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Olympos Teleferik
Olympos Teleferik
From sea to mountain cable car to the Summit of Olympus takes you thetli "Mount Tahtalı" alt. about 2,367 meters, Mount Olympus is the closest mountain to the beach in the Taurus Mountains. Starting base is located in the tkrova-Kemer "Kemer, Tekirova, Antalya from 60 km and Kemer 22 km away from the main street and 7 km towards the foot of the mountain.
The length of the flight from departure station to the top of the mountain is 4359 yards is the longest in the world and the journey takes approximately 10 minutes in a comfortable vehicle for up to 80 people have been designed and manufactured in Switzerland. The ski lift was opened in 2007 and is one of the main features of the Antalya region.
Temperatures 10-15 ° c on the coast and snow on top of the mountain until late spring or early summer, the scene during the flight and on the tops of the most beautiful mountain can fall upon your eyes on wonderful panoramic beach and Antalya region and Taurus mountain range. Cable station on the top of the mountain with bar, restaurant and shops selling antiques.
Cable usually works 7 days a year with some exceptions during bad weather, and begin operating hours 9 am in summer and 10 am during the winter, the best time to enjoy the snow in spring, but you should take precautions in the clothes. The fare is 50 TL and for children under 16 (25 pounds) and llatavar for free. Before you to Olympus tilifrik make sure it opened to visitors on that day and especially during winter and spring, you can see the status and other information on the site of Olympos Teleferik.
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Antalya-paradise on Earth
Antalya-paradise on Earth
The Turkish city of Antalya is the capital of tourism in Turkey which is visited by millions of tourists from all over the world for its enchanting beauty features and stunning nature pool in a wonderful harmony between geography and history and modern present. Location of Antalya on the narrow strip between the Taurus Mountains "Taurus" and quiet beaches on the Mediterranean given natural beauty rarely found in other cities, add to that her sky sunny and warm atmosphere most days of the year.
Tourism in Antalya
Touristic importance with Antalya on many hotels and resorts and private and public tourism facilities to suit you, and is nicely equipped to receive tourists, Antalya and around more than a third of tourism in Turkey, especially from Russia and Northern and Western Europe to the Middle East and Central Asian republics. In third place was occupied Antalya 2011 globally after London and Paris in the number of tourists from other countries surpassing global cities such as New York and Istanbul with more than 10 million tourists. To Antalya from the relatively warm atmosphere during the winter tourist season runs throughout the year and of course the peak during the summer months.
The old city
Antalya City Centre is located at the top of a cliff rising from the beach more than 40 meters, and agatha the Navy is a huge park known as Ataturk Park "Atatürk Parkı" spanning the Center view of the city and contains a number of restaurants and cafes, playgrounds, where you can enjoy the scenery fantastic offshore benwarmi and Taurus Mountains in the background, especially in the early morning hours or at dusk , If you intend to visit Antalya, don't miss the chance to watch the sunset from the top of the cliff and to enjoy tour around the Park and magnificent views. In the middle of the city are located with known ancient city known as kalichi "Kaleiçi", is a historic part of the city built by the Byzantine Empire, and is famous for its high walls and its lighthouse which stands witness to the history of Antalya, and takes you in the narrow streets and alleys filled with cafes, restaurants and shops on a trip to the remote end time to the old port "Marina Antalya" , And from there you can climb into a boat cruise to listen bemshhadh city and the Taurus Mountains and waterfalls. Activities abound in the old city and shopping life year-round roads filled with artists and traditional antiques dealers and artists and shops selling ice cream in Turkey and shawarma and around the old city, many roads branch off the popular markets.
