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The 50th Presidential Cycling Tour will be held between the dates of April 27 to May 4, and the third stages of the Tour of Turkey will be held in Antalya.  Sports fans who want to follow the competition will have the chance to watch step by step. If you want to follow as a privileged can apply over the internet.  A single multi-stage intercontinental tour in the world which could be of great importance for the organization and promotion of tourism. Stages of the  Tour of Turkey From Alanya to Istanbul, 1254 km in 8 stages In its 50th Anniversary, the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey will ride the wave of excitement from Alanya to Istanbul. The high level competition among the World's renowned professional teams and cyclists will commence on Sunday, April 27 in Alanya. The 8-stage turquoise journey will follow the Mediterranean and Aegean Coasts. After transfer of the teams from Izmir to Istanbul by air, the World's only intercontinental cycling stage race will witness...

The 6th Antalya International Choir Festival will be held on 02-06 April 2014.  As being the 6th anniversary of the festival, the organizing commitee has made a special program for the 2014 edition. This year, it is planning to organise a big concert performance of "9th Symphony" by Ludwig van Beethoven with the choirs selected by festival organisation committe from festival attendants and Antalya State Symphony Orchestra together. At least 120 chorists and 100 professional orchestral musicians will be performing on the stage.  Antalya International Choir Festival is organized by the cooperation of Smarts  Organisation and Antalya Main Municipality. All the activities in the festival will be  organised at -the most famous and grandest cultural center and concert area- Antalya  Culture Center which is in the city center of Antalya.  Don't Miss The 6th Antalya International Choir Festival! Festival Programme For more information:  http://www.festivalanta...

Planning a beach wedding? If you're looking for a small, simple, and beautifully natural  beach wedding, Antalya is the perfect place.  And if you want to invite the whole gang, think about a fun-filled wedding weekend and reunion at an activity-rich resort, beach.  Sunny Antalya, romantic music, Mediterranean see and lots of love it�s exactly what you are looking for.  It�s also a great opportunity to spend unforgettable days together in ancient Antalya city, tasting traditional Antalya foods between your shopping.  Why Antalya? A different , memorable, and relaxed environment. Easy to get to.  There are regular, economical, and direct flights to Antalya International Airport which is located just 20 minutes outside the city and accessible via direct bus. Truly spectacular wedding venues  in and near Antalya city. There is everything you could think of: architectural masterpieces, magnificent mansions, picturesque parks, luxurious resort hot...

While other parts of Europe are still rain-sodden and windswept in spring, in Antalya things are already starting to heat up. This makes it the ideal city to make an early start on your summer. Think long walks along the beach, eating local cuisine, soaking up the sun, carousing at countless festivals on a warm evening as the sun sets. Of course, the whole Mediterranean region is getting warmer at this time of year. As a result budget flights are starting to fill up all over the northern hemisphere, long weekends are being planned, and the quest for accessible sun begins. Despite this increasing competition from other destinations, Antalya remains unrivalled. Read on to find out why visiting Antalya in spring is about much more than just topping up your vitamin D levels. Festivals & Events People in Antalya have built up a reputation for knowing how to have a good time. Here�s a selection of some of the best events over the coming season, offering countless dates...

Antalya City Blog visited the Kovada Lake National Park and took some photos for you! If you wander around this lake which is located at 30 km south of Egirdir, coots, wild ducks, and grey herons scared of your voice, will get off from their places under the trees and fly towards to opposite coast of the lake. Isparta is, to some extend, the whispers among the plane trees which surround Kovada Lake like a dark yellow necklace in autumn. While going to Kovada Lake from Egirdir town along the channell, apple and cherry trees, colourful poplars, reeds along the water welcome you. Sometimes you go through a mist which covers the road like a white veil. These images are the messengers of a calm lake reminding of a picture painted by an artist called �the Nature�. Kovada Lake with the surrounding area of 6534 hectares has been one of our National Parks since 1970� It was decared as a 1 level protected area in 1992. The depth of the lake is 6-7 m while the width is 9 km. On the contrary of th...

Karag�z and Hacivat Shadow Theatre is a Turkish Storytelling Tradition.  The two main characters are Karag�z and Hacivat. Karagoz is a peasant, reperesentative of the people, who normally wins the day with his boorish wit, outsmarting his more urbane sidekick Hacivat. Karag�z can be lewd, deceitful and even violent whilst Hacivat, by contrast, is an educated gentlemen, more refined in his manner, who resolutely tries to instil a sense of decorum into the proceedings.  Karag�z-Hacivat plays are especially associated with  Ramadan . Until the rise of radio and film, it was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Turkey. It survives today mainly in a toned-down form intended for audiences of children. Karag�z plays are structured in four parts: Mukaddime:  Introduction. Hacivat sings a  semai  (different at each performance), recites a prayer, and indicates that he is looking for his friend Karag�z, whom he beckons to the scene with a speech tha...

The International Antalya Hospitality, Tourism and Travel Research Conference that will be held in Porto Bello Hotel, Antalya, Turkey between December 9 and December 12, 2014. The International Antalya Hospitality Tourism and Travel Research Conference is organized by Washington State University, College of Business, School of Hospitality Business Management and Akdeniz University, Tourism Faculty. This conference will provide a unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on issues related to hospitality and tourism marketing and management. The International Antalya Hospitality Tourism and Travel Research Conference will provide a unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on issues related to hospitality a...

The 3rd National Rural Tourism Symposium will be held in Antalya between 10 - 12 October 2014 under the leadership of Nobel Science and Research Center and  Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Akdeniz University. The symposium will be held in Antalya Ozkaymak Falez Hotel.  Concept of rural tourism has recently become prominent in our country and European Union member states. With a decision to promote rural development, union started to allocate funds to the rural tourism policies. Various projects are developed in the EU countries and practices of benefiting from these grant funds and supporting the rural tourism destinations have started to gain success.  In this regard, concept of rural tourism was mentioned in the study, EU rural tourism policies and contents of these policies were addressed, then rural tourism practices of some EU member states were mentioned. Successful projects were given as examples within the scope of EU rural touri...