About Alanya

History Though first fortified in the Hellenistic period following the area's conquest by Alexander the Great, the castle rock was likely inhabited long before that under the Hittite and Persian Empires. Known in Latin as Coracesium or in Greek as Korakesion from the Luwian Korakassa meaning "point/protruding city," it was a...

Nights in Alanya are for partying and having fun until the early hours of morning. Everything from large international discotheques to smaller bars can be found in Alanya and also less eye-catching places where the local crowd is found. Because of its size and intensity there is something for everyone in...

What would you like to eat in Alanya? Let us remind you: it's not possible to find such a variety of choices from all favourite kitchens of the world even in the best holiday resorts. Turkish, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanees and Russian restaurants are in your service for day and night...

Alanya is truly a shopper's haven. You will be amazed by the innumerable shops and boutiques lining the streets and find a plethora of articles to purchase. If you are good at bargaining you can be sure of making nifty deals. Expect to be treated with beverages in shops. The articles...

Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival Opera and ballet lovers will be entertained until July 22 by the 13th International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, which is now one of the most famous festivals of the world's classical music agenda and the only festival of its kind in Turkey. The festival, organized...

Needless to say, a place as vibrant as Alanya abounds in various activities that lure all travel freaks. Your summer travel will be enhanced manifold by the several sporting opportunities that Alanya has to offer. You can go biking around the countryside, or more adventurously to the Taurus Mountains with their...

Alanya is experiencing untold...

Historical Monuments   There are magnificent monuments in the citadel of Alanya, which is the nominee for Unesco Cultural Heritage of the world. Along with the monuments such as the walls, Kızılkule, the dockyard and the gun house, old houses of Alanya inhabited after having been restored are also protected and...

Grand Kaptan Hotel Alanya   Room / Bed : 268 Rooms, 536 Beds,2 suits Room Properties : TV, Satellite TV, Air-conditioning, Minibar, Music, Direct Dial Telephone, Safe Box, Private Bathroom, Hair Dryer, Balcony, Central Air-Conditioning. Eat / Drink : 2 Restaurants Indoor cap: 800, Breakfast Hall (total cap: 800), Patisserie, Snack...