Red Tower
130 reviews
August 8, 2023
One of the visiting cards of Antalya, however it doesn't look authentic.... Great view from the rooftops.
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November 9
A good place to walk after lunch. It's beautiful, there are no intrusive merchants. Good locations for a photo shoot. I liked that you can walk "all the way": in one place I went in, in another I went out, examined the entire tower and did not need to go back.
Those with children pay attention - there are low openings on the wall around the tower, it is not very safe to walk. Next to the tower, the narrow coastline is a romantic, quiet place at sunset. All passes are free (except the museum).
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August 12
A wonderful place, a must-visit for lovers of the historical in different cities.
Three floors, on the ground floor there was an exhibition of paintings about Alanya, interesting.
On the second one, you can mysteriously wander between the columns and arches.
The third one makes the heart beat faster from the views!
We bought a single ticket to the tower and the Shipyard, it's more profitable this way, and the shipyard is also mandatory to visit.
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October 12
A great beach with a wonderful sunset and the most transparent water in Alanya. You can watch the fish in the mask. A short walk along the fortress wall above the beach will lead to a super cafe for breakfast. Very cheap and very tasty. Foreigners have not yet discovered this place. The contingent is exclusively local residents and visiting aborigines.
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November 27
The symbol of the city of Alanya, exhibitions are often held inside, an interesting story of the tower's creation, from the top there are excellent views of the port, fortress, and sea. Entrance is paid, there are many interesting locations nearby, cafes, beach, port. Architecture, antiquity, beauty, sea, must-visit.
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November 12
Great place, beautiful views in the evening, not crowded. Good physical shape is welcome if you want to go to the very top of the tower. There is a small museum inside
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August 16
A wonderful place! Gorgeous views, few people, the history of Alanya is duplicated in English. We bought a tower + port ticket - 150 lira in 24g, cheaper than a fortress a million times and more interesting. We recommend it!
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October 27
An interesting tower, and most importantly - wonderful views from the observation deck above.
You can buy a single ticket for the tower and the shipyard, in October 2024 it cost 150 lira.
There are paintings on the 1st floor, from the second you can go out into the courtyard.
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October 27
The place is very beautiful, the views are fantastic, silence and beauty, you can take cool pictures in all directions when you go down, an authentic cafe with delicious coffee for a penny
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December 14
A wonderful tower, 5 floors.When you go upstairs, you will find views that are better than from any Ferris wheel.The city of Alanya, the lighthouse and the sea.However, the museum on the ground floor is small and consists of two exhibits.The tower is wonderful!
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October 12
How can you not like this art object, which has been standing for more than a century? That the tower itself, that the shipyard is all interesting. So, as in 2021, I was there with a tour for only 30 minutes, this year, I walked around it. Types of crazy beauty . We bought a ticket for all 200 lire . Do not buy separately. And you should not take a 5in1 tour, it is better to go yourself if possible.
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October 2
There is a museum inside. There is an observation deck at the top. In September 2024, admission costs 150 liras. A beautiful panorama of the port and the fortress. Very steep stairs.
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November 5
A cool place, steeped in history, beautiful and atmospheric, especially if you take the funicular to the fortress, to the very top of the mountain.
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September 27
It's a great place! Gorgeous views! The realization that it was built hundreds of years ago is simply fascinating! The opportunity to touch the history! Just a fabulous place! I'll be back again!!!
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October 14, 2023
We came to the port of Alanya on a ship with a program of caves, and free time for a walk. I highly recommend visiting such a Great attraction. The entrance is 30 liras. The steps are steep and high - get ready!) having climbed to the top, such wonderful views are waiting for you that you just have to soak up! It's an incredible feeling! Stones keep history! I do not recommend swimming in the sea - after all, the port and the water are so-so. Everyone is polite and friendly. We liked it!
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October 24
Of course, a must-visit if you are tired of lying down, eating and drinking. We were lucky, we had a historical guide, so we combined a gorgeous walk with an information block.
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August 21
Of course, you need to visit the tower. An interesting museum - although it is not classic, with exhibits, etc., but it gives a figurative impression of Alanya.
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August 12
It's a beautiful place, it's really hard to climb. We didn't go to the tower itself, we walked around the neighborhood. I do not advise walking in the heat, it is very difficult.
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September 26, 2023
An ideal place with stunning views. It's so addictive that sometimes you forget where you are. The tower offers an extraordinary view of all the beauty, the beach, the bay, the city, the sea. To go everywhere and see everything, maybe a whole day is not enough. There really is a place to stop and relax, sit quietly. Recommend.
