what's going on everybody this island hopper tv coming to you from antalya turkey let's
do it
[Music] that's right guys antalya is a turkish resort town right here along the turkish riviera
sitting at the base of the taurus mountains it's breakfast time out here
thank you [Music]
[Music] this is hadrian's arch the entrance into the old city it's about visiting the
old town of antalya is that there is greco-roman ruins all throughout that are built into the
hotels and the restaurants making for a very fun setting [Music] all right guys we've got
a really awesome taxi he's gonna take us on a tour some waterfalls and a restaurant that's
right over the water so we'll see check this thing out though it's mercedes you could pay
for a tour where you're on a bus with a bunch of people and that's fun too but i found that
these private tours give you the flexibility allowing you to write the itinerary and go
where you really want to go but also the luxury and the comfort that makes it worthwhile and
the good news is it's not going to break the bank here on the turkish riviera
and the first spot we hit was one of the many waterfalls that you can check out here they're
really like a fern gully tropical setting right here in turkey [Music]
so here we are at duty it's a waterfall you could also call it dude in waterfalls but
really a beautiful place right here in antalya
it's a very nice waterfall it's actually like a natural air conditioning out here it feels
pleasant [Music]
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if you look right behind me they actually have an ancient tomb
i've never ridden a camel before this is gonna be my first time
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so we're at arkadesh restaurant we're actually going to have lunch here let's go down there
and right here in this part of turkey there's many restaurants that sit right along the
riverfront just like this and you sit down in a natural outdoor setting along the river
and streaming it's so peaceful and great food
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so what i'm going to do is show you guys how to translate a menu that's not in the language
that you speak in this case it's in turkish so i'm going to go turkish right here to english
and then i'm going to actually um go to where it says camera right here and i'm going to
look at the menu here and you can see it automatically starts overlaying text
pretty cool right
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[Music] really good prices to get into these natural parks let's go see what this one has
to offer
[Music] man out here in antalya turkey i'll tell you what they got some fern golly type
waterfalls this is the second one i've seen but there's more [Music] so
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we're here at the airbnb condo hotel you can see the name the suite apart hotel let's go
take a look
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is actually a tower that was built in the second century by the romans they're just
now getting around to excavating it actually
so what we're going to do now is we're going to head into the old town of antalya and see
what's in here [Music]
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[Music] yeah so we're actually going to go out on a sunset boat tour it's 45 minutes
about 10 which is around 200 turkish lira [Music]
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man they got some gelato right here bubble gum i ended up getting the snickers flavored
ice cream with a waffle cone
and here is a look at that snickers ice cream with some nutella and a waffle cone
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all right guys we are at the old roman city of parge let's go take a look
you know a lot of people outside of turkey and the mediterranean region don't realize
that some of the best preserved greco-roman byzantine sites are here in turkey that includes
troy ephesus and then the many different roman greek civilizations that were all up and down
this area in the turkish riviera
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check out these marble pillars
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[Music] there's a lot to see in here and i would say set aside an hour at least but two
hours would be ideal
and as we were walking through there one of the local farmers came up to us and told us
hey you can eat those uh prickly pear fruit if you want i didn't speak a lot of turkish
but we were able to communicate through like hand signals and whatever led us over there
and he broke one open for us to eat
that was delicious i guess you eat the seeds they're kind of hard but you just swallow
them down but delicious [Music]
this is like the circus maximus i guess they would probably race horses or chariots
[Music] constructed in 193 finished in 211ad but it has a depiction of gods and giants
and dionysius who was the god of wine
who has an important role in anatolia which is the peninsula here that we're on we've
received the god of wine [Music] tell you what this theater is very impressive if anything
this is what you need to see above all else if you see anything see this theater considering
how old it is it's very well preserved the most impressive thing about this is how they
designed it the way they cut the rocks and the way they set up the seating if you look
on the wall here you can still see some of the fresh paint well not fresh paint but the
old paint and then the shell here has some glue on it
[Music] so here we are on otto turk street we're just gonna walk here at around 6 30
p.m see what's going on [Music]
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and guys from anatolia where the main airport is you can either go east or west we decided
to go west and in our next travel guide you're going to see kosh and you're also going to
see olonis and fetia so do be on the lookout for those videos when they come out but wow
what a place to start our journey of the turkish riviera right here all right guys that's going
to conclude this episode from antalya we'll see you on the next one [Music]
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