2012-06-08 12:53:13

antalya is very pleasant. there is a good beach, the loclas are friendly and good-mannered, and the trips out you can do vary from the mountain villages and to beautiful konya, resting place of the great and beautiful sufi poet rumi, and for the whirling dervishes, to the fabulous ruins and amphitheatre at side.(pronounced seeday) the food is very healthy, quite cheap, and good quality.the nightlife is ok. plenty of places, mostly away from the town centre, but there are mini-buses and taxis which are very cheap. there are a lot of britiish visitors in high season but its not as blackpool-ish as marmaras and it really is a very pleasant place to be.one of the beaches is called cleopatras beach, because cleopatra really did bathe there. anthony bought her a forest not far away to provide timber for her navy ..how romantic!alanya itself is an interesting town with a lot of history and some beautiful sights and is well worth spending time in before traveling to antalya if the option is available for you. lots of pictures of alanya on the next link. the old town is worth exploring, and the citadel on the hill above it.anlanya, like antalya, has a cleopatras beach she was quite fond of a dip in the sea, especially when anthony was due to pay a visit . the route fron alanya to antalya is a busy one, with lots of transport available.antalya-alanya public transport links on here . .antalya guidefor side.;_ylv=3?qid=20090430110149aa51uci . ..;_ylv=3?qid=20090722140756aa7yxde . .for konya,,, . . . . .