Alanya is a touristic center on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. Excavations have shown that the Alanya area was inhabited as early as prehistoric times. In 1220 the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I took the city and had the great castle and dockyards built. Known then as Alaiye, a name derived from that of the sultan, the city was used by the Seljuks as their naval base in the Mediterranean and it remained an important military post in Ottoman times.

Alanya is very hot in the summer months. You should take precautions not to be harmed by this excess heat. Stay close to water bodies in which you can bath or shady shelters where you can take refuge.

Plateaux are a pleasant escapade. The most appropriate time of the year for a tour of Alanya is between the months of April, May and October , November.