Alanya Castle

Located in the district center of Alanya, Alanya Castle has been inhabited throughout history due to its difficult access from the sea, land and its natural shelter which is one of the best-preserved Medieval Age castles among hundreds of castles that are adorned in Anatolia. The castle looks like an open-air museum with its walls reaching 6.5 kilometers, 140 bastions, nearly 400 cisterns inside, magnificent, inscribed and decorated gates.

Although the initial settlement date of the castle dates to the Hellenistic Period, the building took the form of a monumental castle with its magnificent appearance in the Seljuk Empire Period. The part of the castle called İçkale is built at the highest point of the western corner of the peninsula and is 250 meters above sea level. Since the castle is the center of administrative and military organization, it is surrounded by durable walls from four sides. Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad also had monumental structures built to strengthen the defence of the castle.

This castle and the Alanya Archaeology Museum welcomes visitors until 21:00 during the summer season.