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from south to north The beach starts at the cliff in Alanya centre, passing through Oba, Tosmur, Kestel, Mahmutlar and ends in a little cliff in Kargıcak. Along the beach you find the road from Antalya to Mersin – and from there to the countries further east. However, there will be changes. The building of a new main road between Antalya and Mersin has started. When it will be ready, no one knows exactly – like everything else in Turkey. Sometimes it seems that nothing is happening, and then suddenly it is there. What we know for a fact is that the old busy beach road will be a beautiful beach boulevard. A road with palm-trees, flowers and nice places to stop and make a picnic. Still open for traffic, but not busy anymore. Behind this beach and the beach road, you find Mahmutlar, 4,5 km long from the west to the east. A few years ago, it was a sleepy little Turkish community. Since 2004 this has started to change into a bigger, but still pretty laid-back Turkish-European community. Busy enough to be entertaining, but far more quiet and peaceful than city of Alanya. Walking up from the beach, you will see Mahmutlar as a modern town, with beautiful streets, older and newer buildings – in a mix only possible in Turkey. No building looks like the next one. Some are 5 floors high, some are 10. However, still it does not give an impression of a “drabant-city”. |
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The first street up from the beach road, is the Barbaros street. We call it the main road of Mahmutlar. This road goes all the way through the town – from west to east. Passing through the centre, where the big clock of stone marks the middle of Mahmutlar. The next street is (of course) called Atatürk street. The founder of the modern Turkey is sacred to Turkish people – and reading a little about him make us understand why. Atatürk street is like a border between the modern Mahmutlar and the old Turkish countryside. Chickens are running over the street. Cows are taken to green fields in the morning and back in the evening. Also this street goes all the way through the city, from west to east. And for some reason, looks busier with traffic than Barbaros. Mahmutlar does not end there. This “Kasabası” goes far up in the beautiful mountains behind the town. These mountains are the beginning of the huge mountain-chain Taurus. In the other end (in Georgia) you find Ararat. Many roads go from the town to the mountains. It’s easy to get lost as there are not many signs showing where you are. From the mountain there is a view that is breathtaking. Even for people from a mountain-country like Norway - looking over the Mediterranean Sea, and a coast-line with beaches and cliffs. And the fresh, cooling mountain air – on a hot summer day, or a picnic in the snow in the winter-time. Life is good in Mahmutlar! |
– from west to east Travelling from the well-known holiday paradise Alanya can be done in many ways: Walking along the beach. Cycling along the road. Taxi (approx. 20 lira). Car. Or the famous little bus (Dolmuş). You can take the blue one to Mahmutlar, or the orange one to the end station in Kestel (Deniz Delfin restaurant). Where Kestel ends, Mahmutlar begins. In this Western end, the first buildings for the European market were built in 2003/2004. Three years later, many Europeans bought their homes in this area. But there is a nice mix between these buildings and the Turkish ones, that where built there a little earlier. The first street crossing Barbaros is pretty local. belonging to the complexes. The next one, passing Happy Elegance hotel, is where the Mahmutlar Dolmuş goes in to the Barbaros street. There are many small streets going up from the beach road and some bigger ones, too. The bigger ones are beautiful decorated – with cobblestone, palm-trees, flowers, water and a lot more, and they have plenty of shops and restaurants. Going from west, the first one is called Vatan Caddesi. In this street you will find many Irish inspired restaurants and pubs. The next lively street is Taskent Hadim Yolu, going through centre. And where it crosses Barbaros, you find the well-known clock of stone. Going east, you will find more of these nicely decorated streets. The next one with a lot of restaurants and shops is Mehmet Çakır Caddesi. The development of Mahmutlar is enormous, most of the construction is now going on at the east side of the clock. More streets will be decorated and start a lively atmosphere with this development. A nice little challenge to keep this web-site updated. |
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