13/03/13: Antalya
Old town of Antalya, Turkey.
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It is Turkey's biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera.
Leica Digilux 3
Leica D Vario-Elmarit f/2.8-3.5/14-50 mm ASPH.
ISO-100, F/10, 1/320sec, 24mm
Kaleiçi, with its narrow cobbled streets of historic Ottoman era houses, is the old center of Antalya. With its hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants, and shopping, it has been restored to retain much of its historical character; its restoration has won the Golden Apple Tourism Prize.
Antalya is become the sixth biggest city of Turkey in these days, with a population for around 1.6M people.
An ambulant tombola's seller.
Kaleiçi is the historic city center of Antalya, Turkey. Until modern times, almost the entire city was confined within its walls. It has structures dating from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and modern Turkish republican eras. The Kaleiçi area is located in the centre-eastern portion of the city along the mediterranean coast fronted by the yacht harbour that dates to the Roman era.
A Turkish man was asking for photo.
A private beach corner of the harbor.
A hungry cat.
A Turkish postal box.
A souvenir's shop.
A Dondurma's ice cream stand. Dondurma (literally Turkish for "freezing") is the name given to ice cream in Turkey.
Two qualities distinguish Turkish ice cream: texture and resistance to melting. Inclusion of the thickening agents salep, a flour made from the root of the Early Purple Orchid, and mastic, a resin that imparts chewiness.
It is believed to originate from the city and region of Maraş and hence also known as Maraş Ice Cream.
Turkish teens were happy to see another teen from other country.
The Atatürk Monument at Cumhuriyet Meydanı (Republic Square.)
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It is Turkey's biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera.
Leica Digilux 3
Leica D Vario-Elmarit f/2.8-3.5/14-50 mm ASPH.
ISO-100, F/10, 1/320sec, 24mm
Kaleiçi, with its narrow cobbled streets of historic Ottoman era houses, is the old center of Antalya. With its hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants, and shopping, it has been restored to retain much of its historical character; its restoration has won the Golden Apple Tourism Prize.
Antalya is become the sixth biggest city of Turkey in these days, with a population for around 1.6M people.
An ambulant tombola's seller.
Kaleiçi is the historic city center of Antalya, Turkey. Until modern times, almost the entire city was confined within its walls. It has structures dating from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Ottoman and modern Turkish republican eras. The Kaleiçi area is located in the centre-eastern portion of the city along the mediterranean coast fronted by the yacht harbour that dates to the Roman era.
A Turkish man was asking for photo.
A private beach corner of the harbor.
A hungry cat.
A Turkish postal box.
A souvenir's shop.
A Dondurma's ice cream stand. Dondurma (literally Turkish for "freezing") is the name given to ice cream in Turkey.
Two qualities distinguish Turkish ice cream: texture and resistance to melting. Inclusion of the thickening agents salep, a flour made from the root of the Early Purple Orchid, and mastic, a resin that imparts chewiness.
It is believed to originate from the city and region of Maraş and hence also known as Maraş Ice Cream.
Turkish teens were happy to see another teen from other country.
The Atatürk Monument at Cumhuriyet Meydanı (Republic Square.)
