It’s a 3 kilometer walk to the top of the hill on which the Alanya Castle sits, so if you’re just going for the view, you might prefer a taxi or a bus. Once to the top, look out over to the sea below and the fantastic views across the horizon, as the castle is directly on the side of a steep vertical cliff. The Alanya Castle was built by the Seldjuk Turks after their conquest of Alanya in 1221, and the castle wall even has a place specially designed for throwing prisoners to their deaths, so if you happen to have brought any along…