Antalya Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

The route: from Republic Square through Kaleiçi to Hadrian's Gate and Hıdırlık Tower

10 stops · about 40 min walking · start: Republic Square · finish: Hıdırlık Tower

The hunt starts on Republic Square above the old harbour and leads into Kaleiçi to the Antalya Toy Museum and the İskele Mosque by the harbour. You then climb back to the Yivli Minare, the statue of Attalos II and the Clock Tower at Kalekapısı, continue to Hadrian's Gate, the Yenikapı Greek Church and the Atatürk House Museum, and finish at Hıdırlık Tower above the sea. Should Hadrian's Gate or the Clock Tower suit you better as a first stop, the app switches the start and the order without fuss, and as the riddles are read off walls, gates, towers and statues, the hunt itself never asks for an entry ticket.

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   1Republic SquareStart

   Republic Square (Cumhuriyet Meydanı) on the edge of the old town is Antalya's main ceremonial square, dominated by a large monument to Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. From its terrace you look down over the old harbour and across the Gulf of Antalya to the Beydağları mountains.

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   2Antalya Toy Museum

   This small museum in Kaleiçi, Antalya's old town, is dedicated to toys from different periods and countries, from dolls to model vehicles and old games. It is a light-hearted stop between the lanes of the old quarter and a reminder of how children played generations ago.

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   3İskele Mosque

   The İskele Mosque is a small stone mosque close to the old harbour of Kaleiçi, built in the late Ottoman period. Its name means harbour or pier mosque, and it is known for standing above a natural spring whose water collects in a pool beneath it.

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   4Yivli Minare Mosque

   The fluted minaret was built in the early 13th century under the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I and has become the symbol of Antalya. Its brick shaft, about 38 metres high, is divided into eight half-round flutes, and you can still spot traces of turquoise tiles on it.

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   5Statue of Attalos II

   This statue honours Attalos II, king of Pergamon, who founded the city in the 2nd century BC and named it Attaleia, the origin of the name Antalya. It stands near Kalekapısı, the old main entrance to the walled town, looking out over the modern city.

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   6Clock Tower (Saat Kulesi)

   The Clock Tower at Kalekapısı is a stone tower of the old walls that once ringed Kaleiçi. It received its clock in the late Ottoman period, and today it marks the busy meeting point between the old town and the modern city centre.

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   7Hadrian's Gate

   Antalya built this marble triumphal gate to honour the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited the city in 130 AD. Its three arches are framed by two towers, and the ancient paving beneath still shows grooves worn by cart wheels, visible from the walkway above them.

8. 8Yenikapı Greek Church

   This 19th-century Greek Orthodox church stands in the Yenikapı area on the eastern side of Kaleiçi. It recalls the Greek Orthodox community that lived in Antalya until the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, and the building has since been restored.

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   9Atatürk House Museum

   Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, stayed in this house during his visit to Antalya in 1930. Today it is a museum with photographs, documents and personal items that recall his life and his ties to the city.

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    10Hıdırlık TowerFinish

    This round stone tower on a square base was built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD at the edge of the cliffs above the sea. Its original purpose is still debated, with a tomb, a lighthouse or a watchtower among the ideas. Beside it, Karaalioğlu Park looks out over the Gulf of Antalya.