Sights in Alanya
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İç Kale
Before reaching the entrance to the fort, the road passes through the old inner citadel; this was the Turkish quarter during Ottoman and Seljuk times, and a number of old wooden houses are still standing. At the top is the Ehmedek Kapısı, the gateway to the fort. Enter the İç Kale, where you'll find poorly preserved ruins including cisterns and an 11th-century Byzantine church.
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Dripstone Cave
South of the tourist office and close to Cleopatra's Beach is the entrance to this cave with stalactites and a humidity of 95%. It is said to produce a certain kind of air that, if inhaled and exhaled for long enough periods, has the ability to relieve asthma sufferers.
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Astım Mağarası
Sufferers of asthma have good reason to vacation in the Eastern Mediterranean. Two caves in the area are said to produce a certain kind of air that, if inhaled and exhaled for long enough stretches of time, has the ability to relieve the afflicted of their ailment. North of Narlıkuyu, at the Caves of Heaven and Hell, is the site known as Astım Mağarası. This cave is much less touristy, although the jury remains out as to whether you get a better cure in heaven or in hell.
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Kızılkule
This five-storey octagonal defence tower, measuring nearly 30m in diameter and more than 30m high with a central cistern within for water storage, looms over the harbour at the lower end of İskele Caddesi. Constructed in 1226 by Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I (who also built the fortress), it was the first structure erected after the Armenian-controlled town surrendered to the sultan. There's a small ethnographic museum here and some 85 steps lead to a roof terrace with views of the harbour. To the south is the only Seljuk-built tersane (shipyard) remaining in Turkey.
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Seljuk fortress
Alanya's most popular ancient site by far is its Seljuk fortress, which overlooks the city as well as the Pamphylian plain and the Cilician mountains. The winding road to the fortress is 3km long, so it's wise to take transport on the journey up. Catch a city bus from Hürriyet Meydanı or opposite the tourist office (10 minutes past the hour). Taxis wait at the bottom of the hill.
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Atatürk's House Museum
When Atatürk visited Alanya on 18 February 1935, he slept in a house on Azaklar Sokak, off Fatih Sultan Mehmet Caddesi. The owner of the house left it to the Ministry of Culture, which has turned it into a small museum.
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museum
Alanya's small museum is worth a visit. Artefacts from various regions of Anatolia include tools, jugs and jewellery. Also on display is a life-sized recreation of a traditional 19th-century Alanya home.
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Damlataş Aqua Centre
Alanya boasts a rather impressive waterslide park. Damlataş Aqua Centre is packed with tube slides, pools and other amusements.
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tersane
Across the harbour from the tower are the remains of the only Seljuk-built tersane remaining in Turkey.
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Alanya Museum
Alanya's small museum is worth a visit for its artefacts, including tools, jugs and jewellery, collected from other Pamphylian sites in the area. Also on display is a life-sized mock-up of a traditional 19th-century Alanya home. The surrounding garden, a graveyard in Ottoman times, is delightful in summer.
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Alanya Castle
The sole 'must-see' site in Alanya is the awesome Seljuk-era castle, which overlooks the city, Pamphylian plain and Cilician mountains.
Before reaching the entrance to the castle, the road passes a turn-off for the village of Ehmedek, which was the Turkish quarter during Ottoman and Seljuk times. Today a number of old wooden houses still cluster around the fine 16th-century Süleymaniye Mosque, the oldest in Alanya. Also here is a former Ottoman bedesten (vaulted covered market) and the Aksebe Türbesi, a distinctive 13th-century mausoleum.
At the end of the road is the entrance to the İç Kale (Inner Fortress), where you'll find mostly poorly preserved ruins including a h…
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