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Also known as Old Antalya,
the small historic section called Kaleiçi (KAH-leh-ee-chee) at
the center of the sprawling modern
city
was the Roman town,
then the Byzantine,
then the Seljuk
Turkish, and finally the Ottoman Turkish
town.
The huge, modern city of Antalya
didn't really start to appear until
after World War II. Until then, Kaleiçi was
Antalya, with its massive stone walls,
meandering
streets, and picturesque old houses
built so close they often overshadow
the narrow lanes.
Kaleiçi is
where I always stay when
I visit Antalya.
Its many charming small boutique
hotels, inns and pensions offer
comfortable, even luxurious accommodations
and fine
dining in an old-time atmosphere. I
much prefer them to the large
beach hotels that populate Konyaalti and
Lara beaches.
Kaleiçi surrounded
and protected the old Roman
harbor,
which was Antalya's reason for being:
even in Roman times,
this was the outlet for the produce
of the rich
alluvial plain that stretches
east from the city beneath the southern
slopes of the Taurus
Mountains.
Today Kaleiçi is
a protected district, with preservation
of historic buildings required, and
strict regulations on any new building.
You will see some fairly ugly modern
buildings in Kaleiçi,
but they are being eliminated as the
possibilities arise.
There are several entrances to Kaleiçi, but
the most convenient is Kalekapisi,
and the most picturesque and historic
is Hadrian's Gate.
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