All along the Mediterranean Cruise - Alanya

As one comes towards the port, the Castle Rock stands out as a quite amazing view. With an early breakfast, we were walking at 9, up the road to the castle. The taxi drivers said it was 6km but it was more like 4 & at Avis' pace, it took an hour, getting warmer all the time but it was worth it for the passing interest & views.

Coming in to Alanya

The Castle Rock (to the left of the left-hand picture)

The complex walls down to the Red Tower	More complex walls above the road	Even more
Precipitous housing	Alanya from halfway up	The tourist boats in Alanya
The Castle visible	Still a number of flowers out	At last, after one hour
Byzantine Church in the castle	Straight down to Alanya	The entrance to the castle from inside

The castle itself needs more excavation but the views are quite splendid. Avis had been lusting for an ice-cream but none of the cafés on the walk had any, note. We walked back but missed our turning, so went further into town than we needed to do, note this as well.

After lunch, I went along the front, snapping boats. This is all 'new town' & there was not time to walk round to the West part of the town.

The ship's excellent show team did a good rock 'n roll nostalgia show in the evening, after some energetic bopping on the quarter deck which involved one them being chucked in the swimming pool.