A loop through the walled old town: in through Hadrian's Gate, past the broken minaret and the Roman tower on the cliff, down to the old harbour and back up to the Yivli Minare and the Clock Tower.
Best time: Early morning or late afternoon, outside the midday heat.
Roman gate built for Emperor Hadrian's visit in 130 CE, the only surviving entrance gate in the city walls. 10 min
A triple-arched marble gate built for Emperor Hadrian's visit to Attaleia in AD 130, and the only city gate of the old walls still standing. It was walled up in Byzantine times…
The 'broken minaret': a Roman temple, then a church, then a mosque. Its cone cap was restored in 2019 after 123 years. 10 min
One building that carries the whole history of Kaleiçi: a 2nd-century Roman temple, then the Byzantine Panagia church, then a Seljuk mosque, a church again under the Lusignans…
2nd-century tower, 14 m high, at the south-west corner of the walls; once a lighthouse and watchtower. 10 min
A 14 m Roman tower of tawny stone, a cylinder on a square base, where the land walls met the sea walls. The municipality's monument list explains it was probably first a 1st-2nd…
Free museum on Mermerli Banyo Sokak, open daily 08:30-19:00. 30 min
Two Ottoman mansions on the lane down to Mermerli beach, run by the Ministry: Iznik, Kütahya and Çanakkale ceramics, Seljuk tiles from the Aspendos theatre, and in the upper…
A semicircular natural harbour used since the Hellenistic period, with a 110 m mouth; the breakwaters probably stand on ancient wall remains. Fishing boats and day-trip boats…
Free museum in a Seljuk building in the Yivli Minare complex, open daily 08:30-19:00. 20 min
The domed Seljuk building in the Yivli Minare complex, used as a Mevlevi dervish lodge from the 16th century, is now a free museum on the Mevlevi order. The visit includes the…
The fluted minaret, landmark of the old town; dress modestly if you go into the mosque. 5 min
The fluted brick minaret, 38 m high with 90 steps, is the symbol of Antalya and is attributed to the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I. The six-domed prayer hall beside it was…
Tower on the old walls at the top of Kaleiçi, next to Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque. 5 min
The square clock tower sits on a bastion of the old Kale Kapısı, the land gate of Kaleiçi that was pulled down around the First World War. It is the meeting point of Kalekapısı…
