Antalya Hotels

Antalya Mardan Hotel, the pure gold of Turkish heavenly coasts welcomes you, if you want to feel yourself as a contemporary Turkish Sultan for a few days. Mardan Palace Hotel, the most expensive hotel in Europe opened its doors a month ago in Antalya Lara hotels region and shocked the world not only with its ultra high prices (£36 a glass of champagne, £6 for a coke) but also with its overall luxury level. The Azerbaijan billionaire oligarch Telman Ismailov easily buried at least a billion for this hotel making not only himself as famous as Abramovich but also free advertisement for Turkish tourism.

Here are a few remarkable facts about this ultra-star Antalya hotel.

• The hotel was inspired by Dolmabahce Palace, Galata Bridge and Maiden’s Tower of Istanbul
• The Ottoman style rooms decorated with classy objects from fashion idols like Hermes, Gucci.
• 2,500 tons of gold, 500,000 crystals and 23,000 sqms of Italian marble was used in both interior and exterior decoration.
• Swimming pool is one of the largest pools of the world. There is also a river like pool where gondolas can carry you in 30 minutes from one end to the other.
• 4 large aquariums to reflect different seas
• The private beach silky sands are brought from Egypt, 9,000 tons
• There are over 10 restaurants featuring all types of Turkish and world cuisine and 14 bars and clubs.

If you have a chance to afford some days staying in this hotel, do not miss the life time experience.

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Aspendos is an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya Serik region, mostly famous for its antique Roman Empire theater which holds the title of best preserved ancient amphitheater in Turkey. It was built in 2 AD and dedicated to Emperor Markus Aurelius. One of the most spectacular ancient views you can see as a traveller waits for you.

Throughout the history, Aspendos was always a popular city and had seen many invasions. At Seljuk times, it was used as a caravansary. There are also various Roman structures nearby including basilica, agora, nymphaeum and a long 15 kms long Roman aqueduct.

Because of its excellent acoustic properties, Aspendos ballet and opera festival is held each year attracting thousands of local and international music and art lovers. It has a seating capacity of 17,000 people.

Here are some Aspendos photos :

Theater View

Aqueduct View

Archway at Aspendos Theater

Aspendos Walls

Male dancers of UK The Royal Ballet at Aspendos

By the way, if you are planning to travel Antalya, you can Compare Luxury and Budget Antalya Hotels here.

One of the most deluxe ultra all inclusive 5 star hotels of Lara Region in Antalya. If you want an elegant summer holiday, Club Hotel Sera will give more than you imagined. A private clean beach near the hotel with all water and regular sports activities, some of them are free of charge including tennis, Ping-Pong, basketball, fitness center, darts, aerobics. Sauna and Turkish bath is available also for free. There are four regular open buffet restaurants. Besides, the hotel has lots of specialty gourmet restaurants free of charge which need only reservation and a small tip amount (2 euros for person). These include Oliva Mediterranean, Safran Turkish, Mongolian restaurants. You can enjoy Asian restaurant, Bistro Royal as well. Lots of bars, pool bar and a disco which is open until 03.00. There is one outdoor main pool, 2 activity pools with water slides and one indoor pool as well. Live music and animations continue 7 days of the week. The hotel is large featuring over 540 rooms including 3 deluxe, 3 superior and 1 Ottoman palace suite. All food and drinks including import ones (Generally they are high quality spirits like Baileys, Malibu, Archers, Bacardi etc. are free. Your room minibar is also refreshed everyday with water, mineral water and fruit juices. You pay only for deluxe import drinks and fresh real fruit juices. Overall, it is a high quality luxurious hotel in Antalya where you can fully entertain and leave with very nice memories.

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Some Photos :

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Known also simply as Antalya Museum, it is one of the largest museums of Turkey. Actually, the foundation is owed to Italians ironically who occupied Antalya and south region of Turkey by the result of First World War. It is told that some Italian archeologists were carrying the valuable archeological items which was found around to Italian consulate. At that time, a teacher named Suleyman Fikri Bey seeing the danger, managed to assign himself as voluntary officer of antiquities by government decision and established a small museum at 1919 and have begun to collect items as well. Today, the museum is large and operates on 13 exhibition halls including ancient natural history hall (fossils, bones), prehistory hall, proto and classic period halls (Neolithic, Calcolithic, Early Bronze Age, Hellenistic age objects), the hall of Emperors which presents the golden age of Roman Empire with beautiful sculptures, the hall of burials tombs, the hall of mosaics and icons which includes Byzantine period, coins hall, Turkish-Islamic hall, ethnography section and a special children hall which presents toys, moneyboxes of ancient times.

More than additional 30,000 items are in the depots of the museum and can not be presented because of space problem.

You can visit the museum on Konyaalti region on center daily except Monday. Here is a view from an hall and a youtube video

 Antalya Museum at Wikipedia

Meder Resort Kemer Hotel is situated in the center of popular Kemer district of Antalya. The hotel is just near the nature and very close to the beautiful blue sea, only 200 meters. Meder Resort Hotel has 228 rooms, 213 standard rooms, 12 suites, 3 handicapped rooms. Room features include air-con, direct dial phone, sat TV, music, safe, balcony, minibar, make up mirror, shower, WC, shower cabinet and chip door card.

