Travel to Alanya – Turkey , Many informations about Alanya
Alanya offers unforgettable experiences to its visitors with its turquoise sea and golden sands as well as its nature which enables many activities and outdoor sports. It is one of the most popular places of our country in terms of both domestic and foreign visitors with its places to visit, sea, beaches and nightlife.
In the Mediterranean Region Antalya ‘s up, high energy travelers, visitors of Alanya, which is an indispensable destination for Alanya Castle, mainly so many other ancient historic forts located right in the best beaches in Turkey selected the unique beach of a nature they have the chance to see the cave formations, plateaus and rivers.
Alanya Castle and Kızılkule
Alanya Castle , which is the symbol of Alanya , is located on the Alanya-Antalya road in the district center of Alanya. The castle, built by Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I in 1221, consists of three parts: Outer Castle, Middle Castle and Inner Castle . Aya Yorgi Church, Suleyman the Magnificent Mosque, Akşabe Sultan Tomb, Seljuk Bath, Arasta, Bedesten, Sitti Zeynep Tomb, Sultan Alaaddin Palace , large and small cisterns, lighthouse and dungeon in the Castle of Alanya was added during the period of Alaeddin Keykubat. Kızılkule which is one of the unique examples of art Features. Kizilkule is located at the junction of the eastern city walls and the northern city walls that protect the coast of the town. It is located to the east of Alanya Harbor, at a point dominating the whole harbor and shipyard. Named after the red brick used for its construction, the entrance gate of the Kizilkule contains an inscription bearing the sultan’s coat of arms and decorated with rosettes. The inscription states that Alaaddin Keykubat was given the title of ult Sultan of the Two Seas nedeniyle because the shipyard was the second naval base of the Seljuks after Sinop.
2. Ancient Cities
Syedra Ancient City
B.C. The ancient city of Syedra , a Roman ruin founded in the 3rd century on a hill where today’s Kargacı and Seki Villages form a border , is 20 kilometers away from Alanya town center. 3 km from the sea. Syedra city on the top of a large hill founded on the size of a large hill in the region while forming the center of the inscriptions and also MS. The coins minted to the names of Marcus Aurelius and Antonius between 138-161 revealed that the city was a Roman ruin. The lintel of the monumental gate is still intact and on both sides of the city’s colonnaded street, there are structures and mosaics, and three pools, possibly used as water tanks, in the city.
Selçuklu Shipyard
The Seljuk Shipyard , whose construction began in 1227, was built near the Kizilkule six years after the Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad took Alaiye (Alanya) and completed in a year. The five-arched shipyard has a 56.5-meter façade and 44-meter depth. There is a masjid on one side of the shipyard and a guard room on the other, and in one of the eyes there is a well blinded in time. The place chosen for the shipyard was planned to make the most of daylight and was strengthened with a two-storey, two-room tower against the dangers from the south. The inscription on the entrance door of Alanya Shipyard, the first shipyard of the Seljuks in the Mediterranean, carries the coat of arms of Sultan Keykubat and is decorated with rosettes.
Ancient City of Leartis-Learti
Leartis-Learti , known as the Great Church and located on the slopes of Alanya, is composed of a church, a bathhouse, a cistern, a small stadium theater, a colonnaded street and temples, 22 kilometers from the center of Alanya. Located in the southern part of the stadium, the church has freks and eagle legs, ox head reliefs and inscriptions. According to information obtained from the inscriptions found in the city, money was printed in the names of Trayan and Empress Herinnia Etruscill. It is known to have experienced its most brilliant period between the first and third centuries. Among the temples in the city are those of Zeus, Megistos, Apollo and Cesar.
Iotape Harbor City
Located 30 kilometers east of Alanya , the port city of Iotape is named after Iotape , the wife of King Antichus. There is also a port of Iotape , where the current Mediterranean coastal road passes right in the middle . Iotape Castle built on a very high hill in the shape of the peninsula, although difficult to climb, here, the landscape of Alanya underfoot. The street, bath, church, necropolis and acropolis of the ancient city of Iotape and one-room covered tomb rooms are located.