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October 5
I love such places, to walk, to see, to imagine how people lived there. And in the fortress in Alanya, it is not so difficult to do this, since people still live in old houses in small streets.
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October 29, 2023
A beautiful antique tower, the symbol of Alanya. Inside there is a small museum and access to the fortress walls. The upper tier offers stunning views of Alanya and the sea. Entrance is paid, nosovsem inexpensive. Be sure to visit.
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November 26
Absolutely fabulous, and, most importantly, a completely public place, we walked in the evening, full of delight, lots of places for beautiful photos
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March 30, 2023
We walked past cafes and street kiosks to Kyzyl Kule (Red Tower). It's just a paradise for those who like to walk a lot on old steep stairs and take a lot of photos. And most importantly, it can be done for free. There is a small museum inside, it is paid. From the museum, there is access to observation decks along ancient stone stairs with high steep steps – the views are breathtaking. I was there and photographed for ten publications.
If you sum up about the Red Tower, it is very beautiful, very high, you will be there - you must visit it.
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August 10
The most important attraction of Alanya. At the very top of the tower there is a great view of the surrounding area.
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August 16
A great, atmospheric place to walk! Very beautiful view of the city and the sea
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October 3, 2023
A place worth visiting, to touch the antiquity, to look at Alanya from a height, to wander along the cobbled streets in the shade of flowering trees next to the tower. Steep steps lead to the observation deck. This should be taken into account by people who have a hard time climbing the stairs. Especially beautiful views from the tower at sunset.
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September 18, 2023
The place is interesting. It's interesting to go and see it once. I liked swimming on the beach under the walls of the fortress, the view is great, we swam with a mask, you can see a lot of fish.Many ships with tourists come to the bay to take pictures against the background of the fortress.
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May 27
A pleasant place, there are shady places and places with a draft, which is very pleasant on a hot day. You can buy a ticket right at the entrance to the tower. There is a beach under the tower, there are no changing rooms.
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October 1, 2023
We visited the tower as part of a sightseeing tour of Alanya. The views are indescribable, everything is very beautiful. The stairs for climbing are very narrow and high, 70 cm high steps.
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October 28
If your knees are dear to you, then it's better not to take risks, there are many steps. You can take a walk, but I would not say that it is very interesting
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July 31
It's a nice tower, but it's FREE. My friend and I just said that then we would go with friends from Turkey and they let us through for free
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July 25, 2023
Be sure to take a walk there, it is very interesting, especially for a child, a few historical facts from the Internet will add a special charm, and even in the evening! Beautiful view, beautiful photos, you can rent a house next to a beautiful view.
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September 20
It's beautiful, you need good shoes to see the whole structure for 12 km
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October 31
Normally, you can't go through half of the castle, the lighthouse opposite is not functioning, but they sell ice cream and delicious juices. The Emir is 5 years old.
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September 11
It's a very beautiful place. Views and landscapes, architecture is just space
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November 12
You just need to see with your own eyes, the photo does not transmit.
And in the evening, the tower looks very impressive.
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October 17, 2023
There is a beautiful view of the fortress, the port and the sea. It's nice to walk through the streets of the fortress. You can take an audio guide and get acquainted with the history of this place
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May 10
A cool place, there is a place to walk without even paying for an entrance ticket, there is also a nice beach under the tower
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August 23, 2023
As it is fashionable to say now, an atmospheric place. Beautiful views from the tower. She herself has been put in a neat condition. Pleasant tactile sensations when in contact with a stone that has passed through history. There are many locations for vivid photos both in the tower itself and along the wall extending from it along the sea and along the slope of the mountains.
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June 17
We were in this place as part of an excursion tour, stopped at a cafe on the coast for lunch, according to the type of our business lunch. There's not much to look at.
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September 10, 2023
It's cool the view is awesome there is a place where you can take pictures of yourself and the sights in the tower it's cool and there is a place to sit
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October 11, 2023
An interesting place. Beautiful views. I recommend going up the mountain by funicular, and going down on foot. On the way, you can have a snack in one of the cafes.
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June 9
Cool. As a minus, climbing into the interior of the tower is inconvenient because the stone steps are all of different sizes.
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October 18
A good, monumental place. It's definitely worth visiting once!