The shores of Antalya
On both sides of the city center of Antalya Beach runs, and the shores of Antalya from the best beaches in the world and one of the most visible on the blue flag – Blue Flag "and is an award given to the best beaches of the world and Turkey generally has the most. To the right of the city spanning the shores of Lara "Lara" with soft white sand and blue waters, on the beach of Lara are the majority of hotels and resorts and some of the most beautiful and most prestigious world-renowned resorts. To the left of the center of Antalya stretches Beach Konyaalti-Konyaalti "filled with cafes, restaurants, and public beaches are open to all without an entry fee or for a nominal fee and is the closest to the city center, align find many small and large hotels and seafood restaurants and activities and movement during the tourist season. If you are a fan of quiet and lie on the beach, Lara beach is your destination, if you want some of each and experience true destination Antalya is Konyaalti Beach and the adjacent part of the city centre, where Ataturk Park & Beach, Museum and markets (malls), add to the amusement park, restaurants and city water and oceanariums and mini city and many attractions that each has its own character, which gives you a sense of.
Weather in Antalya
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.9 (75) | 23.4 (74.1) | 28.6 (83.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 37.6 (99.7) | 44.8 (112.6) | 45.0 (113) | 43.3 (109.9) | 42.1 (107.8) | 37.7 (99.9) | 33.0 (91.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 45 (113) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 31.3 (88.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 24.28 (75.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 14.5 (58.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 18.48 (65.27) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 6.1 (43) | 7.8 (46) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 7.1 (44.8) | 13.42 (56.14) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | −4.0 (24.8) | −1.6 (29.1) | 1.4 (34.5) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.1 (52) | 14.8 (58.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | 0.8 (33.4) | −1.9 (28.6) | −4 (24.8) |
| Precipitationmm (inches) | 234.2 (9.22) | 160.7 (6.327) | 96.8 (3.811) | 46.2 (1.819) | 30.0 (1.181) | 9.6 (0.378) | 2.2 (0.087) | 2.5 (0.098) | 12.3 (0.484) | 67.7 (2.665) | 131.9 (5.193) | 263.3 (10.366) | 1,057.4 (41.629) |
| Avg. rainy days | 12.6 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 12.3 | 75.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 161.2 | 155.4 | 201.5 | 258.0 | 294.5 | 342.0 | 356.5 | 350.3 | 285.0 | 248.0 | 186.0 | 158.1 | 2,996.5 |
Antalya weather generally mild winters and hot and humid in summer, the sunny sky of Antalya is characterized most of the year and sea water relatively warm even in winter. Temperatures in summer, especially July and August to the mid-40s Celsius, accompanied by high humidity, winter temperatures drop to 10-15 c which makes the Antalya winter tourist destination to escape the cold winters of Northern Europe and Asia. What alleviate summer heat in Antalya tnchar swimming pools and water sports on the beach to view the city and the mountain tops. The best time to visit Antalya to enjoy it until the beginning of the spring summer from mid-June to mid-September.
Where to go in Antalya
In many places worth visiting, and the majority are just minutes or a few hours from the City Center:
close to the city, the Museum contains more than 30,000 antiquities discovered in Antalya, Turkey, occupies an area of 7,000 square meters, surrounded by green areas, lakes and restaurants.
aquatic Hotel dedeman Antalya Museum.
Atatürk cultural Park.
Antalya and around
Antalya (territory) comprises many small towns and villages along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and away from the Antalya only an hour or two, each with a special atmosphere and distinctive character, which is a tourist city filled with resorts and villages where time stops for simple enjoy traditional Turkish airspace. Whatever your destination, the journey through the mountains, forests and roads bordering the sea itself is fun not to be missed when visiting Antalya, the largest tourist destinations around Antalya
Alanya : Antalya almost two hours to the East and you can go there by bus, mini version of ALANYA ANTALYA with enchanting beauty and wonderful resorts and a second home for many tourists who own apartments and houses for vacation, tourism and especially in Germany, Britain and Northern Europe.
Side : Antalya 75 kilometers eastward, and ancient Greek city famous for its Greek and Roman.