The hotel has a main restaurant serving Turkish food, and several bars including lobby, vitamin and pool. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are open buffet. There is also a night club.

Some services include SPA center, massage, Turkish bath, sauna, jacuzzi, fitness center, indoor & outdoor swimming  pool, wellness, towel service and shuttle bus service to beach. A wide range of sports facilities and water sports are available for the guests as well.

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p.s : Sauna rocks ! :)

I regularly visit to Lara region because lately I have bought a villa house and spend time to decide what kind of interior design I will make by visiting related shops. I have stayed at Delphin Palace on my last visit because it is very near to my newly bought house. Lara Delphin Palace Hotel is in one word “wonderful“.

Delphin Palace will provide you an excellent vacation. There are around 550 rooms (490 standard, 24 exclusive, 38 family, 6 handicapped, 2 king suite, 8 floors).

There is a nice 24 hours open lobby bar with live music.  8 restaurants featuring different cuisines including an all types open buffet Delphino Restaurant, Ottoman, Fish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Mexican Restaurants. Other small bars are also available. Other things are mostly standards which you can expect from an all inclusive hotel, pools with water slides, animations all day, SPA center etc. There are two specialities unique to this hotel bowling and cinema on the afternoons.

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You can get lowest rates for Delphin Palace and other Antalya hotels at GTAHotels.com

If you plan to visit Antalya for holiday or any other reasons there are many entertainment centers you should not miss.
Both Aqualand and DolphinLand is in the big entertainment center of Antalya, BeachPark at Konyaalti district very close to center.

Aqualand is the biggest waterpark in Antalya consisting of many water games, huge pools and waterfalls, long open and closed water slides ranging from 40 meters to 100 meters. The facility also consists of different snack-bars and restaurants. You will feel refreshed because you are surrounded also by beautiful natural trees and green.

There is a two concepts I like most. Jacuzzi Bar where you can get water massage and Vitamin Bar to boost energy with natural fruit juices of all kinds. There is a silver shop and photo center as well. You will feel safe here as well because there is insurance policy and safe boxes for all customers. Nice recommended place both with family and friends.

Here is an introduction video :

DolphinLand is situated nearby and home to the super dolphin, white whale and sea lion shows. You can also enjoy swimming with dolphins. I have learned that the dolphins are from Black Sea and since the salt level in Black Sea is much less than in Mediterranean, the salt level is carefully controlled. A dolphin lives around 25 to 30 years and the dolphins here are 9 years old and eat sardines and mackerels.

A video excerpt from the show :

Official Website : BeachPark Antalya

Antalya clearly is the leader of Turkish tourism nearly getting 7 million tourists from all over the world. It is almost 35 per cent of all tourist visiting to Turkey, 20 millions. So, it would be not exaggeration to say that Antalya is the unofficial capital of Turkey tourism.

Especially popular amongst German and Russian people. English, French, Holland and other countries follow them. There are many strangers who have chosen this place for living even by property buying. I would call Antalyaburg in German or Antalyagorod in Russian because they are widely accepted as like native citizens already :)

Lara is the most popular district in Antalya having one of the longest beaches in Turkey especially in Kundu area, and home to the many interesting hotels to attract tourists. These hotels are exact replicas of world famous historical cities and buildings including Topkapi Palace, Kremlin and Venezia.

There are also other concepts like Titanic and a big Concorde plane shaped hotels. All these hotels are all inclusive including a huge range of both traditional Turkish and international cuisine, all kinds of drinks including famous ones and surely Spa, sports, entertainment, animation all day, music whatever you can imagine.

Turkish people are aware of the importance of tourism and behave very hospitable to foreigners here. Actually, not to praise my country but we like to meet new people and communicate, create friendships with them by introducing our culture. You can ask me what about over pollution if there are so much big hotels here.

Hopefully, even though there are many hotels there, the sea water is crystal clear thanks to advanced water cleaning systems of the hotels. Here are some photos of these hotels for your interest.

It will be hard to decide which hotel to choose from amongst many variants. I can suggest Booking.com because they provide lowest rates for most Antalya hotels.

Antalya is one of the greatest and most interesting resorts in the world. Be sure to visit at least one time in your life time. Let the sunshine be always with you !

Alinda Beach Hotel offers a blend of pine trees at the foothill of the Beydaglari mountains and the turquoise Antalya sea. Unique view of sea and mountains for nature lovers.

In the main building, there are a total of 410 rooms consisting of 335 standard rooms, 51 duplex rooms, 5 apart, 10 junior suites, 4 senior suites, 1 king suit, 4 handicapped-rooms.

Water sports, land sports, pool games, table tennis and other activities like Diving School, Jogging, Soft Animation Banana, Wind Surf, Canoe, Water Ski, Parasailing, Pedalo Boat, Jet Ski, Catamaran. Restaurants mainly featuring Ottoman, Turkish and sea food cuisine. Open-air discotheque. SPA Wellness center. Hotel has private beach.

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Antalya is also famous for its many waterfalls with astonishing views. Duden, Kursunlu and Manavgat are the top three famous waterfalls. I have compiled a photo and video collection for the blog visitors. Enjoy !

Duden WaterfallKursunlu WaterfallManavgat Waterfall

.. and some amateur videos

Duden Waterfall

Manavgat Waterfall

Kursunlu Waterfall