Places to visit in Antalya, Türkiye
16 places to visit in Antalya, Türkiye, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Xanthos, Aspendos, Kekova Island and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Antalya volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 3 Heritage sites · 3 Famous places to visit · 9 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Antalya (1)
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Xanthos
The ancient Lycian city of Arna, on a hill above the river of the same name near the village of Kınık. Its tall pillar tombs are the finest of their kind, and together with nearby Letoon it was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
Heritage sites in Antalya (3)
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Aspendos
An ancient Greco-Roman city 40 km east of Antalya, known above all for its Roman theatre, one of the best preserved anywhere. The stage building still stands to its full height, and the theatre is still used for performances.
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Kekova Island
A small, uninhabited island near Demre, facing the villages of Kaleköy and Üçağız, known in antiquity as Dolichiste. Boats pass along its shore over the half-sunken ruins of an ancient town.
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Perge
The ruins of a Greek city of Pamphylia that later became a Roman provincial capital, 15 km east of Antalya. A long colonnaded street, a stadium and the towers of its Hellenistic gate still mark out the old town.
Famous places to visit in Antalya (3)
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Myra
A Lycian city on a fertile plain at what is now Demre, later Hellenised and ruled by Rome. Its cliff face is carved with house-like rock tombs above a Roman theatre, and Saint Nicholas was its bishop.
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Side
A resort town built in and around the ruins of one of Turkey's best-known classical cities, on a small peninsula near Manavgat. The columns of the Temple of Apollo stand right at the water's edge, at their finest at sunset.
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Termessos
A Pisidian city built about 1000 metres up in the Taurus Mountains, 17 km north-west of Antalya. Its theatre perches on the edge of a drop, and the ruins are scattered through pine forest on the slopes of Güllük Dağı.
Hidden gems in Antalya (9)
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Alanya Castle
A medieval castle on the rocky peninsula above Alanya, its walls winding down the cliffs to the sea. It was largely built under the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad in the 13th century, and the views over both beaches are wide.
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Antalya Museum
One of Turkey's largest museums, with 13 exhibition halls and an open-air gallery telling the story of Pamphylia and the Mediterranean coast. Its marble statues from nearby Perge are the highlight for most visitors.
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Düden Waterfalls
Two waterfalls on the Düden River on the edge of Antalya. The upper falls lie in a shaded park, while the lower falls pour straight off the cliffs into the Mediterranean, best seen from a boat.
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Kaleiçi
The old heart of Antalya, still enclosed by its ancient walls and running down to the old harbour. Narrow lanes of Ottoman houses lead past Hadrian's Gate, a Roman triple arch, to the boats moored below the cliffs.
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Kaputaş Beach
A small cove of pebbly sand between Kaş and Kalkan, reached by a long flight of steps down from the coast road. It sits at the mouth of a narrow gorge, and its water is a famously clear turquoise.
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Manavgat Waterfall
A broad, low waterfall on the Manavgat River, 3 km north of Manavgat town and close to Side. The falls are not tall, but a great volume of water spreads across a wide shelf, and it is best seen from above.
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Olympos
An ancient Lycian port whose ruins line both banks of a creek running through a deep, wooded valley to the sea. It was one of the six leading cities of the Lycian League and flourished again in the 5th century as a bishopric.
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Phaselis
A Greek and Roman city on the Lycian coast, 16 km south of Kemer, between the Bey Mountains and the forests of Olympos National Park. Its ruins run through pine woods down to three small harbours, and many visitors arrive by yacht.
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Yanartaş
A rocky hillside above Çıralı where gas seeps from the ground and burns in small flames that never go out. Ancient Lycia knew it as Mount Chimaera, and some ancient writers saw it as the source of the myth of the fire-breathing Chimera.
Collecting in Antalya
What are the best places to visit in Antalya?
LOQAH lists 16 places in Antalya. The best known include Xanthos, Aspendos, Kekova Island, Perge and Myra. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Antalya?
16, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Antalya?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Antalya before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Antalya and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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