Alanya sits at the far eastern end of the Antalya Riviera, where a great rocky headland crowned by a Seljuk castle juts into the sea and splits the coast into two long beaches. It is the value heart of the Turkish Mediterranean — a lively, sociable resort town with a famous harbour, a buzzing bazaar and the longest swimming season on this coast, where the sea stays warm enough to enjoy well into October. The all-inclusive resorts stretch west towards Konaklı and Okurcalar, the headland and old quarter give the town real character, and prices tend to be friendlier than the resorts closer to Antalya. If you want a proper holiday town with plenty going on, not just a hotel compound, Alanya delivers.
Every Alanya package we sell carries full ATOL financial protection under licence #11211, and your ATOL Certificate arrives the moment you book — you can read how your ATOL financial protection works before you commit. Each resort on this page has been hand-picked and inspected in person against our 22-point criteria, not chosen from a brochure, so when we recommend a hotel it is because a member of our team has walked the grounds, eaten in the restaurants and timed the walk to the sand.
"Alanya is where your money goes furthest on this coast, and the season runs longest — I've swum here happily in late October," says Raşit Eti, our Turkey Destination Specialist, who has spent more than thirty years in Turkish tourism — from senior management at Sunrise Queen and Mylome Luxury to director roles at Air Tours — and still walks the Antalya coast every season, re-checking the hotels on this page in person. He tastes the buffets on quiet weeknights, times the walk to the water in flip-flops, and reports back honestly when something has slipped. If you want the bigger picture before you choose, his overview of holidays along the Antalya coast sets Alanya next to Side, Belek and Lara, and his shortlist of the best all-inclusive hotels in Antalya is the honest place to start. Meet Raşit Eti, our Turkey specialist.
