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The AntRay tram has a stop called Otogar at the bus station that is eight stops from the
central İsmet Paşa stop just outside Kaleiçi. It takes 20 minutes and costs " 1.50. A taxi
between the otogar and Kaleiçi should cost " 25.

Alanya
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Alanya has mushroomed from a sparsely populated highway town fronting a sandy beach
to a tourist machine. At night, the city can resemble 'Vegas by the Sea' with laser-shoot-
ing nightclubs, and aside from taking a boat cruise or stroll along the waterfront, many
visitors stay by their hotel's pool. However, Alanya has something up its ancient sleeve:
its impressive fortress complex, with the remains of a fine Seljuk castle, some atmospher-
ic ruins, and even something of a small traditional village.

Sights

ALANYA CASTLE
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(Alanya Kalesı; admission " 10; 9am-7pm Apr-Oct, 8am-5pm Nov-Mar) This awesome Seljuk-era
castle overlooks the city, Pamphylian plain and Cilician mountains.
Before reaching the entrance, the road passes a turn-off for the village of Ehmedek ,
which was the Turkish quarter during Ottoman and Seljuk times. Old wooden houses
cluster around the fine 16th-century Süleymaniye Camii Offline map Google map , Alanya's
oldest mosque. Also here is a former Ottoman bedesten Offline map Google map (vaulted
covered market) and the Akşebe Türbesi Offline map Google map , a distinctive 13th-cen-
tury mausoleum.

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