Visiting numerous shops and markets is an integral part of a trip to Alanya. Trade is concentrated mainly on Ataturk Street, in the city center, where there are many shops, boutiques and numerous retail shops.

In Alanya, such a phenomenon as a “mobile market” is common. The local markets of the city are not at all similar to the traditional noisy and colorful oriental bazaars, as, for example, in Istanbul (specifically about the popular Grand Bazaar, a detailed article is here). In Alanya, these are usually weekly meetings of farmers selling personally grown crops with local residents. A distinctive feature of the markets of Alanya is that they work on certain days, according to the so-called “floating” schedule.

Current schedule of local markets:

On Mondays, trading takes place in the Oba area. The market is located opposite the Metro supermarket.
On Tuesdays – Mahmutlar (landmark hotel “Alpina”), Alanya – Balyk Bazaar fish market.
On Wednesdays – in the central part of the Konakli district, in the Kestel district, on the territory bordering Mahmutlar.
On Thursdays – Avsallar, Tomsur (at the municipal building).
On Fridays – the central part of the city and the Kargicak district.
On Saturdays -Jikjilli (opposite the hypermarket “Kipa”), Mahmutlar (at the mayor’s office and post office).
On Sundays – Alanya market in the central part of the city opposite the gas station “Opet”.

 

For your information! Seasoned tourists recommend coming to the markets before closing, when traders are ready to sell goods at the lowest prices. However, it should be borne in mind that the quality of the products remaining on the shelves may not be the best.

Any currency is accepted in local markets, be it lira, euro, dollars and even rubles. It is believed that it is most profitable to pay in Turkish lira, because when paying in foreign currency, sellers often round up the change not in favor of the buyer and can calculate the cost of the goods at an unfavorable rate.

Grand Bazaar
The largest grocery market and one of the most popular tourist spots in the city is the Grand Bazaar. All the sights of the city were described in detail here. At the Grand Bazaar you can buy the freshest fruits, vegetables, berries, cheeses, nuts, spices, Turkish sweets, honey, herbs and much more. What is noteworthy is that the information on many price tags by merchants is indicated in Russian.

 

 

You can get to the Grand Bazaar by city buses No.101, 102 (stop “Grand Bazaar”), by taxi, or on foot, moving along Ataturk Boulevard and turning onto the streets of Erzurum Caddesi or Bostancipinari Caddesi.

Fish market
The permanent market Balyk Bazaar, where you can always buy fresh fish at reasonable prices, is located in the central part of the city. On Tuesdays, a mobile market is traded on its territory, where the cost of goods is often much lower than on the main one.

You can get to Balyk Bazaar by bus No. 2, which stops directly at the main entrance.

Pay attention! A fish and grocery market, made in the form of an ergonomic pavilion, operates daily in the city. The pavilion is installed on the site of the Tuesday market. Not far from it there is a parking lot with a large number of places. The assortment includes seafood, fish, agricultural products.

Clothing market
A huge number of clothes and shoes of the average price category are sold at the city clothing market. Here you can buy things of popular Turkish brands, as well as replicas of famous world brands. The cost of the product varies from $20 to $200.

 

Trading takes place on Mondays at 30 Sokak Street.

Important! It is customary to bargain in the clothing market. It is simply necessary to do this, because the cost of the goods is sometimes overestimated by two or even three times.

The best places to shop in the city
In the shops of the city, mainly Turkish-made products are presented, but there are also things from world manufacturers. The largest shopping center of the city is “Alanyum” with a wide range of clothes, shoes, cosmetics, perfumes of both local and imported production. This is the very first large mall built in Alanya.

In addition to fashion boutiques, there is a playground and a food court in the shopping center. Prices are fixed, but there are periodic sales. The address is Cumhuriyet Mahallesi Keykubat Bulvari No: 219.
Another fairly popular place for shopping in the resort is the shopping mall “Megamall”, located at Konakli Mah. 100 Sokak No: 13/23 Alanya.
For leather products, you can safely go to the company store “Baran Club” or “The World of leather and fur of Alanya”, which is a representative office of the company “Selda”. Fur products are presented in the Ottimo sheepskin coat store, which is located in Mahmutlar. Prices for products here are relatively lower than in the city center, and the quality, according to customer reviews, is excellent.

 

Fashionable clothes can be bought at the LC Waikiki store on Ataturk Boulevard. The company offers a wide range of the most diverse clothing, a special place among which is Denim.

 

Experienced tourists who rent holiday apartments in Alanya recommend buying products from a specialized discounter “Bim”. The chain grocery stores “Carerefor” and “Migros” are also popular among tourists, where Turkish goods are on sale.

In the hypermarket “Kipa” in Jikjilli, the cost of products is relatively lower than in these supermarkets. The advantage of “Kipa” is regular promotions for the purchase of goods. The address of the hypermarket is Saray Beleni Mah., Hacibaba Cad., No: 4, Cikcilli.

On a note! Despite the presence of supermarkets and hypermarkets in the city, it is most profitable to buy food at the local grocery market. So, at the Friday market you can buy not only fresh agricultural goods, vegetables and fruits, as well as oriental sweets, aromatic seasonings.

Useful tips
As souvenirs from Alanya, in addition to banal postcards, magnets and figurines, you can bring Turkish jewelry, colorful scarves, dishes and much more. Original gifts for relatives or colleagues can be coffee turks, handmade soap, sea shells, onyx figurines, souvenir hookahs, coffee and spice mills, decorative embroidered pillows and natural cosmetics based on olive oil. You can buy these goods at the clothing market of Alanya.
Seasoned tourists recommend not to shop in shops and shops on the territory of hotels, since prices in such places are significantly inflated.