33 km South-East of Alanya, in the direction of the ancient city of Selinus (now Gazipasa), is the historic harbour, the port city is also called city-the estuary Iotape. The ancient name of this ancient city, also common among the local population - ITap. The ruins are visible from the road – they are on the Cape Komurluk, in the valley and on the slopes of the mountains.

The city was founded in the II century BC, and named, according to historians, drawing on documentary sources, somewhere in the first century after the wife kamienkovo king Antiochus IV Iotape (38 – 72 BC). The area situated between the mountains, the Euphrates and the Taurus mountains, in early BC was called Commagene. Here, as a result of the civil war in the first century ad, which was one of the reasons for the destruction of the Seleucid Empire, there was an independent state, the first ruler of which was Mithridates I. In this position, he was replaced by Antiochus I, the successor of which was Mithridates II. So Royal dynasty continued to rule until 72 A. D., until the nation became part of the Roman province of Syria.

If you look carefully you can understand that the ruins of this ancient city belong to the Byzantine and Roman periods. Has come down to our times historical sources it is known that for quite a long period in the Roman era, from the reign of Emperor Trajan (38 – 72 A. D.) to the Emperor Valerian (270 - 275 ad), the city has been minting its own coins. On one side was depicted the bust of the Emperor, and on the other - images of gods like Apollo and Perseus, who was worshipped by the people of that time.

At the Eastern end of the ancient city are the ruins of the temple, which was built by Pompey in 111 – 114 BC, as evidenced by the inscription on his wall. The city has a 50x100 meters.

On the plain before the gorge, connecting the Acropolis with the land, there are two paved roads extending from the center of the ensemble in the Eastern and Western directions. On both sides of these streets is still possible to observe the pedestals, which consist of 3 steps and pedestals, on which in ancient times was the statue. Decal applied to these pedestals were able to decrypt and read the scientists, thanks to which it became known that in them we are talking about strong athletes, patrons and generous citizens who donated funds for the city.

On a high promontory of Komurluk in this ancient city, the Acropolis was located. It served as the centre of the old settlement and was an elongated structure that extends towards the sea. The city walls, built for defence purposes, give to local buildings the appearance of an impregnable fortress. But despite this, the buildings that were in those days inside the city walls, almost not survived to our days. All of them destroyed so that even the layout of the ancient city to determine today is not possible.

From West to East across the isthmus, connecting the Cape to the mainland, the Central street of the city, decorated with columns. Around the Bay, to the East of the Acropolis, located the city's religious buildings. One of the best preserved of them is the Basilica. "Basilica" in Greek means "Royal house" and is a building of rectangular shape, which consists of three naves, with attached to it in later times in other areas. A small Church that has preserved the amazing beauty of ancient frescoes, is located Northwest of the Basilica.

Drinking water was supplied to the city of the four reservoirs connected to the drain, which was laid at the site of the necropolis in the valley. The necropolis in Aitape was located in the hills located in the Eastern and Northern parts. To date, most of the tombs of the necropolis destroyed, but some of the tombstones and vaulted burial crypts to consider everything else.

Was here and bath. It has only two vaulted rooms, but the greatest interest is its sewer system, which survived until our times. The archaeologists found that the dirty water coming from baths are not only on the Central canal, which ran from the valley to the sea, but also on additional channels related to the core.

The view from the top of the high hill on which the fortress was built, so beautiful that you just forget about the difficulties of the ascent.

Today the ancient city ITap is the most easily accessible of all surviving in the vicinity of Alanya ancient cities. It is a lovely place to stay, thanks to the indescribable beauty of the surrounding nature and the beautiful beaches along the coast.

The descent to the sea is quite steep. The terrain here is very rocky and quite rough, but to the West and East of the ancient ruins lies a very fertile land, growing bananas local varieties with the application of the principles of terraced farming.

To visit these beautiful places and not go for a swim in an isolated deserted Cove with a sandy beach is just impossible. The water here is a deep turquoise colour, due to the rocky bottom is very clean, left a heap of stones, behind which you can hide from prying eyes, lie down on the wide stone slab and to the state of trance to listen to the sound of the surf, catching the skin of the spray from the waves crashing on the massive stones.

Also the attention of tourists are offered tours in the beautiful stalactite caves, which are a special beauty and charm.

Modern highway, located along the coast of the Mediterranean sea, is in the heart of the city.