Places to Definitely Visit in Antalya in October

Demre is one of the most beautiful places in the Mediterranean filled with unhurried and peaceful. You can witness that history lives in Demre, everywhere is full of history. Kekova Island is in Demre and transportation is provided by boats. You can swim on the ancient city of Dolkisthe, a sunken city, and take a historical trip while swimming.

You can go to İbradı Ormana Village by a journey from Antalya city center to the Taurus Mountains. When you want to be in touch with nature, Ormana Village is one of the most beautiful places to go on the weekend. It offers you a peaceful weekend with its untouched nature. You should definitely see Altınbeşik Cave and Eynif Plain, which is very close to Ormana Village.

It is a beautiful place to be alone with nature known only by the local people in the surrounding area. The reason for calling here Değirmendere is that there were water mills in the past. It is possible to see a few old millstones along the stream among the ruins.

The Ancient City of Myra, located in and around the Demre District Center, was established on the plain of the same name. The Ancient City of Myra is especially famous for the Lycian Period rock tombs, the Roman Period theater and the Church of St. Nicholas (By Santa Claus) by the Byzantine Period. One of the most interesting examples is the embossed tomb, which depicts the dead and its relatives among the Myra tombs, which are the best adapted examples of the wooden houses architecture of the Lycians.

It was founded on two hills overlooking the plain near the Xanthos River (Eşen Stream). The first is the Lycian Acropolis, surrounded by a wall that rises in a rocky rock from the edge of Eşen Stream, and the second is the higher and wider Roman Acropolis in the north. The name of Xanthos, which is described as the administrative center of the Lycian League, is written in the Lycian language in the form of ARNNA. Homer tells that the Xathos people under Sarpedon participated in the Trojan wars. However, the finds obtained during the excavations made us know that It can take you until the 8th century BC.

Alanya Castle, whose walls are 6.5 kilometers long, was built in 1221 by the Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat, who took the city and rebuilt it. The castle, which has 83 towers and 140 bastions, is the most magnificent structure of Alanya. This structure is even more evident with Kızılkule, which has become the symbol of Alanya and its castle. The interior of Kızılkule is considered as an ethnography museum.