Kaleiçi is Antalya's old town behind Byzantine walls. Narrow streets, Ottoman houses, a Roman harbor, minarets and bell towers. It's the tourist heart of the resort, but beneath the layer of souvenir shops lies the living history of two millennia.

District History

Antalya (Attaleia) was founded by Pergamene King Attalus II in the 2nd century BCE. Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Ottomans—all left their mark within these walls.

The fortress walls are Byzantine, though the foundations are older. They protected the city until the 20th century, when Antalya expanded beyond its old boundaries.

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