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Alanya, the large popular resort center situated in the Mediterranean, in the eastern coast of Antalya Bay of the Anatolian Peninsula, at one end of a rocky promontory which juts out into the Mediterranean between two long sandy beaches, and its history dates back back to the antiquity.
Behind the town is the Taurus Mountains and the total coastline of Alanya to the Mediterranean is about 100 km.
The natural well-kept beaches extend along the coast.
Alanya has a typical Mediterranean climate with wet humind winters and hot dry summers.
The average winter temperature is 14, the average summer temperature is 27.
İn winter the water averages 18 and in summer 25.
Though snow in the city center is an extraordinary natural event Taurus Mountains which is almost over 2000 meters high is covered white during winter.
At the beginning of the spring, the 20 rivers of Alanya carry the melting snow on the Taurus to Mediterranean by creating wonderful picnic areas and rafting rivers.
Plateaus on Taurus Mountains have a vary rich flora and there are perfect routes for trekking and safari.

There are no factories in Alanya, economic life depends on tourism and agriculture.
Alanya has an important role in Turkey's banana and citrus growing.