TURKEY ALANYA -TRAVEL TIPS

DO NOT RETURN UNLESS YOU HAVE

1.       VISITED THE ALANYA FORTRESS

2.       SEEN THE DIM CAVE

3.       MADE A TOUR IN THE DIM STREAM VALLEY AND EATEN FRESHLY CAUGHT TROUT

4.       HIKED AT THE NATURE TRAIL OF SAPADERE CANYON

DID YOU KNOW?

1.       THAT QUEEN CLEOPATRA BATHED IN THE SEA AND SUN OF THE COVES OF  ALANYA

2.       THAT ALANYA WAS THE WINTER CAPITAL OF THE ANATOLIAN SELJUK EMPIRE

3.       THAT ALANYA ‘S NAME WAS DERIVED FROM THE SELJUK SULTAN ALAADDIN KEYKUBAT

4.       THAT ALANYA HAS THE BEST PRESERVED DOCKYARD OF THE WHOLE MEDITERRANEN BASIN AND THE ONLY ONE STILL STANDING ALONG THE ANATOLIAN COAST

5.       THAT THE CITY WALLS OF ALANYA FORTRESS WERE 6 KM LONG AND REINFORCED WITH 140 BASTIONS AND THAT INSIDE THE CITY WALLS THERE WERE 400 CISTERNS.