Dishes you should try in Korkuteli: Korkuteli Böreği (filo pastry), Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Tandır Kebabı (clay oven lamb) and Yanık Dondurma (wood-fired goat's milk ice cream). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Korkuteli is famous for.
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Cheese or potato placed between thin sheets of yufka and cooked on a griddle, Korkuteli böreği is the district's best-known dish.
Made by boiling wheat and meat for a long time and then pounding them, keşkek is the traditional dish of wedding and holiday tables. It is prepared in a communal spirit and is an indispensable part of wedding feasts.
Lamb slow-cooked in a clay tandır oven, this kebab is an important flavour of Korkuteli's rural cuisine.
Made from goat's milk boiled over a wood fire until the bottom catches. It is an ice cream originally from Korkuteli.
A restaurant in Korkuteli prepares 60 different dishes using only mushrooms.
A pear variety grown in Korkuteli and the surrounding area, with a geographical indication.
Mould-ripened sheep's cheese, matured in a cave.
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.
Alanya yenidünyası (loquat), harvested in spring, with a geographical indication.
The district's name comes from the Ottoman prince Korkut. Prince Korkut, known for his love of science and art, lived in the district.
The festival held during the rose harvest brings life to the district with rose-picking activities, concerts and cultural programmes.
Korkuteli is known for 7 local dishes, above all Korkuteli Böreği (filo pastry), Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Tandır Kebabı (clay oven lamb) and Yanık Dondurma (wood-fired goat's milk ice cream). Cheese or potato placed between thin sheets of yufka and cooked on a griddle, Korkuteli böreği is the district's best-known dish.
Korkuteli is known for Korkuteli Böreği (filo pastry), Korkuteli Karyağdı Armudu and Korkut Ata Tradition. Its best-known sights include Korkuteli Plain and Around Karain Cave.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Korkuteli include Korkuteli Karyağdı Armudu, Rose Oil and Wheat and Barley.