach, is one of the longest sand beaches in Turkey. Lara is the home to many themed 5 to 7 star hotels, mainly in the Kundu area. Most of the hotels are replicas of famous places around the world (for example Topkapi Palace, Venice, Kremlin) which has led to the area being nicknamed "Las Vegas in Turkey".
