Kaleiçi — the walled Ottoman old town of Antalya — gets two million visitors a year. Most see the same six streets. Here is the version a born-and-raised local would walk.
Start at Hadrian's Gate, walk away from it
The triple-arched marble gate is the entrance, not the destination. Walk through it, take the first right (Hesapçı Sokak), and the tour groups thin out within 50 metres.
Kaleiçi Museum (Suna-İnan Kıraç)
A restored 19th-century mansion that almost no-one foreign visits. €5 entry, half an hour, and you see how Antalya actually looked in 1880.
Yivli Minaret + the Mevlevihane
The fluted 13th-century minaret is the city skyline icon. Behind it is the old Mevlevi dervish lodge — closed for prayers but the courtyard is always open and almost empty.
Coffee at Castle Café, not Kale Café
Sounds like a typo. It isn't. Castle Café (on the western wall) does proper Turkish coffee and the city's best Bombay sandwich. Kale Café (further in) is touristy and overpriced.
Sunset at Hıdırlık Tower
A 2nd-century Roman tower at the end of Karaalioğlu Park — best free sunset view in Antalya. Pre-empt the post-Instagram crowd by arriving 30 min before.