Breathtaking nature and an astonishing history lie beneath the fluttering blue flags fluttering all along the Turkish Mediterranean coast at Antalya. Starting from Perge located 18 kms from Port Akdeniz, a journey of just 200 kms will take you back thousands of years.
According to legend, Antalya was founded around the middle of the 2nd century BCE by King Attalos II of Pergamum in response to his command “Find me a paradise on earth”. Originally named Attaleia after its founder, the city was located in a fertile region of Asia Minor (Anatolia) where the ancient lands of Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycia conjoined. Throughout its history Antalya has been a focal point of culture, art, architecture, and mythology because the “wine-dark seas”, magnificent Toros mountains, exuberant waterfalls, and rich flora and fauna have always been sources of inspiration for the people of this region.
Unspoiled greenery, silvery beaches, and 647 blue-flag coves dotting 630 kms of coastline play host to about 10 million visitors a year, making Antalya the enduring capital of the Turkish tourism industry as well as an important port of call for cruise ships in the eastern Mediterranean.
Port Akdeniz takes pleasure to welcome passengers on three piers with 9.20 m drafts and totaling 510 m (200 m, 170 m, 140 m) in length. There is a passenger terminal (enclosed space 709 m²) at the service of international cruise passenger liners that call at the port. Because of the capacity and convenience of its own yacht basin facilities, Port Akdeniz also plays an important role in domestic and international yacht tourism along the Turkish Mediterranean.
Port Akdeniz-The port of Antalya is a cruise and commercial port located in the Southern coast of Turkey. It has three berths for cruise vessels. The primary target of the company was to position Port Akdeniz as a turn-around port in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In july 2010, the sole owner and operator of Port Akdeniz became Global Ports Holding. The company made vast investments. The old terminal building was completely renovated; and a new 1000 sqm A/C room was finalized in a couple of months. Necessary x-ray machines at the exit and entrance of the luggage room and the terminal building were added in order to create a safe and secure operation. Port Akdeniz hosted totaly 77 cruise calls in 2011 which was 33 of them were home port operations.
In July 2011 an agreement was settled with the leading duty free shop operator ‘’Setur’’. A 350 sqm free shop started to run inside the terminal building.
Port Akdeniz has gained two awards in 2011, one in USA, Miami ‘’ Most Improved Terminal Facility ‘’ by Dream World Cruise Destinations Magazine in March 2011 and in Germany, Hamburg the port of Antalya achieved great success at Seatrade Insider Cruise Rewards by getting to the finals in the world segment‘’ Port of the Year ‘’ which is one of the prestigious annual awards of cruise sector.