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October 7, 2021
Resort Alanya in Turkey is famous not only for its beaches and well-developed tourist infrastructure. The city can rightfully be proud of its architectural and historical sights. The Red Tower (Kyzyl Kule, tour.Kızıl Kule) is rightly considered a symbol of Alanya. It is part of the complex of the Alanian fortress, but its appearance, size and fame compares favorably with other towers that make up the defensive system of the ancient city (according to various sources, there are 60-80 and even, perhaps, more). The Red Tower is an impressive and at the same time beautiful structure. It is a beautifully preserved masterpiece of medieval architecture. The Red Tower was built in 1224-1226 by order of the Seljuk Sultan Alayetdin Keykubat (Europeanized transcription of the name), who in 1221 captured the fortress of Colonoros, where the descendants of the governors of the Byzantine emperors ruled, renamed the city in his honor (Alaye) and began to improve the settlement, since the sultan chose it as the capital of the Seljuk kingdom for the winter This is the place. During that period, famous buildings were erected here, including the magnificent RED TOWER. It was designed and supervised by a specially invited talented Arab architect el Kettani (originally from the territory of modern Syria). Implementing the "order" of Keikubat I, the master applied not only engineering knowledge (it turned out to be a strong fortification, cleverly built from a strategic point of view and did not lose its power over the centuries), but also put his soul into the project: after all, the tower is very beautiful and even elegant. In shape, it is an octagonal prism, crowned with a crown of curly teeth, 29 m wide and 30 m high (walls on the slope of the peninsula, at the foot of which the tower rises) to 34 m (walls from the sea). The color of the walls is due to the material of the building - this is tuff stone - a local rock - and red brick (including those added during the reconstruction of the tower in 1950) Hence the name of the tower, because even in the Middle Ages it was called not the Alaye Tower (the original name in honor of the great sultan-conqueror and beautifier), but very The name RED TOWER was quickly assigned to the new creation because of the shade of its walls, which are very thick and almost solid. The tuff masonry, fastened with a secret, durable solution, is broken from the outside only by narrow oblong holes in the loophole windows and inclusions of marble - during the construction Elkettani fragmentally used fragments of antique columns and bas-reliefs. To protect against potential attackers (throwing weights from above, pouring boiling water and hot oil with molten resin), horizontal cracks in the walls of the tower, hidden by stone shells, were also equipped. The door to the huge tower (with a capacity of up to 2000 people) is so small that a modern adult of average height must bend his head to avoid hitting. It is clear that in the 13th century. this was done intentionally so that the only entrance could be easily walled up in case of danger. There is also a secret exit from the third floor of the tower: it leads to the fortress wall and was intended for the supply of provisions and weapons to the defenders, as well as for the evacuation of people. Inside the fortress there are voluminous, floor-mounted cisterns with drinking water.
The tower is five storeys high. Now a branch of the Alanya Archaeological Museum is located on the ground floor. Whenever I climb the narrow stairs with steep, high, stone steps, moving from floor to floor of this stunning ancient building, when I get into its gloomy corridors and spacious interiors and when I go out onto the upper open terrace, flooded with bright sunshine 10 months a year, it takes my breath away, and the story It seems to come to life within these walls.
Of course, I highly recommend visiting Kyzyl Kule to all guests of the Alanya resorts. It is open (information at the time of writing) from 8:30 to 19:00 daily. Admission in 2021 costs 12 Turkish lira (payment is accepted only in local currency). Complex ticket (Red tower + shipyard+ Damlatash cave) tour 23.lira. It will also be interesting to make excursions around Alanya, which include a visit to the Red Tower and which are conducted by historical guides.
If there are places of power on Earth, then, of course, the Red Tower is one of them.
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December 14
It's beautiful) Interesting) Beautiful view at the top))
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June 1, 2022
An excellent architectural monument. The symbol of the city of Alanya. With the most beautiful views in all directions of the mountains, the city, the marina and of course the sea. If you are in Alanya, do not spare $ 5 to climb to the very top. Or even better with a guide, since the history is as amazing as the structure of this tower and the fortress extending from it to the peaks of the coastal mountains.
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July 29, 2023
It is worth a visit - a great view of the sea, passing ships and the fortress. Walking is a pleasure!!! Entrance adult ticket is 30 liras.
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June 4
I love historical places, everything is so beautiful, picturesque, mysterious
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May 24
The tower is old and interesting. It's worth visiting her. There is not a big beach nearby. Water reading.
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