3. day - Antalya

On the first morning in Antalya we woke up early. We had a typically turkish breakfast ( tomato, cucumber, black and green olives , white cheese, butter, honey, jam and boiled eggs) on the enclosed terrace. We had established the weather is brilliant sunny but very windy.

In the morning we walked around the old city, at first we went to the Hadrian’s Gate. It’s a monumental triumphal arch erected during the Roman empreror Hadrian’s reign, and was built when he visited the town in the year 130. Passing some shoecleaners on the way we went back on the narrow, charming streets of Kaleiçi. Many well restored Ottoman houses are on the way, mainly exclusive hotels. Some houses are still in bad condition, the old wooden construction can be well observed.

There is a bastion and a nice park near the seaside, the view is fabolous to the bay of Antalya, but the wind was so stormy, that we weren’t able to stay there for a long time, we had to walk toward the old Roman harbour. The Roman harbour from the 2nd century BC was restored in the ’80s, now is a marina for ugly pirate (excursion) boats and yachts. The harbour’s life is running slowly in this time of the year. No tourists were there, the atmosphere was very calm. After some rest we went uphill to the Yivli Minare. From here the view is very good of the city. There is a little camii near the minare, it’s open tor tourist, too.

Around midday we ate a lunch on the Şarampol Caddesi at an „ev yemeği” , that means home made-kitchen, but unfortunately the food wasn’t very special.

In the afternoon we wanted to go to the Antalya Museum, which is famous for it’s archaeological collections, but we were out of luck, the museum is closed on Monday. We were a little bit disappointed and confused what to do in Antalya for the rest of the day.

I found in my book that the Suna & Inan Kıraç Museum is open Mondays too. This museum is in the heart of Kaleiçi, and is housed in two buildings, one is a restored Antalya mansion, the other building is a former Greek Orthodox Church (of St George). In the first building is a diorama-exhibition about the important moments of the Ottoman lives. In the former church is a collection of ceramics from the famous turkish potteries of Çanakkale. The name Çanakkale means “Pottery Castle”, after the unique local ceramics dating from the eightteen-nineteenth century. The style favours brown, green and yellow glazes. There are a lot of funny human and animal figures among the exhibition’s items. On the second floor – in the choir – are a lot of interesting photos as well as comic sculptures about the daily life in the Ottoman Empire.

In the evening we strolled around Kaleiçi, and bought some clothes in a very good turkish quality but for reasonable price. At least we ate a fine dinner at a fish fast food restaurant, at the Marti Balik Ekmek on the Atatürk Cadessi.

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