Alarahan, known as the Pamphilia region is within the frontier of Antalya province of Alanya district, Okurcalar city, Çakkallar village.30 km from Alanya (towards Antalya) there is a turnoff to Alarahan. you will travel for 9 km after this turnoff from the sea towards the forest passing little settlement areas, and arrive to the region which has given it's name “Historic Alarahan.”
Alarahan, one of Turkey's limited “historic places to gain function” with it's natural surrounding Alara Castle and Alara Creek, forms a unique “museum of nature and history.”
Alarahan of Silk Way was built in A.D 1231 by Seljuk Sultan I. Aladdin Keykubat. With living places suitable for the stay of Sultan, it's architecture and functional places, Khan is accepted as the most functional among the Anatolia Khans.
Khan is the only tourist place in the region in which you can see the life styles of the Seljuk Turks, in Anatolia many centuries ago and an opportunity for the visitors to get acquainted with our cultural elements and to keep them alive.
770 years old Khan which wasn't in a ruined condition until two years ago, has become a “living and serving place “as it was in the past, due to a restoration work conducted with total devotion to keep it original, between 1998-2000. |
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