From Alanya: Sightseeing Half Day City Tour w/Cable Car
Description
Discover Alanya’s charm on a guided tour: soak in panoramic views from a hilltop terrace, ride the cable car to historic Alanya Castle, and visit landmarks like the Red Tower, Seljuk-era Shipyard, and Damlataş Cave. Admire the elegant Süleymaniye Mosque before relaxing at the legendary Cleopatra Beach, famed for its golden sands and crystal-clear waters. ✅ Alanya Castle: Explore a historic fortress with breathtaking views. ✅ Damlataş Cave: Experience a unique microclimate with healing properties. ✅ Alanya Shipyard: Visit Turkey’s oldest dockyard from the Seljuk period. ✅ Cleopatra Beach: Relax on soft sands by crystal-clear Mediterranean waters.
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Itinerary
We start our tour by picking up all our guests from their hotels.
Also known as the cave of the dripping stones due to it’s interesting stalactite and stalagmite formations, this is a must for all nature lovers. Your guide will be able to point out interesting formations and things to look out for as well as explain to you how the cave was formed. There’s a fascinating story of how the cave is believed to be able to cure asthma in anyone that comes inside it. You will regularly see asthma sufferers visiting the cave for 4 hours a day for 3 weeks to try and cure their ailment.
One of Turkey’s most famous beaches is Cleopatra’s beach here in Alanya. We’ll take a drive down from the castle and let the sea air flow around us. Over 2 million people visit this beach annually and it’s easy to see why. If it’s good enough for Cleopatra, it’s good enough for us. Don’t forget, your guide will be on hand to point out all the important sights and show you the best places to take photos from.
Dating as far back as the 13th century this castle actually stopped being a form of defence in the 19th century when numerous villas and private residences were constructed in the walls. Surrounded on 3 sides by the blue waters of the Med, the castle is a simply stunning place to visit and you will have plenty of time to explore and take photos.
Our jeeps will be waiting for you at the end of the cable car ride to take you back to your hotel in Alanya.
To round off an evening of culture, history and nature we take it all in from up high. The Alanya cable car is a fantastic way to end this tour as we fly peacefully over the ancient city. The cable stretches from the castle to Cleopatra’s beach and is about 900 metres long. As the sun sets and the city is bathed in the warm glow of the early evening this is a perfect way to round off your tour.
We are ending our tour with a 20-minute photo break at the top of the panorama.
We drop all our guests back to the points we picked up after the tour.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We have Hotel Pickup Service For All Hotels in Alanya, Mahmutlar, Avsallar, Türkler Hotels.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(187)
Great tour with helpful guide Anna. We really enjoyed it. Nice view, cable car for us was everything perfect. Great opportunity to see Alanya from top. 🤩 Thank you
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Top! Beautiful discovery of the city and we had time to discover everything! The guide was GREAT! Thanks to him and big kisses of mini girl sucuk:p
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Very enjoyable evening, lovely cable car ride with fantastic views. Cave was amazing, castle a long hot walk but worth it. Sadly lost points for not being very organised. We was left wondering where we was going a few times, as we was asked to move group and jeep more than once.
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it was not Clear enough, they should tell us step by step, because we miss our dinner. We were hungry even few childrens are crying, no time to eat, no explanation. Because the time excursie start 17:00-20:00 not half day trip! They should give us time to buy some snack or what ever we can east !! They dont think ! For €34/person IS TO EXPENSIVE ! 3 places is next to each other, only 1 place bit far but we got only 15 minute to enjoy the fews Too rush !
I am sorry for the inconvenience that you have experienced but the tour program is stated very clearly step by step including the locations, activities and timings on the website. Overall duration of the tour is 3 hours as you have mentioned on your review and it is a half day tour. Kindly remove the review from our page so future guests aren’t misled. Thanks.
We took many pictures, John and Anna were very nice and helpful. Very interesting historical stories from both John and Anna.
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Ana and John are very nice tour guides. Within a short time period of a few hours you get to see a few of the main attractions Alanya has to offer. The whole experience was easy as you don’t have to think about things and you get picked up and dropped off at the hotel.
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Absolutely fab half day city tour with john and Anna. Great guides very helpful and informative. I would recommend doing this tour with john and Anna very good and well worth it. You can't come to alanya without doing this so much history and culture and amazing views. Thanks again john and Anna will hopefully see you guys again soon.
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Nice trip, the cave was a little disappointing- spent about 10 minutes in there Cleopatra beach is nice, but there are many cigarette shells on the beach- it should be forbidden to smoke there. The ride in the elevator was great, and the visit to the castle was exciting. The view from I❤️Alanya is beautiful with the sunset Thanks to the guides John and Anna for the nice story along the way
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We were picked up in a poorly air conditioned bus in over 30 degrees heat. We initially booked without cable car but realised this was pointless as the castle was the only attraction apart from the cave. You can do one or the other. Paid extra to do the cable car to the castle but regretted it as it was of little interest and not good to do with young children. This isn’t really a tour. More of a taxi to Alanya where you get minimal info about its history and then take yourself around the attractions. There were three staff involved; a driver, a man who walked us from the bus to meeting points and a guide who gave the information. The tour guide communicated well but there was no or poor communication from the others. The guy walking us from place to place rushed everywhere despite there being several young children who cannot walk fast as part of the group. The driver locked himself out his own van. Positively, there were beautiful views to take photos, however it was not worth the time or money.
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Unfortunately, our trip was overshadowed by the poor experience we had with the transfer. The driver tried to squeeze all four of us (myself, husband and two children) into just three seats in the back. We refused, as it simply wasn’t safe, or physically possible. From there, the journey got worse. The driver’s behaviour on the road was reckless, constantly tailgating and slamming on the brakes. It felt genuinely unsafe, and we even discussed finding our own way home rather than risk the return journey. Incredibly, he was also blasting music with extremely explicit lyrics. Completely inappropriate, especially with children in the car. To top it off, there was no guide. At each stop, we were dropped off, vaguely pointed in a direction, and told how long we had. No context, no information, just left to figure things out ourselves. To be fair, the places we visited probably were amazing, but we were too distracted and anxious to enjoy them properly. The driving felt dangerous and stressful, which was a real shame. We were really looking forward to this trip, but sadly, the transport and lack of guidance ruined it for us. We’re just grateful we got home in one piece.
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