Antalya, Turkey

For today we booked a private tour just for two of us. With the help of WhatsApp we found our driver/tour guide.

Antalya, Ancient Greek city Attalia, located in southwest Turkey. It was found as a sea port in 2nd century BCE. It was a Roman city before it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the late 15th century.

Our first stop was upper Duden Waterfalls.

Then the tour guide drove us to the jewelry store size of huge supermarket. I politely went in, used the bathroom and walked out. Thus he understood, we are not interested in shopping. There were no more stores after that.

Our next stop was lower Duden Waterfall, which was beautiful. We enjoyed a little hike there.

After waterfall we asked to take us to some simple restaurant for a lunch. The lunch was plentiful and delicious.

After lunch we drove to the old part of the city and took an hour long stroll thru the old town. We saw mosque dating back to 1250, Ottoman mansions, old town wall and the “Hadrian Gate” a marble portal of three identical arches that was build to commemorate a visit by the emperor Herman in 130 CE. Also lots of stores selling local handicrafts, copperware, jewelry, leather goods and carpets.

We returned to our ship by 3:30PM. In the evening, we had light dinner in Terrace cafe and went to see a show.Read more