Touring Turkey / Antalya:

Thousands of years of Pamphylian history, next to Mediterranean blue, sun, sand, waterfalls, trekking, rafting, fishing, eating, shopping, loads of laughter... and 45 minutes drive away from the city, skiing up in the mountains.
This pearl harbor of turquoise coast offers life at its best...
People living in Antalya must be the ones blessed of all !

There is a traveller we refer to quite often who lived back in the 14th century. See how he sees Antalya:

"... I went to Attalia (Antalya), a most beautiful city. It covers an immense area, and though of vast bulk is one of the most attractive towns to be seen anywhere, besides being exceedingly populous and well laid out. Each section of the inhabitants lives in a separate quarter. The Christian merchants live in a quarter of the town known as the Mina (the Port) and are surrounded by a wall, the gates of which are shut upon them from without at night and during the Friday service. The Greeks, who were its former inhabitants, live by themselves in another quarter, the Jews in another, and the king and his court and Mamluks in another, each of these quarters being walled off likewise. The rest of the Muslims live in the main city. Round the whole town and all the quarters mentioned, there is another great wall. The town contains orchards and produces fine fruits, including an admirable kind of apricot, called by them Qamar ad-Din, which has a sweet almond in its kernel. This fruit is dried and exported to Egypt, where it is regarded as a great luxury..."

Well... some of these walls are still visible in Antalya.
On the other hand, the Great Wall's gone in time.