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A self-guided audio walking tour of Kaleiçi, Antalya's walled old town, and its harbour. It begins at Hadrian's Gate, raised in connection with the emperor's visit in 130 AD in the walls of the city Attalus the Second of Pergamon founded as Attaleia around 150 BC, with the Karakaş Mosque by Turgut Cansever opposite. Inside the walls it visits the Kaleiçi Museum, a nineteenth-century house and the former church of Saint George, the Sefa Bath, still a working Turkish bath, the Kesik Minare, on the site of a Roman temple and a Byzantine basilica, and the Yenikapı Greek Orthodox church of 1843 and 1844. Out by the south side come the Atatürk House Museum, Karaalioğlu Park on the cliffs, opened in 1943, and Hıdırlık Tower at the old town's south-western corner; then down to the old harbour, Antalya's main port from the Roman period until the middle of the twentieth century, past the Ahi Yusuf Mosque of 1249 and 1250, the hexagonal İskele Mosque and the portal of the Karatay Madrasa of 1250. The walk ends among the Seljuk buildings around the 38-metre Yivli Minaret: the Mevlevihane, the Atabey Armağan Madrasa of 1239, the tombs of Zincirkıran Mehmet Bey and Nigar Hatun, the Clock Tower at Kale Kapısı and the Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque. Cruise ships berth at Port Akdeniz, about 14 kilometres west, a taxi or shuttle ride away; when time ashore is short, the ship's own excursion is the safer choice.
20 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap · 101 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 7 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Hadrian's Gate, Karakaş Mosque, Kaleiçi Museum, Sefa Bath, Kesik Minare, Yenikapı Greek Orthodox Church.
Atatürk House Museum, Karaalioğlu Park, Hıdırlık Tower, Ahi Yusuf Mosque, Old Harbour, İskele Mosque, Karatay Madrasa.
Mevlevihane, Yivli Minaret Mosque, Atabey Armağan Madrasa, Zincirkıran Mehmet Bey Tomb, Nigar Hatun Tomb, Clock Tower, Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque.
The three-arched marble gate raised for Hadrian's visit in 130 AD, with Roman paving rutted by cart wheels beneath its central arch.
The Truncated Minaret, on the site of a Roman round temple and a Byzantine basilica of the Virgin built with its reused stone.
The cut-stone tower at Kaleiçi's south-western corner, a square base carrying a round upper level above the sea.
The small basin below the cliffs that was Antalya's main port from the Roman period until the middle of the twentieth century.
The Fluted Minaret, 38 metres high with eight flutes of red brick, a landmark of the city.
The clock tower at Kale Kapısı, the Castle Gate, built on top of a bastion of the city's fortifications.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 20 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 20 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Antalya Kaleiçi — the Walled Old Town and the Harbour, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
20 narration points, including Hadrian's Gate, Karakaş Mosque, Kaleiçi Museum, Sefa Bath and Kesik Minare. That is about 28 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~1–2 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 20 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.