A 13th-century Seljuk fortress and the Red Tower on the rocky peninsula above the sea.
Alanya Castle crowns the rocky peninsula south of the city at a height of some 250 metres. It took its present form under the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I, who took the town in 1221, and is ringed by roughly 6.5 kilometres of walls with more than 140 towers.
Inside the grounds are the inner citadel, the Ehmedek quarter, the Süleymaniye Mosque, a bedesten and cisterns. The octagonal Red Tower (1226) on the shore and the adjoining Shipyard are the best-preserved reminders of the town’s maritime past.
You can reach the summit by car, city bus or the cable car that leaves from the seafront. From the top, Cleopatra Beach, the harbour and the Taurus Mountains come together in one view.