Kemer : Kemer Antalya is the closest city to the West, and a small town resorts and contains marine parks, games and activities, a city almost deserted during the winter and come to life during the summer tourist season, away from the Antalya 40 km and can go to the minibus, known as "aldelmosh-Dolmus" in less than an hour, the road to Kemer through alignment of mountain and beach and find on the kerbs of many small restaurants and cafes.
Sorantalia old town Kaleiçi
Ephesus Efes Turkey
Ephesus is one of the best-preserved ancient cities in the world with a history dating back the 12 C BC. It was an important trade and religious center. During the Roman period its population reached approx. 250,000.One of the seven wonders of the world, Temple of Artemis was in Ephesus. It is also the site of one of the Seven Churches
of Revelation.
St. Paul lived and preached for about 2 years in Ephesus.
Today it is estimated that between 15-20% of the city has been excavated. Some of the highlights are the Odeon, Celsus Library, Great Theater, Commercial Agora, Terrace Houses, Blue Marble Street, Scholistica baths and Brothel.
Cappadocia Region Turkey
One of the geological wonders of the world. Cappadocia is a high plateau in Central Turkey at an altitude of 3270 ft / 1000 m. It lies in a triangle formed by the three main towns of Kayseri, Nevsehir and Nigde.
The history of Cappadocia begins 60 million years ago with the eruption of 2 volcanos, covering the area with lava and tufa. In later periods rain and wind eroded the land and created unusual valleys, canyons and cones.
For many centuries Hittites, Assyrian Colonies, Greeks and Romanslived in the region. Cappadocia is also a very important region in early Christian History.
There are over 600 hundred rock-cut churches built by monks and hermits between the 4th and 11th centuries. In some of these, church walls have been decorated with wonderful frescoes depicting scenesfrom the Bible.
Commagene Kingdom at Mt. Nemrut - Turkey
One of the most spectacular sites in Turkey especially at sunset. Mt Nemrut (approx. 2552m) is an extension of the Taurus mountain range in southeastern Turkey. After the division of Alexander's Empire into three, the Seleucids established the relatively small and wealthy Commagene Kingdom in the region.
In 62 BC, Antiochos I became king of Commagene and developed his kingdom as a strategic crossroad on the important trade routes between Syria, Mesopotamia and Rome.
The famous sanctuary was built by Antiochos I for himself as a funerary monument. It is a conical tumulus with a height of 50m and 150m diameter. There are colossal heads of Apollo, Zeus and Antiochos I.
Gallipoli Anzacs - Canakkale - Turkey
The slim peninsula on the northern side of the Dardanelles has been designated a National Park.
In 1915, Allied warships tried to force their way through the straits with the intention of opening a supply line to Russia via the Black Sea. Allied landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula were finally beaten off by the Turks following bitter warfare.
Casualties were high on both sides and today several war memorialsstand in the attractive landscape of pine forests, green hills and pretty beaches.
Pamukkale Cotton Castle Denizli Turkey
Pamukkale is one of the natural wonders of the world. It is a unique geological formation formed over 14.000 years. The spring water at Pamukkale has therapeutic qualities and since antiquity has been said to cure rheumatism, kidney and heart diseases.
Hierapolis, means sacred-city and its history goes back 6th C BC. At its peak the population reached about 100,000. The ruins at Hierapolis cover an extensive area.
The theater, Temple of Apollo, Colonnaded Street, Byzantine Gate, Plutonium and Necropolis (Cemetery) are some of the highlights of the city. The Necropolis has approximately 1000 tombs and is the largest in Asia Minor.
Haghia Sophia Church Museum - Istanbul - Turkey
Haghia Sophia Museum, the great masterpiece of Byzantine art. It was built by Justinian
in 6th century AD and is the 3rd church to occupy this site.
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At the time it was built, it was the largest church in existence. The church was sacked by the Latins during the 4th crusade in 1204 and many of its treasures
taken to the west.
