London, UK to Antalya, Turkey from £62

🌍 About Antalya, Turkey

Antalya is the gateway to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, but skip the resort sprawl and head for Kaleiçi — the old town wrapped in Roman and Ottoman walls, entered through Hadrian's Gate, a marble triple-arch built in 130 AD for the emperor's visit and still carrying its original carvings. The dish to order is tahinli piyaz, a white-bean salad in a creamy lemon-tahini sauce — it's genuinely an Antalya invention and you won't find this version elsewhere in Turkey. For a half-day out, the Lower Düden waterfall plunges straight off a cliff into the sea, best seen from a boat. Come April–June or September–November for warm, swimmable days without the July–August furnace, when inland heat tops 35°C and prices peak. Winters are mild but wet, with December the rainiest month by far.