📍 Alanya Archaeological Museum

Opened in 1967 a short walk from Damlataş Cave and Cleopatra Beach, this town-centre museum gathers finds from the Alanya region across the Bronze Age and the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. Inscriptions, coins, glass, ceramics and mosaics fill the galleries, with a small Roman bronze Herakles as the standout piece. An ethnographic wing recreates local crafts, carpets and household life, while the garden lines up sarcophagi, statues and amphorae. It works well as a cultural stop or a rainy-day alternative to the beach.