When Contantinople (Istanbul) was conquered by the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmet II in 1453, it was converted into a mosque.
Since 1936, by Ataturk's order it has been a museum. The interior is decorated with
wonderful Byzantine mosaics from 6th to 13th century AD.
10 of the best sights in Istanbul
10 of the best sights in Istanbul
Istanbul's many attractions include towering minarets, underground Byzantine cisterns and steamy bathhouses. Pat Yale selects the places to visit
The upside down head of Medusa, propping up a column in the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.
Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images
Basilica Cistern
The city's most unexpectedly romantic attraction, the Basilica Cistern, offers an insight into the complicated system that once brought drinking water into Istanbul from Thrace (an area of the south-east Balkans now constituting Turkish land n the European mainland, and a chunk of Bulgaria). Constructed in the sixth century and then forgotten for centuries, the cistern that once stored the water has been fitted with lights and music. Fish flitter around the bases of the 336 columns that support the ceiling. Don't miss the upside-down head of Medusa that forms the bottom of one column, proof that Byzantine builders saw Roman relics as little more than reusable rubble.
• Yerebatan Caddesi 13, Sultanahmet, +90 212 522 1259, yerebatan.com, entrance £3.50. Open Tue-Sun 9am-7.30pm (Apr-Sep), 9am-5pm (Oct-Mar)
Aya Sofya
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After decades in which scaffolding cluttered the interior of Emperor Justinian's sixth-century Byzantine masterpiece, the thrill of being able to experience the extraordinary spaciousness of this famous church-turned-mosque-turned museum is hard to overstate. Downstairs the building is largely empty; the best of the glittering mosaics lurk in the galleries upstairs. Newly opened are the tombs of several early Ottoman sultans and their slaughtered sons – before primogeniture new sultans immediately had all potential rivals killed. Before the end of the year, the city's finest carpets will go on display in the soup kitchen added after the church was turned into a mosque.
• Aya Sofya, Sultanahmet Square, +90 212 522 0989, hagiasophia.com, entrance £7. Open Tue-Sun 9am-7.30pm (May-Oct), 9am-5pm (Nov-Apr)
Topkapi Palace
Photograph: Tony Souter/ DK Limited/Corbis
If there is one absolute must-see in Istanbul, it has to be the Topkapi Palace, home to generations of sultans and their wives, who were closeted in the famous harem. A collection of lush green courtyards and delicate kiosks, the Topkapi boasts a treasury to put the crown jewels in the shade, as well as views to die for over the Sea of Marmara, Bosphorus and Golden Horn. The secretive harem – really just the family quarters – is a warren of lushly-tiled rooms wrapped round a gem of a Turkish bath. Try to visit on a day when no cruise ship is in town to avoid the worst of the crowds.
• Sultanahmet, +90 212 512 0480, topkapisarayi.gov.tr, TL20 (£7). Open Tue-Sun 9am-6pm (harem 9am-5pm)
Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamam
There are several magnificent steamy Ottoman bathhouses to choose from in the city, including the Çemberlitaş, Cağaloğlu, Galatasaray and Sülemaniye baths, but in 2011 for the first time it's also possible for visitors to try out the spectacular 16th-century Ayasofya Hürrem Sultan Hamam right in Sultanahmet Square and designed for Suleiman the Magnificent's scheming wife Roxelana. Think acres of marble, the sound of running water echoing around stupendous domes, and a massage fit for a sultan. You'll come out almost purring.
• Cankurtaran Mahallesi Bab-i-Hümayaun Caddesi l, Sultanahmet Square, +90 212 517 3535, ayasofyasultanhamami.com, treatments from €70. Open daily 7am to 11pm, separate sections for men and women
Blue Mosque
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Facing Aya Sofya across a small park and mirroring its domed silhouette, the early 17th-century Blue Mosque is one of only a handful of mosques in the world to boast six minarets. Is it really blue? Well, not noticeably, although all the walls are papered with fine İznik tiles. To view it as the architect, Sedefkar Mehmed Aga, originally intended, enter via what looks like the side entrance from the Hippodrome. Afterwards, pop your head into a building the size of a small mosque on the corner of the complex. This houses the tomb of Sultan Ahmed I, the man who gave his name to both the mosque and the neighbourhood.
