Alara Kalesi is a castle complex about 37 kilometres west of Alanya. The complex was built in Byzantine times and was intended to ensure the safety of the passing caravans.

The castle high above the river Ulugüney Çayı was almost impregnable on the pointed cone. Nevertheless, it fell into the Seljuk hands in 1232, when the lord of the castle gave up after he learned that the city of Alanya had fallen into the hands of the Seljuk Sultan Kai Kobad I. in 1232.

The ascent to the castle is more than tedious and only recommended for people with good physical condition. A narrow path leads up the mountain cone to an approx. 100 metre long, dark staircase tunnel. Without the light of a flashlight or headlamp, the ascent through the tunnel is described as life-threatening!