Reach Hotel Antalya

... Arabic and Ottoman artifacts - carpets, costumes, and doors - before heading out to catch a taxi back to our hotel to check out. We left Antalya around 11:30 am and headed up to the mountains to a national park containing the ruins of Termessos. ...

... the rule. Most farms seemed to have a small tractor. Fethiye was a bit of a surprise. Much bigger than I expected. Whereas Antalya has a huge number of German tourists, here they are largely English. Lots of the signs are in English too, especially ...

... of the hinterland. It is quite easy to find the cableway, a large road sign shows its direction on the main road Finike-Antalya, a little bit after Phaselis. The cabin starts to the summit every 10 minutes in peak season and reach it within 10 mn. Ticket ...

... chief.  You will have to pay a small fee to go to the beach. The second road starts a litlle further on the Antalya road ("Cirali-Chimera" sign), and leads to the village of Cirali and to the left side of the beach. From Cirali a track leads to ...

... Robin by the way. From Silifke to Alanya Leaving early after breakfast we hit the road with the firm determination to reach Antalya shortly after lunch. The road decided otherwise. The Turkish know about the third dimension. We went left, right, up, ...

... tombs and the small theater are on the other side of the road. This site is worth the well-known site of Termessos near Antalya. My road indications are a bit vague, but I have discovered Idebessos only in November 2008, I shall come back in 2009 for a ...

... leave Finike to take refuge in the yaylas and find some coolness. One of the busiest is the yayla of Ördübek. You can reach Ördübek through a small road starting on the left side of the road from Finike to Elmali, about ten kilometers after the ...

... go on the path toward the ancient city of Aperlae, crossing a narrow isthmus, going along another cove and climbing the hill to reach the ruins. 30 mn to reach the ruins, one hour for the visit, 30mn for return.    For more ...

... you discover the castle of Simena, on the top of the hill. Climb the hill following the water pipe. At the top you reach the lycian tombs, discovering a superb view of the archipelago. Go down to the village. You can go back to Uçagiz by the ...

... Arriving at Arif, a sign on the left side shows the direction to Arykanda. You can also go to Arykanda by minibus from Finike, they stop you in Arif and you have to walk 20 mn to reach the site. For more informations: ...

... stroke of luck (and two sessions consulting hand waving Turks) we finally found Hadrian's Gate into ancient Antalya.  From there I called our hotel with Jeff's black berry and got real time directions into the walled ancient city.  Finally the ...

... and make my last day of riding a big one (it's always good to end on a high). I would need to ride over 130km to reach Antalya but I did have the advantage of being in the mountains so at some point there would be the small matter of over 1000m of decent ...

... it's almost unbelievable. Although X-mas is high season we paid less than US$ 250 for a open-jaw return ticket (Amsterdam-Izmir, Antalya-Amsterdam). In Low season the price is even US$ 50 less and it's possible to fly return from Amsterdam to Istanbul for ...

... was the closest turn-off on the road, and we reached it after about 90 minutes of driving on the main road out of Antalya toward the Aegean coast. Irrespective of where we were to stay, the destination for that night would be the much anticipated visit to ...

Wednesday, November2 It was a beautiful, warm day in Antalya.  We had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel with many choices on the buffet - different kinds of breads, olives, tomatoes cucumbers, eggs, cereal, yogurt, several cheeses and fruits of all ...

... I am not sure there is ever a 'good' time to go. It was fun though.  The next day we left early with the hotel owners son to Antalya. We probably got ripped off going with him, but that's ok. It was nice not to stop every 10 minutes along the way.  ...

... Golf Resort :2,7 km - 7 mins with shuttle. Transfer time :7 minutes with shuttle. Nearest city :Antalya 46 km Taxi :Taxi station infront of the hotel entrance. Beach :Sandy beach directly infront of the hotel. Showers and changing cabins are at ...

... of agricultural fields - cotton, corn, olives, tangerines, pomegranates, cabbage and many other fruits and vegetables.   Our hotel in Antalya is  very scenic.   This city is known as the Turkish Riviera, a large resort town with people vacationing ...

... have disappeared elsewhere, for the most part.  Not knowing exactly where to go, but following Turkish instructions from the hotel manager, I boarded a bus heading to Finike, then was dropped at the side of the road in a place called ...