Antalya Flight Ticket

General Information on Antalya

The most favorite holiday city of the Mediterranean Region, Antalya stands out with its unique nature, rich history of thousands of years, coves, and Blue Flag beaches. Antalya that hosts the natural wonder holiday destinations like Belek, Kas, Alanya, and Side in addition to the ancient cities like Aspendos, Olimpos, and Simena, is a perfect center of attraction with its long summer season.

With its streets and avenues decorated with palms, internationally awarded marina, hotels that offer options for each budget, and colorful entertainment life, Antalya is a city that has a never-ending energy.

In addition to summer tourism, the city stands out with Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival as well as beach volley, triathlon, golf, archery, tennis, and ski contests. Antalya is flooded by visitors for the congresses, fairs, exhibitions, and the music, theater, etc. events organized within the year.

How to go to the City Center from Antalya Airport?

Connected to the city center with D400 Highway, Antalya Airport was opened to air traffic in 1996. This airport continues to serve as Europe's 12th busiest airport today. Located 13 km to the city center, Antalya Airport is one of Turkey's airports that welcome most foreign tourists. Antalya Airport that gives all its guests a high quality service with the Lounges, Duty Free shops, and food courts welcomes 5 million passengers a year.

Antalya Airport that is 57 km to Kemer, 200 km to Kas, 125 km to Finike and Alanya, 229 km to Kalkan, and 65 km to Manavgat also brings together the firms that give transfer service for numerous regions of the city under its own roof. Antalya Airport that offers numerous options to its guests to go to the city center from the airport easily is very successful in terms of transportation.

Taxi

One of the alternatives you can select to go to the city center from Antalya Airport is taxi. You can go to the neighboring districts easily by taxi you can find 24 hours a day in front of the domestic and international flights arrivals terminals exits.

Antobus

One of the public transport alternatives to be used to go to the city center from Antalya Airport is the municipality buses called Antobus. You can get on the bus number 800 to go to the city center from the airport.

By riding the bus number 800, by which you can go from Antalya Airport to the city center, you can go to the centers like Kardes Kentler Boulevard-Ermenek-Rauf Denktas Avenue-Guzeloba-Barinaklar Boulevard-Metin Kasapoglu Avenue-Cebesoy Avenue-Dogu Garaji-Fahrettin Altay Avenue-Old Cemetery-Old Bus Terminal-100. Yil Boulevard-AKM-Migros-Ataturk Boulevard-Health Directorate-Gursu-Sarisu. 

Antray

With Antray that is the public transportation alternative you can use to go from the airport to the city center in the fastest way, you can travel on Fatih-Square-Airport line. Through this line, you can reach the central parts of the city easily. 

Havas

Havas shuttle buses is one of the important alternatives in transfer from Antalya Airport to the city center and holiday resorts. Havas that is preferred frequently departs from the front of the domestic flights terminal. The international flights passengers who want to use Havas shuttle buses that depart separately for all domestic flights can pass to the domestic flights terminal.

Car Rental

If you prefer a private means of transportation, the car rental is the most comfortable option. From Antalya Airport that includes the world-renowned car rental firms, you can go to the city center or the holiday resorts.

What to eat in Antalya?

In Antalya that has fertile lands, there is a rather developed agricultural production. One fifth of its large lands is reserved to agricultural production. Since Antalya Plain offers a rich diversity, the city has a vegetable-dominated cuisine. Although a mixed cuisine culture, into which samples from the global cuisines have been added under the influence of tourism and the foreigners, mainly Russians, who reside in the city, has developed, the local recipes still take an important place in Antalya. Besides, the Cretan meals in which the herbs are at the forefront enhance Antalya cuisine.

Among the authentic tastes of the local cuisine you must try absolutely, “tahini Antalya piyazi” made of tahini produced of local sesame and Candir haricot bean, an authentic appetizer “hibes” made of tahini, garlic, lemon juice, ground red pepper, and water, Antalya’s famous “serpme pastry” made of very thin filo pastry, “tahini pumpkin dessert” that is made to a recipe a little different compared with Turkey’s other cities and has a unique tissue, famous “yaniksi ice cream” of Korkuteli made of goat milk, and many types of jams that include the ones made of even the unusual ingredients like eggplant and watermelon can be mentioned.

Those who like seafood must try white grouper stew absolutely. You must not return without eating blue crab on chargrill on the way between Demre and Beymelek, spit roasted lamb or kid and tray kebab in the highlands, meatballs and haricot bean salad in Aksu. You can also taste “Burdur shish” of Burdur that is the city neighboring Antalya.

Where to stay in Antalya?

There are numerous alternatives that address to every budget and taste in every point of Antalya that is the capital of tourism. Antalya that welcomes not only those coming for the “sea-sun-sand” holiday but also the visitors coming for trekking, mountain climbing, extreme cycling sports, camping, tableland tourism, ski tourism, archeology and culture tours, gastronomic travels, and sometimes brief business travels includes numerous hotels, motels, boarding houses, and camping sites in all its districts from Kas in the west to Alanya and Gazipasa in the east.

Since it is possible to go swimming even in the city center in Antalya, there are hotels and boarding houses that meet different budgets as well as numerous luxurious city hotels in the city center. You can find “all inclusive” service in hundreds of luxurious hotels and holiday resorts established in wonderful nature, among pines in the outer districts and localities like Alanya, Belek, Manavgat, Beldibi, Tekirova, Camyuva, and Kemer as well as stylish boutique hotels and affordable cute boarding houses in the districts and localities like Kas and Kalkan. Those who look for more authentic, calm, and alternative accommodation options can have a holiday in touch with nature by utilizing the “bungalow” type accommodation options in the villages and localities like Cirali, Olimpos, Adrasan.

Must-Do's in Antalya

After booking Antalya flight ticket, when you have arrived at the city center from Antalya Airport, you will feel that you will be met by wonderful routes. You must not miss any detail to make the most of Antalya, the popular destination of the summer months in particular.

• Although it is a big city, Antalya always preserves its nature. Tour the waterfalls while you are there. Duden Waterfalls, Manavgat Waterfalls, and Kursunlu Waterfalls are the natural beauties you must definitely see.
• Go to Kaleici (Old Town) in Muratpasa and explore the historical traces of the city there. Stop by the cute coffee shops and do some shopping while you are there.
• Tour Antalya city center, and make sure you visit Konyaalti and Lara.
• Go to Bridged Canyon National Park that offers a marvelous picture of nature and history.
• Witness the mysterious atmosphere of Karain Cave.
• Visit the historical routes of Antalya, which is as strong as a history book, one by one. Make sure that your travel plan includes Aspendos Ancient City, Patara Ancient City, Olympos Ancient City, and Termessos Ancient City as well as Perge Ancient City renowned for its closeness to the city center.
• Enjoy the scenery from Alanya Castle.
• Have fun in the lively nightlife of Kemer.
• Take the cable car from Kemer to Mount Tahtali (Olympos).
• Swim to your heart's content in the virgin nature of Olympos and rest your soul. Take a brief vacation in enchanting atmosphere of Kas.