Karaalioğlu Park and the cliffs: a walk in Antalya

A gentle clifftop walk from the Roman tower through Karaalioğlu Park, past its monuments, to Işıklar Caddesi and the free Atatürk House Museum.

Best time: Late afternoon into sunset, when the park is cooler.

The route, stop by stop

1
Hıdırlık Tower
2nd-century tower, 14 m high, at the south-west corner of the walls. 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…
2
Karaalioğlu Park
Clifftop park with sea views; the city theatre is also in the park. 20 min
The 140,000 m² cliff-top park laid out in 1940-1945 under governor Haşim İşcan, just south of Kaleiçi. Three parallel avenues run towards the sea and end at three viewing…
3
Nâzım Hikmet monument
Monument to the poet, put up in 2010. 5 min
4
Don Quixote statue
Statue of Don Quixote in the park. 5 min
5
Atatürk House Museum
The Atatürk House Museum is on this street: free, 08:30-19:00, the house where Atatürk stayed in 1930 and 1935. 30 min
The house given to Atatürk in 1930, rebuilt and opened as a museum in 1986, on Işıklar Caddesi beside a small park with a bust of his mother Zübeyde Hanım. Hürriyet's Salim Uzun…