• Sultanahmet Square, bluemosque.org. Open outside prayer times
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
Photograph: Massimo Borchi/Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis
Walk to Istanbul's three-in-one equivalent of the British Museum via the grounds of Topkapi Palace or through Gulhane Park. If time is tight, go straight to the large porticoed building housing the glorious sarcophagus of Alexander which depicts scenes from the life of Alexander the Great in vivid 3D. Kids will love the model Trojan Horse in the children's section. Then pop into the lovely Tiled Pavilion, one of the city's oldest Ottoman structures, beautifully restored to show off its finest ceramics. Finally, catch a glimpse of a peace treaty from 1269 BC preserved in the part of the museum nearest to the gate.
• Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu, Gulhane Park, +90 212 520 7740, entrance £3.50. Open Tue-Sun 9am-6pm (May-Sep), 9am-4pm (Oct-Apr)
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
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Housed in what was originally the palace of Ibrahim Pasha, a favourite grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent, and overlooking the Hippodrome where Byzantine lovers of chariot racing once brought the same passion to their sport as modern Turks do to football, this museum houses a magnificent collection of gigantic carpets from all over the country. Its basement features reconstructions of everything from a fully-fitted nomad tent to a grand interior from a 19th-century Bursa mansion. Don't leave without trying a thick black Turkish coffee in the pretty cafe in the grounds.
• The Hippodrome, Sultanahmet, +90 212 518 1805, kultur.gov.tr, entrance £3.50. Open Tue-Sun 9am-4.30pm
Süleymaniye Mosque
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Unmissable as you stand on the busy Galata bridge and look up at the city's historic skyline is the mosque designed by the great Ottoman architect Sinan for Suleiman the Magnificent. Newly restored to its original splendour, it is generally regarded as the finest of the 42 surviving mosques he designed for Istanbul. Unusually, it retains much of the original complex of social service buildings that came attached to it, including several madrasahs, a hospital, a library and a hamam. Locals come here to eat kuru fasuliye, the Turkish take on baked beans, in a street once haunted by opium addicts.
• Professor Siddik Sami Onar Caddesi. Open outside prayer times
Chora Church
Photograph: Sandro Santioli/Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis
It's a bit of a schlep to get there but the restored Chora Church in the old city walls offers a stunning glimpse of late Byzantine splendour, its walls and ceilings adorned with glittering mosaics and breath-taking frescoes. Like Aya Sofya, it has made the journey from Byzantine church to Ottoman mosque and then to modern museum, and now stands in a neighbourhood of restored Ottoman wooden houses, prettily painted in pastel colours. Before you go back to your hotel, take a look at the nearby walls that ringed old Constantinople and date back to the fifth century.
• Kariye Camii Sokak 26, Sultanahmet, +90 212 631 9241, entrance £4.50. Open Thu-Tue 9am-6pm (Apr-Sep), 9am-4.30pm (Oct-Mar)
Galata Tower
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Watery Istanbul is a city that cries out to be viewed from on high, and you can get a bird's-eye view of everything from the balcony at the top of the Galata Tower in Beyoğlu, the modern part of old Istanbul that, in pre-Republican days, was home to the city's foreign residents. Built in 1348, the tower once formed part of a sub-city belonging to the Genoese that stretched right down to the Bosphorus. In a footnote to aviation history, it was from this tower that Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi flew across the Bosphorus from Europe to Asia in 1638, thus inaugurating the first ever intercontinental flight.
• Beyoğlu, +90 212 293 8180, galatatower.net, entrance £3.50. Open 9am-8pm
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