ANTALYA

Antalya is a coastal city in Turkey, and its port overlooks the wonderful backdrop of the Taurus Mountains. King Attalus II of Pergamum turned this safe harbour into a naval base in the first century BC, and you still come across the Roman ruins as you walk.

For centuries the city's economy was based on its port, but the large-scale development in the 1970s turned Antalya from a pastoral city into one of Turkey's major metropolitan areas. Much of this development is due to tourism, which continues to expand in the 21st century.