What's on in Alanya, Turkey through the year

Busy — Semester (winter) break in Turkey, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Winter long-stay season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Semester (winter) break in Turkey, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Winter long-stay season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Second-term mid-break in Turkey, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Winter long-stay season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Peak crowds — Kurban Bayrami, Culture, Art and Tourism Festival

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  15 May – 20 Nov · usually

  This is the warmest stretch of the Turkish coast and the last to cool, which is why the season runs deep into November while the rest of the Mediterranean has given up.

• Holiday

  Kurban Bayrami

  27–30 MayRamadan & EidCrowded

  Konya and the central plateau come over the Taurus for the four days, and the coast road through town stops moving. Book anything on the beach side well before. Source ↗

• Festival

  Culture, Art and Tourism Festival

  22–24 MayMajor festivalCrowded

  The municipality's own festival, staged on the harbour square in late May to mark the start of the season. Concerts, stalls and a parade under the castle rock; the seafront road closes for it. Source ↗

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Wildfire season

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallySmoke season

  The pine slopes behind the town burn in most bad summers, and Manavgat an hour west lost villages in 2021. Smoke and a shut coast road are the realistic risk, not the fire itself. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 May – 20 Nov (usually)), Kurban Bayrami (27–30 May)

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 May – 20 Nov (usually)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 May – 20 Nov (usually)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 May – 20 Nov (usually)), Wildfire season (15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Alanya International Triathlon, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Alanya International Triathlon

  23–25 OctMajor festivalCrowdedClosures

  Thirty-five editions of a race the municipality runs with the federation, swimming off the town beach and riding the coast road, which closes for the morning. The sea is still warm enough to swim without a wetsuit. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 May – 20 Nov (usually))

Busy — First-term mid-break in Turkey

• Season

  Winter long-stay season

  15 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyWinter-sun season

  The package hotels board up but the town does not: German and Scandinavian residents wintering here keep the markets, cafes and clinics open, and rents fall by more than half. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (15 May – 20 Nov (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Winter long-stay season (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))