Hamoxaia Ancient City
About 15 kilometers from the center of Alanya, when you cross the Ulas Beach and return to the village of Elikesik, the ancient city of Hamoxaia known as Sinek Castle can be reached by a dirt road from the village.Is located in the northwest of Alanya. This spot, which has a tremendous view, is described by Strabon, an ancient geographer, as a place where timber is used for shipbuilding, especially with abundant cedar trees. The city, which was thought to have been built before the Roman period, has a tower with the characteristics of Hellenistic period at the highest point. The most important ruins of the city, fountain, pool, semicircular plan, the rows of seating still can be seen inscriptions are composed of a large exedra, religious building complex and necropolis. The presence of a temple belonging to the city of Hermes, MS. It is known that he lived as a small but coracesium community that was not rich between 100 and 200 years. Most of the ruins belong to the Roman and Byzantine periods.
3. Mosques, Masjids and Tombs
Suleymaniye Mosque
Suleymaniye Mosque , also known as Alaeddin and Kale Mosque, was built by Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad in 1231 just outside the Inner Castle during the reconstruction of the city. In the 16th century, the single-minaret mosque, rebuilt by Suleiman the Magnificent, was built as a square of rubble stone. The mosque, which is regarded as one of the best examples of Ottoman woodworking of the wooden embroidery in its doors and windows, has a brick dome resting on the skeleton. In order to provide acoustic properties, the dome serves as a hanger with more than a dozen small cubes.
Emir Bedrüddin Mosque
Emir Bedrüddin Mosque , also known as the Andýz Mosque , is named after the Andiz tree next to it. The mosque in the Tophane neighborhood was built in 1227 by the Emir of Emir Yalçın Cross Zade Bedrüddin Ömer during the time of Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev. The pulpit of the mosque, which has Seljuk architectural features and made of cut stone, is considered as one of the best examples of Seljuk wood carving art. The mosque, which has an inscription describing the restoration in 1725, is entered through a door below the Kızılkule minaret. There is a large Seljuk cistern beneath the last congregation and an old well called Arab Well down the road.
Built by Akşeba Sultan, one of the first commanders of Alanya Castle in 1230, the west of the mosque has its own architecture and a minaret built of red brick. The facade is built of stone and the interior is made of bricks. One of them is a mosque and the other is Akşebe and there are two chambers consisting of several unknown graves.
Tophane Masjid
Tophane Masjid , a nineteenth century Ottoman building, was restored with the traditional construction techniques of local craftsmen. The upper floor ceilings were made of solid wood, which was seen in the same period buildings around the door of the cedar and larch structure, which was used in the traditional buildings of Alanya at that time.
Tomb of Sitti Zeynep
Siti Zeynep Mausoleum , a sixteenth century Ottoman monument , was built in a rectangular plan with rubble and lime mortar. From the door to the right of the “L” looking mosque, whose façade faces east, a square-shaped space covered with mirrored vault is entered. On the left side of the building, a small door with a pointed arch and a square-shaped masjid section, which is elevated above ground level, is connected to a long room with a pointed vault from west and east-west direction. In the middle is a cist grave made of rubble stone plaster.
4. Churches
Hıdrellez Church
At the foot of the Taurus Mountains overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, when it was founded, but the inscription of which was repaired on April 23, 1873, Hıdrellez Church is located in Hıdır İlyas, within the boundaries of Hacı Mehmetli Village, 10 kilometers from Alanya town center.
Hıdrellez Church, which was also used as a mosque by building a women’s court for a while, is considered sacred by Muslims and is also visited by tourists. The church is visited by Hacı Mehmetli villagers every year during Hıdırellez Week to meet the spring and has a wonderful view of Alanya and Mediterranean Sea. There is also a chapel with a cistern in Hıdır İlyas.
With the population exchange in 1924, the Turkish-speaking Orthodox of Alanya settled in Greece and established the Neo Ionia district, which became the sister city of Alanya, their former homeland. The name used by the church in the village where Christians still visit their grandchildren Agios Georgios , namely St. Georgi Church . The church, similar to that found in Kaleiçi, Antalya, is a rectangular stone structure with a small apse. Ceiling decorations and frescoes are broken in Hıdrellez Church’s inscription written in Greek and Kramanlıca are displayed in Alanya Museum .
