Dishes you should try in Akseki: Akseki Pekmezli Dondurma (grape molasses ice cream), Keçi Tandırı (goat cooked in a clay oven), Piyaz (white bean salad) and Akseki Ekşi Tarhana Çorbası (sour tarhana soup). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Akseki is famous for.
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This traditional ice cream, made from goat's milk and grape molasses, is a flavour specific to Akseki. It is prepared with natural ingredients and sold in local markets.
Prepared by slow-cooking goat meat in a clay tandır oven, this is the most important dish of Akseki's mountain cuisine.
Antalya piyaz, prepared with dried beans, onion, parsley and tahini, is an essential meze on traditional tables in Akseki too.
Sour tarhana soup is one of the core flavours of Akseki cuisine and is prepared using local recipes.
Saraylı dessert, one of the important flavours of Akseki cuisine, is known locally.
Çimi cheese, specific to Akseki, is a local cheese product currently in the process of geographical indication registration.
Akseki kurabiyesi is a local sweet product currently in the process of becoming a recognised brand.
These dishes are known throughout Antalya province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A piyaz with a geographical indication, in which dried beans meet a tahini and vinegar sauce; it is usually served with şiş köfte.
A pumpkin dessert with a registered geographical indication.
Washington Navel oranges with a geographical indication, grown in the alluvial soils of the Akçay and Alakır streams.
A pear with a geographical indication, specific to Korkuteli.
Alanya yenidünyası (loquat), harvested in spring, with a geographical indication.
The düğmeli houses of Akseki are a distinctive architectural tradition developed to cope with the harsh climate of the Taurus Mountains. Stone foundations, wooden roofs and button-like decorations are the characteristic features of this tradition.
For centuries the people of Akseki have migrated to the highland pastures in the summer months. This tradition sustains a way of life closely bound up with livestock farming and nature.
Akseki is known for 7 local dishes, above all Akseki Pekmezli Dondurma (grape molasses ice cream), Keçi Tandırı (goat cooked in a clay oven), Piyaz (white bean salad) and Akseki Ekşi Tarhana Çorbası (sour tarhana soup). This traditional ice cream, made from goat's milk and grape molasses, is a flavour specific to Akseki. It is prepared with natural ingredients and sold in local markets.
Akseki is known for Akseki Pekmezli Dondurma (grape molasses ice cream), Akseki Honey and Düğmeli House Architecture. Its best-known sights include Kartallı Cave and Düdencik Cave.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Akseki include Akseki Honey and Goat Cheese.