Explore Antalya and its surroundings by area

Antalya anchors this hub, and everything else fans out from it along the Turkish Mediterranean coast across seven regions covering the city, the resort coastline on either side of it, and the longer excursions inland — Antalya itself sits on the Gulf of Antalya, backed by the Taurus Mountains, on what's widely known as the Turkish Riviera or the Turquoise Coast. Antalya city groups the old town of Kaleiçi around its Roman harbour, the Düden and Kurşunlu waterfalls, Lara and Konyaaltı beaches, and the ancient sites of Perge and Termessos just outside the city.

The Kemer coast covers the Tahtalı cable car up to 2,365 metres, the ruins of Phaselis and Olympos with the Chimaera flames burning above them, the Göynük canyon, and the quieter beaches of Adrasan and Suluada. Belek and the Serik plain group the Aspendos theatre, the Köprülü canyon, the ruins of Selge and the Land of Legends theme park. Side and Manavgat take in Side's ancient harbour and temple ruins, the Manavgat waterfall, the Green Canyon, the Tazı canyon and the Altınbeşik cave. Alanya groups its hilltop castle and Cleopatra beach, the Dim river, the Sapadere canyon and Gazipaşa. The Lycian coast covers Kaş, Kalkan, the sunken city of Kekova, Myra and Demre, Kaputaş beach and Patara.

Further Afield closes the loop with longer single days to Pamukkale and Hierapolis, Lake Salda, Fethiye and Ölüdeniz, Saklıkent and Cappadocia. Public transport in Antalya runs on the AntRay tramway and a nostalgic tram along the seafront, with the Antalyakart card covering buses and trams across the city — each destination page below sets out what's actually there rather than a generic description of "Turkey".