Things to do in Antalya
Top sights and attractions to build your days around once you know when to go.
Antalya Mosque
Yivli Minaret Mosque is a historic mosque located in Kaleiçi, the old town center of Antalya, Turkey. Situated along Cumhuriyet Street near Kalekapısı Square, it is one of the city’s most important landmarks. Its fluted brick minaret, adorned with traces of blue tilework, has become a widely recognized symbol of Antalya.
Hadrian's Gate
Hadrian's Gate is a memorial gate located in Antalya, Turkey, which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited the city in 130 CE. It was later incorporated in the walls that surround the city and harbor, of which it is the only remaining entrance gate today.
New Antalya Stadium
The Antalya Stadium, officially branded as Corendon Airlines Park for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Antalya, Turkey. It is used mostly for football matches, hosting Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor home matches. It has a capacity of nearly 32,537 and is totally covered. The stadium has solar panels on its rooftop which generates, on average 7,200 kWh a day, enough to produce its total monthly electricity usage.
Antalya Museum
The Antalya Museum or Antalya Archaeological Museum was one of Turkey's largest museums, located in Muratpaşa, Antalya. It includes 13 exhibition halls and an open-air gallery. It covers an area of 7,000 m2 (75,000 ft2) and 5000 works of art are exhibited. In addition, a further 25,000–30,000 artefacts which cannot be displayed are in storage. As a museum exhibiting examples of works, which illuminate the history of the Mediterranean and Pamphylia regions in Anatolia, Antalya Museum is one of the most important museums in Turkey. The museum won the "European Council Special Prize" in 1988.
Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque
The Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque is a mosque in the city of Antalya, Turkey. The mosque takes its name from Lala Mehmed Pasa.
Murat Paşa Mosque
The Murat Paşa Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in the Muratpaşa borough of Antalya, Turkey.
Atatürk's House Museum
Atatürk's House Museum is a national museum in Antalya, Turkey dedicated to the visits of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to this city.
Antalya Atatürk Stadium
Antalya Atatürk Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Antalya, Turkey. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home games of Antalyaspor. The stadium held 12,453.
Akdeniz University Stadium
Akdeniz University Stadium is a multi-use stadium at Akdeniz University, Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It was home to the Turkish Süper Lig team Antalyaspor between 2012 and 2015.
Kesik Minare
The Kesik Minare Cami, Korkut Cami or Cumanın Cami standing in the streets of Kaleiçi in southern Turkey, was originally built as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD. In the 7th century, it was converted into a Byzantine church in honor of the Virgin Mary, but it was heavily damaged in the 7th century during the Arab invasions. In the 9th century it was repaired again. The minaret was added in the early 13th century when the Sultanate of Rum established their rule in Antalya and converted the church into a mosque. In 1361, when the crusader king of Cyprus took Antalya from the Seljuks, it was consecrated a church again, only to become a mosque once more during the rule of Şehzade Korkut, son of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II. The main building was destroyed in a fire in 1896, but the surviving minaret, located today on Kaleiçi Hesapçi Street, is known as the Kesik Minare.
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