Antalya Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

I remember that I told some of you guys that I'm not a museum person but in Turkey it's undeniable to go to museum if you want to know about its story. I finally found myself love museum without knowing it. Every town I go I always look for museum and spend a day there as long as my leg allow me to stand. Below pictures are some of the collection in Antalya museum. Most of them are more than 2000 BC years old. To get there is to take the tram and go to the end of the line which is Muze (museu…

We really haven’t strayed far from the hotel since we arrived in Antalya, so today we decided to visit the Old Town and hit a museum or two. Get some culture and stuff. We found a parking lot outside the fortified stone wall of the Old Town after a confused, circuitous drive (too many one-way streets here!). We walked along the outside of the wall on Ataturk Caddesi, which had a nice wide sidewalk and was shaded by trees. There were cheap shops selling clothing so I went into a few of them …

Started out by going towards the clock tower, keep going to the Atatürk statue and then run to catch the kid that is determined to get there way before you do. Okay, so we are now down the stairs to walk through an art exhibition. I really enjoy the first three pictures, needless to say, I can't really judge the rest of them, since I am chasing the kid again. She is now outside playing with the canons that come from way back then. She is also most interested in the door to the old bath house…

so i signed up for a 6-hour boat tour that departed at 10:30am. sweet. enough time to get settled into my room, sleep for a few, and get myself bikini ready for the day. a younger dude came to escort us to the harbor, us being terry, a man in his 50's from denver, colorado who kept bitching the whole trek down to the harbor about the tour he was on the day before, and myself, a chick in her 20's from the bay area, california who missed the water like no other because the rhine is kinda gross.…

When you visit Antalya, then you visit the Turkeys Riviera. You have the choise to stay in the tourist places like, Alanya, Side, Kemer and Antalya. There are also some small villages where you can stay, like Belek, Kiris and Kundu. The newest Area on the Turkeys Riviera is Lara, here you can stay in luxery hotels and Resorts. But now Antalya, its the old city on the Turkeys Riviera. In Antalya you can visit the colorfull old city with there shops and restaurants. Take your time and look arou…

We finally arrived in Antalya at around midday Saturday and, after a quick look round I decided to jump ship to Olympos, 1 1/2 hours in a dolmus west of Antalya, which reminded me of Blackpool but full of Germans and I wanted some peace and quiet after hectic Istanbul.   Olympos, in the shadow of Mt Olympos (still snow capped, I was told around 2360 m), is a wondeful spot and I chose Kadirs Top Tree House as my hostel. Its the original and, having scouted around the fol…

Turkey, Kemer. Tones of pictures are coming up soon.. :) (hope) :)

Travel to the beautiful resort area of Turkey on the Mediterranean...Antalya. Stayed at the Kremlin Hotel which is Russian inspired. Recommend taking tours of Old Antalya, cruise on the Mediterranean and visit to the ruins.

My journey through history...Turkey from May 22 - June 9, 2008, where a piece of my heart and soul will always remain.. (and a piece of my hair)

The first settlement in Antalya is dated back to 159 BC. The king of Pergamum Attalos II sent his special army to find the most beautiful place on earth. Having wandered for a long time, they arrived in Antalya and agreed that they have found it. When Attalos saw the place he also liked it so much that he ordered for a new city to be founded and gave the city his own name. The city was called Attaleia. Then came the Lydians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and the Ottomans. They also left traces …

okay. brıefly from Ankara. went to Nevşehir after my last post. beautıful, but ten below zero. very cold. went on tour. Hikmet is a doll.  must kıll him for gangıng up on me and shovıng a handful of snow down the back of my jumper though. cave homes ıncredıble. met Fatmah - a nıce old lady wo speaks no englısh and has no ıdea how old she ıs. gave us too much tea. three days ın cappadocıa. the underground cıty was massıve. corrıdors small. ducked ınto small room to …

Pamukkale - u must see it! It`s amazing

Graduating in May I headed to the Caribbean, then to Spain and Denmark, then the southern US, then Greece, followed by Turkey and Cyprus, then Greece again, and finally the central US.

our second trip to Turkey in 2003.

it was one week with 5000 graduates from Autria in Turkey. So you can imagine how this week was ... we all celebrated our "A-Levels Diploma" so it was a week of partying but I really have to say it was one of the best weeks ever cause everyone was open-minded and always happy :)