Antalya Airport to Belek
Antalya Airport to Belek is about 33 km and takes roughly 40 minutes by car. A private transfer costs from around €33.
Belek, AntalyaSharon Hahn Darlin / Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0Belek's golf resorts are about 40 minutes east. There's no convenient public route, so nearly everyone arrives by pre-booked transfer or taxi.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Belek, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €33).
What it costs for your group
The bus is charged per person, while a taxi or private transfer is one price for the whole car — so the more of you there are, the better door-to-door value looks.
| Group | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|
| Solo · 1 traveller | €33 | Private transfer |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €33 | Private transfer |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €33 | Private transfer |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Cheapest fare | From €22, though slower with a change in the city. |
| Speed & comfort | Private transfer | Door-to-door, fixed price, a driver waiting for you. |
| A group of 3–4 | Transfer or taxi | One flat fare splits cheaper than several bus tickets. |
| A late-night arrival | Transfer or taxi | Both run 24/7 when buses and the tram have stopped. |
By transport mode
Private transfer
Meet & greet at arrivals, fixed price, flight tracking, child seats on request.
Where to catch it: Your driver meets you in the arrivals hall with a name sign — no queue, no hunting for a stop.
Best for families, groups & late arrivalsTaxi
Metered from the rank; agree an approximate fare before long trips.
Where to catch it: Official taxi rank right outside arrivals, open 24/7. Check the meter is running and reset before you set off.
Best for small groups in a hurryCar rental
Per day; the flexible choice if you plan to explore the coast.
Where to catch it: Car-hire desks are in the Terminal 1 arrivals area.
Best for travellers who want to exploreBelek & Antalya in photos
Buying tickets in Antalya
Antalya uses the reloadable AntalyaKart for the T2 (Antray) tram that leaves directly from the airport terminal, plus city buses and dolmuÅŸ. Buy and load the card at the machine on the airport tram platform, or from AntalyaKart kiosks and the Android app; the blank card costs about 100 TL and a single ride is roughly 27 TL. You tap the card on boarding rather than paying the driver. There is no contactless bank-card tap on the tram, so load enough credit before you travel.
Taxi scams & safety in Antalya
The tram is fixed-fare and scam-proof, which is the main reason to use it. If you take a taxi, use the official rank outside arrivals and insist the meter (taksimetre) runs; drivers who quote a flat price or claim the meter is broken usually overcharge, especially with luggage. Do not follow touts inside the terminal offering a car. Uber operates in Antalya but mostly dispatches licensed taxis. Agree nothing verbally, and keep small notes so a driver cannot claim to have no change.
Getting from AYT to Belek
Belek sits a little under 33 kilometres east of Antalya Airport, and the drive rarely takes more than forty minutes. It is one of the more forgiving arrivals along this coast: a straight, well-kept run out toward the pine belt and the golf courses, with none of the switchbacks or mountain descents that some Mediterranean resorts demand of a tired traveller. The complication, such as it is, has nothing to do with distance. It is that Belek keeps no meaningful public link to the airport at all, so the choice you make in arrivals is really the only decision that matters.
Why the tram and the buses stop short
It is worth being clear on this before you go looking. The AntRay tram and the city bus network serve Antalya proper and nothing beyond it; neither reaches Belek, and there is no through service that would spare you a car. Travellers who arrive expecting a rail connection to the resorts are quietly disappointed. In practice the sensible options narrow to three: a pre-booked private transfer, a metered taxi from the official rank, or a hire car collected in the terminal. Each has its place, and the right one depends less on budget than on who is travelling with you and how you like to arrive.
The pre-booked transfer, and why golf groups favour it
For most guests bound for the resorts, a private transfer is the path of least resistance. Booked ahead through an operator such as Kiwitaxi or Welcome Pickups, it runs around €33 to €42 — the price fixed before you fly — covers the run in around forty minutes, and has a driver ready in the arrivals hall while you are still collecting cases. The car is yours door to door, which is no small thing when you are travelling with clubs, a young family, or both. Priced per vehicle rather than per head, it becomes markedly more sensible the moment there are three or four of you splitting it — a foursome arriving together will often find the transfer the most economical way in as well as the smoothest.
The official taxi rank
If you would rather not plan ahead, the metered taxis at the official rank outside arrivals run around the clock and will make the same journey for roughly €45 to €63. The fare sits above a booked transfer largely because you are paying the meter in the moment rather than an agreed figure, but the convenience is genuine: you walk out, you join the rank, you go. A word of counsel that applies at any hour — use only the marked rank, decline the offers of anyone who approaches you inside the terminal, and confirm the meter is running before you pull away. Like the transfer, the taxi is priced per car, so the cost divides neatly across a group.
Hiring a car for a longer stay
Guests who intend to explore beyond the resort gates — the ruins at Perge, the market towns, dinner somewhere the concierge recommends — may prefer the independence of a hire car. The desks sit in the T1 arrivals hall, with rates through Localrent or DiscoverCars starting somewhere around €22 to €41 a day. For a week of golf and little else it can be more car than you need; for a fuller holiday it pays off. The drive to Belek is straightforward and the roads are good.
Late arrivals and one quiet word to the wise
Antalya keeps unusual company at night, and a delayed flight need not unsettle your plans. Both the taxi rank and the pre-booked transfers operate 24 hours, so an arrival long after dark is met the same way as a midday one — though there is a particular comfort, at that hour, in a fixed fare and a waiting car rather than negotiating one while half-asleep.
- Many of the Belek resorts arrange their own airport transfers, sometimes as a courtesy and sometimes for a modest charge. It is always worth a note to the hotel before you fly; the answer may spare you booking anything at all.
- If you are travelling with golf equipment, mention it when you reserve a transfer, so the vehicle sent is one that will carry your bags in comfort rather than compromise.
None of this asks much of you. Between the pre-booked car, the rank outside the door, and the hire desks a few steps beyond, the road to Belek is a short and civil one — the kind of arrival that is over before you have quite finished settling into the seat.
