Kestel is the stretch of Alanya’s eastern coast between Tosmur and Mahmutlar, about 8 km from the old town along the D400. Property for sale in Kestel is almost entirely flats and penthouses in managed complexes: 270 properties from 103,607 USD, with apartments and penthouses also listed separately.
Flats and penthouses in managed complexes
Nearly every home on offer here sits in a gated complex with shared grounds. The facilities sellers mention most are a communal pool, a gym, secure parking and a children’s play area. There are also top-floor penthouses, and some blocks are new builds sold by the developer rather than resales.
How close a flat is to the water depends on the building, not on the neighbourhood name. Adverts quote anything from a beachfront plot to a few kilometres uphill. Detached houses with gardens rarely come up here; villas further east in Kargicak are the nearer alternative.
A neighbourhood that lives here all year
This is more than a hotel strip on the Antalya Province coast. TÜİK, the national statistics agency, recorded 15,445 registered residents on 31 December 2022. The state university, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKÜ), gives its main address as Üniversite Caddesi in the neighbourhood. Inland, in the Dim valley, the culture ministry lists Dim Cave at an address here too.
Everyday trips run along the Antalya–Mersin road (D400), which crosses the area parallel to the shore. The harbour and old town are roughly 8 km west, around 10 minutes’ drive according to OpenStreetMap route planning. For someone after a pool complex who would rather not face a long commute into town, that short hop is the main draw.
What the 2022 closure list means for buyers
From 1 July 2022 a list issued by the Presidency of Migration Management (Göç İdaresi) shut Kestel and three other parts of Alanya to first-time residence-permit applications by foreign nationals. Buying is unaffected: a foreigner may still acquire a flat and have the tapu, Turkey’s title deed, issued in their name.
Our data marks the neighbourhood as closed, following the 2022 decision, so its listings are left out of the residence-by-investment selection. In June 2026 local sources reported that applications there had in practice resumed; the Presidency has published no notice and no new list, so check the address before you commit. Higher-priced flats from the area can still turn up among the citizenship-by-investment listings, which follow separate rules.
How we check the data
Methodology
At present every seller here quotes in euros, and that euro figure is what the property’s own page shows. Catalogue cards show a US-dollar equivalent, recalculated daily from a reference exchange rate. The dollar figure therefore moves with the exchange rate, while the euro price stays as listed.
Some listings are one developer’s projects, updated each night from its own feed. The rest we gather from international property portals and agency websites. Pools, gyms and how far it is to the beach are as the seller describes them and have not been checked on site. About ten map pins sit outside the neighbourhood, so go by the address in the advert. A withdrawn advert does not vanish: its old link shows a “listing removed” page.
Sources (checked 04.11.2026)
- Antalya provincial migration office notice, 16 May 2022: closed neighbourhoods are shut to residence permits, except for newborns and nuclear-family reunification
- Göç İdaresi notice of June 2022 on the list in force from 1 July, with its spreadsheet of closed mahalle (Kestel Mahallesi, Alanya)
- Akdeniz Gerçek (İHA news agency), 9 June 2026: Alanya’s chamber of commerce names Kestel among the areas where the restriction was lifted
- Gazipasa-Alanya Airport: distances to resorts, alanya1.com local guide and OSRM route on OpenStreetMap
- ALKÜ “About” page for the university address; Kültür Portalı entry for Dim Cave
- English Wikipedia, citing TÜİK’s 2022 address-based register; Turkish Wikipedia for the municipal history
Limitations
This page is a starting point for your own checks rather than legal advice. A Turkish property lawyer should review the title deed and the contract while your deposit is still unpaid. The migration authority’s provincial office in Antalya has the final word on any permit application made with this address. Country-wide buying rules, fees and programmes are on the Turkey page.