Aya Yorgi Church
Hagia Georgios, also known as Hagia Yorgi Church , is located right across the ruins of the inner castle palace in Alanya Castle . Aya Yorgi, a small church belonging to the Byzantine period, MS.6. It is a clover planned church that was thought to have been built in the 16th century and still has frescoes on its inner walls. Aya Yorgi, the only building in the inner fortress that does not belong to the Seljuk period, is known to have become a bishopric when its religious importance increased. The church, which is a rare structure that has survived before the Turkish-Islamic period of Alanya, is under protection with the castle. Places to see in Alanya.
The mihrab is located to the east of the stone structure, which is completely adjacent to the southeast wall of the castle and has a domed top. Aya Yorgi, which was interesting in terms of reflecting the three periods of the castle in terms of usage, was originally a Byzantine church built on the structure, which was a 6 meter wide square plan tower belonging to the Hellenistic tower. During the Seljuk period, the church was preserved and used as a masjid during the construction of the old city walls.
5. Caravanserais
Caravanserai of Sarapsa
Located on a hill on the Alanya-Antalya road, fifteen kilometers from Alanya town center, Sarapsa Caravanserai is the son of Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad II. It was built by Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev between 1236 and 1246.
To the east of the rectangular structure is a minaret similar to the watchtower. The northern and southern walls of the building, which is a ten-section inn, are built with stone buttresses and their durability is increased. To the left of the inn is a mosque with a door to the north and a section used as a tannery.
Alara Caravanserai
Alara Caravanserai , an architectural complex built by Alaeddin Keykubad in 1232 , includes the Caravans Museum, mosque, church, water spring and hammam. Located 35 kilometers from the Alanya town center near the Alara River, the palace was built nine kilometers north of the Alara Stream, which forms the Alanya-Manavgat border. Built on cut stone on an area of two thousand kilometers, the palace is surrounded by a guard hut, a fountain, a masjid and a bath, which still retain all its features.
6. Beaches
Incekum Beach
İncekum Beach , which is located on the twenty-sixth kilometer of the Antalya-Alanya road, is within the borders of Avsallar Town. Incekum, where blue and green, sea and forest are intertwined, is also a promenade. It is one of the most popular beaches of Alanya with its clean shallow sea and fine sand giving its name.
Damlatas Beach
Damlataş Beach , located in front of Damlataş Cave, at the foot of Alanya Castle , has fine sand and clear sea unique to Alanya. There are many touristic facilities behind the beach which is quite spacious.
Cleopatra Beach
Cleopatra Beach is a Blue Flag beach on the shore in front of Damlataş Cave . According to legend, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt and the Roman Emperor Antonius beaches stretching to the peninsula’s said that the small dark face made of stones and Cleopatra Bay name is called. Cleopatra Bay, where seabed and water creatures can be easily watched, is famous for its clear sea.
Ulas Beach
Located on the fifth kilometer of the Antalya-Alanya highway, Ulas Beach is a small bay and is preferred by the sea, sun-sand pleasure, resting place, restaurant and picnic places.
7. Caves
Damlataş Cave
Damlatas Cave , located three kilometers from Alanya city center , was discovered in 1948 during the opening of a quarry for the stone to be used in the construction of the port. The cave, named Damlataş because of the water drops that continue to drip from stalactites and thousands of beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, has columns formed in 15.000 years. The castle is located on the west coast of the historic Alanya Castle . Damlataş Cave, whose temperature is 22.3 ° C in summer and winter, has four characteristics that are good for asthma. It is known that the first two of the factors such as carbon dioxide and high humidity in the environment are good for asthma and the other two are accepted as auxiliary factors.
Dim Cave
Dim Cave , 11 km away from Alanya, is located on the western slope of Cebeli Reis Mountain at an altitude of 232 m above sea level. The cave, which consists of four galleries, can be reached from Alanya via Kestel Town, Dim River Valley and Tosmur Town via land. Dim Cave, which is 360 meters long and 10-15 meters wide, has rich stalactites, stalagmites and travertine formations. At the end of the cave there is a small lake 17 meters deep from the entrance.
Phosphorus Cave
Located on the side of the Damlataş Cave and can be entered into a small boat, the Phosphorus Cave is a different natural beauty with a geological value. It is named after the cave, which is bright at night and whose phosphorous glows can be seen during the day.
Known for being ancient sea caves, Fosforlu Cave has extraordinary light effects.
Cave of Kadıini
Kadıini Cave , also known as Çatak Cave, is located in Çatak on the border of Oba Town and Bademağacı Villages, 15 kilometers from Alanya town center. The picnic places in the vicinity give a distinct vitality to the region.
