A gated resort better suited for visitors than its rundown and complicated original – compact, accessible, safe and guaranteeing more, instant satisfaction. The formula was so successful that in time even the original attractions came to embrace it and, like Venice, gave up on the idea of being real places in which people live and were transformed instead into simulations of their past selves. The palaces in Antalya are built for the same effect. The replica, with its surreal quality mixed with implied historicity, promises to fulfil a fairy tale fantasy that parent and child alike can relate to. But the structures of these fantasies have the additional ability to provide pleasure and gratification: an Ottoman fountain originally serving a mosque, becomes a dispensary for free booze, a fake stone Russian castle harbours the aqua park’s water slides, and the Russian Senate is home to a nightclub with circus-like animation shows. The replica façade assures the tourist of the worthiness of the experience, while the resort’s facilities, its proximity to the beach, and its all-you-can eat food and drink supply the instant gratification that they associate with a real holiday. In this way, these imitations strive to be two things at once and to outdo their originals. This is the illusion of mass tourism.