City Info

City Info

Alanya is a lovely holiday destination located on the south coast of Turkey. The city has approximately 150.000 residents in wintertime while 500.000 is settled in the city during the summer. Alanya is a much-loved holiday area on the Turkish Riviera. This is due to the kilometre-long, wide beaches, good hotels, the exciting and strange atmosphere and an incredibly friendly and hospitable people. Alanya is one of Turkey's largest holiday villages with magnificent beaches and a wide variety of restaurants and amusements but Alanya is also a distinctly Turkish city with oriental atmosphere and historical attractions. During the summer, the pace is high in Alanya, when young people from across Europe come to sunbathe, swim and enjoy themselves at bars and discos. Outside the high season, the pace is significantly more relaxed. Alanya's old quarter is located on top of a mighty cliff that shoots out into the sea. The castle from the 1200 century is still standing but is no longer the city centre. Today, all activity is along the beaches, stretching on both sides of the cliff and surrounded by green mountains. Alanya centrum is a joyous maze of shops, bars and restaurants. Every day there is a market somewhere in Alanya (see below) and trade becomes even more hectic. Trade at the markets of Alanya is easy, fun - and cheap.

 
Monday the market takes place in Oba, approximately 3 kilometres from Alanya towards Gazipasa.

 
Tuesday the market takes place near Anadolu hospital and the fish market in Alanya. Furthermore, it also takes place in Mahmutlar, approximately 8 kilometres from Alanya towards Gazipasa.

Wednesday the market takes place in Kestel, approximately 6 kilometres from Alanya towards Gazipasa and in Konakli, approximately 10-15 from Alanya towards Antalya.

Thursday the market takes place in Tosmur, approximately 5 kilometres from Alanya towards Gazipasa

Friday the market takes place in Centrum of Alanya, in the big parking place behind Atatürk street in the old Bazar area. Furthermore, there is a market in Gazipasa every Friday.

Saturday the market takes place in Cikcilli, just behind Kipa and in Mahmutlar Centrum.

Sunday the market takes place in Alanya, Hacet area. The market is located 50-100 meters south of the 35-meter street, between the roads Yayla Yolu and Hacet.

Beaches:

Cleopatra Beach is about 2 km long with golden, coarse sand and clear water in calm weather. Water sports, beach bars and douche are available. It is popular to walk along the promenade. The eastern beach stretches around 22 km along the coast and has light fine-grained sand. Many hotels have private beaches here, but most places you can rent chairs. Unlike Cleopatra Beach, the east side beach is safe for children because the sea is calmer. The prices for rental of sunbeds and parasols differs and many places offer this for free as long as you buy food and drinks with them. We advise you to ask. You can also find smaller beaches, for example, Ulas, 3 km west of Alanya. On most beaches, there are beach service, sun chairs and parasols (for a fee.) Outside of Alanya beaches are of varying quality. None of the beaches is especially shallow, and it quickly becomes deep. Many of the beaches have the EU blue flag, which means that according to EU standard the beaches are nice and clean. There may be strong underwater currents when the waves are big. Flagging does not exist or is limited.