Pirates Cave
Pirates Cave , which is thought to be an ancient sea cave, was the place where the pirates who scare the horror around the place store the goods they get from robbery and keep the girls they kidnapped. The cave, which is estimated to be 10 meters wide and 5 meters high, allows the passage of boats through the mouth of the cave.
Lovers Cave
Aşıklar Cave , a two-entry cave on the slope of the historic Alanya Peninsula near the sea , is reached by climbing the rocks with boats docked towards Cape Cilvarda. The mouth of the cave, which is 75 meters long, on the Damlataş side is located fifteen meters high from the sea.
Hasbahçe Cave
The Hasbahçe Cave, located in Küçük Hasbahçe Quarter, four kilometers away from Alanya town center, is larger than the Damlataş Cave. Due to its cool and constant cave heat, it is used for storing citrus products.
8. Museums
Alanya Archeology Museum
Alanya Archeology Museum opened in 1967 with artifacts from the Bronze Age, Urartu, Phrygian and Lydian period brought from the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankarathe museum was enlarged with the works of excavations in the region. Archeology and Ethnography in the museum consists of two parts, the oldest artifacts found and exhibited around Alanya, BC. 625 His most important work is a dramatic story in mythology and MS. Bronze cast Heracles statue dated second century. Alanya Archeology Museum exhibits Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Turkish-Islamic works from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods. In the ethnography section, objects such as nomadic rugs, ala sacks, saddlebags, garments, embroidery samples, weapons, daily use utensils, jewelery, manuscripts and writing sets, which are collected from Alanya and reflecting the folkloric characteristics of the region; In the garden of the museum, there are stone works of Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.
Hüseyin Azakoğlu City Museum
Located in Şekerhane Quarter and donated to Alanya Municipality by the owners for cultural purposes, Azakoğlu Mansion welcomes its visitors under the name of Alanya Azakğlu City Museum as one of the best examples of traditional Alanya houses . Registered as one of the surviving historical Alanya houses, the structure contains information and documents that will contribute to the preservation of Alanya’s city memory and urban identity.
Atatürk House Museum
The house, which was estimated to have been built during the second constitutional period and where Atatürk stayed during his visit to Alanya on February 18, 1935, was donated to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism by its owner Rıfat Azakoğlu. The house, which has been converted into a museum by the Ministry, exhibits various documents and belongings belonging to Atatürk and that period.
9. Sports Activities
Alanya Triathlon
Held each year in October, Alanya Municipality and Turkey Bicycle Race mountain bike race known as the Federation by the Alanya Triathlon , swimming, contains three elements including bike race and running. The triathlon, an international sporting event, has been held since 1991. This sport, which requires strong strength and endurance skills and which can be affected by environmental conditions such as wind, rain and wave, is broadcasted by Eurosport TV to the world.
Rafting
Alraft Facilities , which is one of the most convenient areas for rafting in Alanya and located on the Dimçay River which spills the sea six kilometers east of Alanya, is suitable for rafting. Located 20 kilometers from Alanya town center, the facility welcomes many local and foreign visitors and athletes every year.
Mountaineering
Akdağ and Cebelireis Mountains are suitable for trekking and amateur mountaineering. Akdağ, which has been declared as a Winter Sports Tourism Center by the Ministry of Tourism , is a preferred region.
10. Activities
Yacht Trips
Boat tours around Alanya’s magnificent coasts along the beaches, caves and beaches offer the opportunity to see and experience Alanya from different angles. Starting from the ancient tower walls and visiting the ancient sea caves such as the Pirates Cave , Cleopatra Beach , which is a fascinating beach with its extraordinary sand , takes a lunch and swimming break in İncekum Bay . You can see dolphins from time to time in the tour offers fascinating bays and unique nature views.
Sapadere Canyon
Nature is a pretty nice experience for lovers of sports Sapadere Canyon , a breathtaking nature without climbing equipment. When you reach the Serde River, which reaches maximum 12 ° C even in the hottest season of the year, you give a nice break in the canyon that you will pass through the mountain roads with curved and cliffs. The most attractive point at the end of the 600-meter walk is the waterfall. Here you can swim and enjoy the rest of the day with its vegetation and wildlife.
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