What is the Antalya self-guided walking tour?
The Antalya self-guided walking tour is a walk through Kaleiçi, the walled old town, at a speed you choose, with audio narration on your phone where a guide would normally be talking. Allow about 3 hours: 49 minutes of that is walking, the route measures 3.6 km, and there are 10 stops where you stand and listen. No departure time, and nothing counting the minutes.
Beside the statue of Attalos II the narration explains how a king of Pergamon founded the city in the 2nd century BC and left it the name Attaleia, which became Antalya. At the Yivli Minare it counts the eight half-round flutes up the brick shaft and points out the surviving traces of turquoise tile. Hadrian's Gate brings the emperor's visit of 130 AD and the grooves that cart wheels wore into the ancient paving, and at Hıdırlık Tower you hear why its purpose, tomb or lighthouse or watchtower, is argued over to this day.
- Durationabout 3 hours
- Walkingabout 49 min · 3.6 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish
What you do on the walking tour
Listen
Every stop brings the history of the place, its legends and the detail you would otherwise walk straight past. The same text is on the screen if you would rather read.
Walk Kaleiçi
From stop to stop Google Maps does the navigating, at a pace you set: 49 minutes on foot and 3.6 km in all.
Break off
Sit down for a tea in the shade, give an hour to a museum, then take the walk up again later or on another day.
Eat and browse
Tips for food and shops near the route arrive with the stops. The opening point and the order are yours to rearrange in the app.
See the route and attractions →
How it works
- Book online Choose the number of people. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Walk when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who the walking tour is for
A first visit
One walk lines up the Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman town and explains what you are standing in front of.
Anyone who avoids groups
Nobody to follow and no head count: you stay as long as something holds you and move on when you decide to.
A day away from the coast
3 hours covers the old town, so the rest of the day belongs to the beaches or to the Taurus mountains.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Groups of up to 5 work best; larger groups split up, one ticket per person.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
The walk stop by stop: Republic Square, Kaleiçi, Kalekapısı, Hıdırlık
10 stops · about 49 min walking · start: Republic Square · finish: Hıdırlık Tower
The terrace of Republic Square, high above the old harbour, is where the narration opens; the lanes of Kaleiçi then take you down to the Antalya Toy Museum and the İskele Mosque beside the water. Back uphill come the Yivli Minare, the statue of Attalos II and the Clock Tower at Kalekapısı, and the lanes then lead to Hadrian's Gate, the Yenikapı Greek Church and the Atatürk House Museum. Hıdırlık Tower on the cliffs above the sea is the last stop. Another opening stop, or another order, is a setting in the app, and no stop asks for an entry ticket.
Open the route map ↗
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Mel L. (verified owner) –
Some useful information on sights within Antalya but you can’t see the route on a map (just random locations, not the order) so you can’t follow easily or join at different points. OK but not awesome.