Alanya is a beautiful holiday centre of modern hotels and motels, numerous fish restaurants, cafes and bars. The cafes around the harbour have become popular gathering places for tourists.

The road that rings the coast is lined with countless boutiques that tempt tourists with handicrafts, leather goods, clothes, jewellery handbags and the painted gourds that are a symbol of the area. 

If you enjoy exploring you should visit the Damlatas Cave to see the eerie misshapen rock formations. Near it is the Archaelogy and Ethnography Museum that is open weekdays except Monday. A boat can take you to see the three sea grottoes – Forsforlu Magara with its phosphorescent rocks, the Kizlar Magarasi where pirates imprisoned their female captives, and the Asiklar Magarasi. 

Take a day trip to the Dim Cayi Valley, 15km east of Alanya, where you can relax in the shade of the scenic valley and rejoice in the sound of the stream rushing by. 30km east of Alanya, the historical harbour city Lotape, is a great place to visit with its Roman ruins, secluded beaches and bays. Avsallar (Incekum), about 25km from Alanya to the west, is a holiday centre with fine sandy beaches. East from Alanya towards Gazipasa, you will certainly linger on the exceptional beaches.

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