Antalya
Travel Blogs from Antalya, Turkey
Kayaking to Kekova
... with us, Ruta from Lithuania under the statue. We all had Efes and discussed traveling, culture, sports and all things Turkey. Eventually, everyone had gone to bed but Hasan, Chris G. and me. Chris and I thought it was hilarious ...
Tree Houses near Mt. Olympos
We are now living in these small tree huts just for the night, it's up in the mountains so it's quite cool. In the evening we went to Kimera to see the natural flames flaring from the mountain, quite spectacular. Gotta run, Take ...
Antalya i "Istambul deja vu"
Tego dnia mielismy dojechac do Antalya - kurortu nad (chyba juz) Morzem Srodziemnomorskim. Bylo troche kilometrow do pokonania (cos ok 200 km, wiec wzglednie wczesnie sie wybralismy. Po dojechaniu busem na dobra miejscowke zaczelismy polowanie na stopa. ...
Perge and Antalya
... we could see the huge mountains (which was the wrong way) and we could see the planes taking off and landing from Antalya airport. Finally found a cross road - but no signs on it. We choose the road that looked marginally wider and therefore hopefully ...
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny...
(C) We found it. A picture is worth a thousand words and weeks of dreaming. The picture on the front of our Rough Guide has been a target for a long time. Today, we drove from Kas to Kaputas along the Turquoise Coast, then hiked down ...
Dubbed in Turkish
... afterall). For anyone following Dave's very detailed itinerary you may notice that we squeezed a few days out of it- one less in Olympus and one less in Antalya. We decided that we could add in a few more stops on our way back to ...
Antalya et Termessos**
english espanol German C'est une gande ville plutôt agréable, avec un bord de mer plutôt vert, parc, jardin et oiseaux .. La vieille ville est tout ce que j'aime même si malheureusement totalement vide au moment où j'y ...
Antalya
We made a quick overnight stop in Antalya in order to make a bus connection. The city has over 700,000 people and is probably one of the more liberal cities in Turkey. Spaghetti-strap tops seemed to replace the head scarf here. As ...
Roman Harbor and Snow capped mountains
... enjoying our simple (but filling) breakfast as we soak in the sun. Yes, it’s a beautiful spring day! Antalya is known for its position on the Mediterranean and its ancient Roman port. We stayed in the quaint old town neighborhood of ...
visa trip!
... for it, Lord knows I need it! We are landing, ill write more later. 3.26.07 We made it! We were going to go to the antalya museum but we ran out of time, so instead we walked into the city & had some food, then went a& saw some remains of something. ...
mmmmm turkey
... a nutshell! As you can imagine thats only the tip of the iceberg but time and space leaves me constrained...internet is not easily accessible here in turkey and being on a boat doesnt help... anyhow! much more to come as soon as possible! gule gule ...
A Short Break
We are now here in Antalya for a couple of hours before boarding the over-night bus to Cappadocia. I know that Antalya is a major tourist spot, but I can't really see why, it's just a really warm town by the ...
Dodgy Bowels, Dirty Otogars and Nasty Night busses
I could have sworn that time had turned back by about 8 years as i slept last night, as i woke up in my wooden tree shack today feeling decidedly like i was back in school camp. Though it really doesn't need to be said, Bayrams Treehouses are no Ritz ...
Back to the Med
... . The Kiwis punch above their weight but the Aussies are by far the most prolific and, of course, the loudest. I was in southern Turkey spending a weekend with a good friend from my NDI days, Scott. We decided to meet up at a well-known backpacker's ...
A Tribute to Fellow Travelers
After arriving to Olympos in the middle of a torrential down pour, unloading our stuff into our tree house (yes, tree house), and chatting with a couple who live near Santa Clara University, my alma mater, we decided to indulge the area's outdoorsy scene ...
Tree houses and a big mountain
We turned up to the small village to find "tree house" this and that everywhere. We were staying in a small hut (and I mean small) - pretty much there was room for 3 mattresses and little else. So Kate, Scott and I were a little cramped but happy to have ...
Monster Breath
... with air. The ancient people in the area thought the flames where the breath of a monster- part lion, part goat, and part dragon. The next morning we had some more beach time and then later in the afternoon we caught the bus to ...
Treehouses and Cruiseships
... coming from N. Ýreland..it was cheaper to get a package holiday deal then just a flight so we spent our first week ýn Turkey at a resort in a town called Side. Ýt was pretty sweet...quite the change from backpacking!!...we had a great week relaxing by ...
Beautiful Antalya
... giving my skin a really nice healthy, dewy glow that really heightens the color. When I come home I'm going to be really tanned. Antalya is an old city that was built within the walls of a castle. There are walls and towers still standing that make ...
Tag 4: Perge und Antalya
... Minuten hier heraufzuklettern, wo doch jeder dieser Überblicke nahezu unvergesslich ist? Die Fahrt zum Antikenmuseum von Antalya durch die nahe Grosstadt erfordert einigen Spürsinn. Aber das Museum darf sich kein Antikenfreund entgehen lassen. ...
horizontal chillage village
If we entered Turkey needing some serious downtime then we certainly found it in Olimpos. A string of bohemian campsites nestled along a verdant valley, all with wooden treehouses, a communal area set amid trestled grapevines and full ...
Happy Ramadan
Lets set this straight from the start.............Cirali should be the model on which any beachside tourist development ( If there has to be one) in the world should be based on...........Cirali is what Oludeniz could've been or perhaps once was before ...
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Olympos
5/30 I finally found a little piece of Texas in Turkey!!! Olympos is known as a backpackers paradise because of its get-away-from-it-all feel and complete absence of hotels. There are no tour busses, no paved roads and not a single mosque. It was ...
Mt. Olympos
We left our hotel in Dilyan the following day, after spending 2 nights in the town. We drove from there to Fethiye, near the area where we went on the gulet. We stayed in the town of Fethiye for about an hour, exploring the town centre. From Fethiye we ...
Back to the City
... by our research collaboration. This has been a most successful meeting indeed, and now I have two days at my disposal to wander around the meandering streets of Antalya and get a feel for the Turkish city life! That's all for now. Cheers, Matt ...
Antalya - Sun, Sea and Dutch people
... here a long time and I'm used to the Turks trying to cheat foreigners" We made up and paid her for the room for the night after this. And so Hugo and I have deicded to stay in Antalya, a city we had never heard of before this trip, for another night. ...

