Surely everyone who comes to rest in Antalya there is a desire and the question of what is worth visiting the excursions.
Upon arrival in their hotels, you are waiting for a meeting with a hotel guide, which will offer various excursions for overpriced prices. Argued by the fact that alleged insurance is valid only if you purchase tourist trips from them. Often, tourists who first visited Turkey have listened to guides, from their tourist operators, and overpay. It should not be serious, since this information does not correspond to reality and insurance functions throughout the territory of the Turkish Republic, regardless of where and with whom you are. But do not forget that a condition is stipulated in the insurance contract, which it is said that even a small content of alcohol in the blood, annuls the effect of insurance. Walking outside of your hotel, you can meet not few agencies offering the same excursions as in the hotel, but their cost will be two, but three times cheaper.
So, what tours should be purchased. For lovers of historical trips, a variety of excursions are offered, such as Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Aspandos and others. The most popular and visited is the Demrem-Kekova (Church of St. Nicholas), she is also called three in one, because you are waiting for a two-hour walk on a yacht with a glass bottom over the sunken city of Kekova, and with the ability to swim in a picturesque bay. Upon arrival at the pier, you will go to a meeting with the Lycian era, from which the rocky tombs and the Greek-Roman theater are preserved, in the ancient city of the world.
And of course, a visit to the Church of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of all travelers and navigators. In the temple itself, some frescoes, the altar and the tomb of Nicholas of the Wonderworker are preserved, to which everyone can attach crosses, icons and pray. Such an excursion is designed for the whole day and in its value necessarily enters lunch in one of the restaurants. All these journeys are held on comfortable large buses with guides-historians. In Turkey they are called cocardic guides. Each such guide is obliged to obtain a license for the right to conduct historical tours. And annually, after the end of the tourist season, the guides pass exams to confirm the license. If, nevertheless, you decide to visit at least one of these excursions, you will be still under a long, pleasant impression from what he saw and heard. For lovers of more outdoor activities, I would like to advise to go to rafting (alloy on the mountain river Rushkonak, which flows into the canyon konulul). Before this trip, getting about an hour on the excursion bus, but the sea of impressions are provided to you.
And now, I want to tell what you can see on your own. Antalya, every year, more and more attracts tourists from all over the world. And the city authorities do a lot to maintain purity and order in the city, decorate and develop various infrastructures. In recent times, new roads and junction are built, because of this, there are practically no traffic jams in the city. For cyclists, tracks are specifically laid, bus stops are equipped. Also, no less effort is attached to even greater gardening.
If you walk through Antalya in winter, you can find a lot of blooming roses, and at the beginning of the spring, tulips bloom. It seems that this city does not know about the existence of cold weather. Although in winter there is no snow, nevertheless drops out a lot of precipitation, in the form of torrential rains. Such periods like many local residents, as they get tired of summer heat.
The city itself is in a rocky area, called Falez. First of all, it is worth going to the "Old Town", the so-called historical center of Antalya, you are waiting for a lot of interesting things. The city was founded during the reign of the Pergamsky Tsar, Attal II-M at a hundred fifty-ninth year BC. When, the ruler joined the throne, the capital of his possessions was the city of Pergama, (today he was renamed Bergama) and is in the province of Izmir, about twenty six kilometers from the Aegean Sea. The king Attal II ordered his warriors to find a place "that can be called paradise on earth", and that all rulers would envy him. After some time, they found such a place, the Pergamsky king liked this edge so much that he ordered to establish a new capital here and in honor of him the city was named Attalia, and later renamed Antalya. Monument Attal II occupies an honorable place in the historical center of the Old Town.
Over time, these lands passed into possession of the Roman Empire. At the end of the fourth century, East Rome became Byzantium and until 1207, the Rules of the Byzantine Empire. On the territory of the current Turkey there are many attractions reminiscent of this epoch. If a little distance from the historic center and stroll along the embankment, you can see the monument to Gyaseceddin Cakeback I. This is a Seljuk Sultan, who seized and dismissed these lands by the Byzantines, and they moved to the Turks. After the Ottoman Empire was founded, ruling before his decay. As a result of the loss in the First World War, these territories were transferred to the Italians for several years, and later these places liberated the founder and first President of the Turkish Republic of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, monuments to which are located throughout Turkey. In Antalya, the largest of them is located on the Republic Square, which you also will definitely see when you walk in the historic center. In this place, you can still have a lot of things to see, for example: the old town of Caleach, the hour tower, the gate of Adrian, the Mosque of Iskore, Minaret Jiweli, the Khydyrlyk Tower and the other.
Vacationers with children will be interested in going to the aquarium, where the longest tunnel in Europe is built, a hundred-thirty one and three meters wide. Here, you can visit the snowy room, in the midst of summer, play snowballs and sow in the snow. In walking distance from the aquarium there is a mini-city museum, here in miniatures are the most significant places for Turkey and objects. Amateur attractions and acute sensations can visit the Moon Park. It will be interesting to go and admire the beauty of the Dudy waterfall.
It is worth adding that in Antalya offers a varied view of yacht and boats, with various entertainment programs.
