Alanya Holiday

Alanya is a beautiful resort with beautiful sandy beaches, modern hotels and motels, numerous fish restaurants, cafes, clubs and bars. The cafes around the port are popular meeting places for tourists and locals. From the beautiful city park, the road runs along the coast to the port, lined with many small shops selling handicrafts, leather clothing, jewelry, handbags and the amusing painted gourds that are unique to the area. There are three blue flag beaches and attractions including Damlataş Cave, Archaeology and Ethnography, Dim Çayı Valle, three caves see: Magara Fosforlu, and Mağarası Kizlar Mağarası Aşıklar and many more.




If you like exploring caves, then you should see Damlatas Cave. Near the cave is the Ethnography Museum. By boat you can reach three other caves: Cave phosphorus, phosphate rocks, Girls Cave (Kizlar Cave), where pirates held their women prisoners, and Lovers Cave (Cueva Asiklar). The shade of Dim Brook Valley, 15 miles east of Alanya, is an ideal place to escape and relax. The sea around Alanya is excellent for swimming. Alanya is a paradise of sun, sea and sand.



History



Based on skeletal evidence found between the peoples of Bademagaci and Oba northeast of the city, Alanya is believed to have been inhabited in prehistoric times.Alanya was sometimes considered part of Cilicia and sometimes part of Pamphylia. It was later ruled by the Hittites and Romans, respectively. In a poor state of repair after a series of invasions and wars, the city was rebuilt by the Romans. In the Byzantine era, Alanya was called Kolonoros, which means "beautiful mountain".