More About Antalya Gulet - Turkey
Antalya, Turkey's principal holiday resort in
the Mediterranean region, once known as ancient Pamphylia, is an attractive
large city with shady palm-lined boulevards, long sandy beaches and luxury
hotels on the Mediterranean. In the picturesque old quarter, Kaleici, narrow
winding streets and old wooden houses abut the ancient city walls which run
down to the ancient Roman Harbour, still in use for day tours by small gulets
and yachts.
Since its founding in the second century
B.C. by Attalus II, a king of Pergamon, who named the city Attaleai after
himself, Antalya has been continuously inhabited. The Romans, Byzantines and
Seljuks in turn occupied the city before it came under Ottoman rule. The
fabulous Antalya Museum, and other private museums are well worth visiting for
an insight into the history of the area.
Shopping, attending concerts and cultural festivals, touring of the
ancient city sites outside the city, golfing, rafting and hiking, following
international sports events, or combining pleasure with business
conferences: Antalya offers a great
diversity of activities and possibilities for visitors year around.
A cruise for week from Antalya could see you
exploring the ancient Roman harbour city of Phaselis, and climbing up to the
Chimera of Olympus and dropping into to try one of the famous wooden tree-house
bars, walking along parts of the famous hiking path the Lycian Way and resting
by night on your comfortable crewed yacht, taking a tour on land to visit the
Church of St. Nicholas and the ruins of Myra, snorkelling around the submerged
ruins of Kekova, or wandering up through the villages to get a view of the sea,
before sailing into the lovely harbour of Kaş tucked in under the mighty Taurus
mountains.