Antalya Airport to Konyaaltı
Antalya Airport to Konyaaltı is about 20 km and takes roughly 30 minutes by car. A private transfer costs from around €30, or take the bus via the city centre.
Konyaaltı, AntalyaFingerWiki / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0Konyaaltı sits on the western side of the city under the mountains. Public transport means a change in the centre, so most travellers pre-book door-to-door.
Every way to get there
Our verdict: for Konyaaltı, a private transfer is the easiest door-to-door option (from €30). Travelling light on a budget? The bus is cheapest (from €7) but slower, with a change in the city.
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 | Bus (per person) | Private transfer | Best value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo · 1 traveller | €7 | €30 | Bus |
| Couple · 2 travellers | €14 | €30 | Bus |
| Family of 4 · 4 travellers | €28 | €30 | Bus |
Which option should you choose?
| If your priority is… | Our pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | Bus | From €7, 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 arrivalsBus / shuttle
Runs to Antalya city centre / otogar; change there for an onward local bus or dolmuş.
Where to catch it: Bus stands in front of Terminal 1 / the Domestic Terminal. Terminal 2 passengers reach them via the inter-terminal link.
Best for solo & budget travellersTaxi
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 exploreKonyaaltı & 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 dolmuş. 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 Konyaaltı
So you're heading for Konyaaltı — good call. This is the west side of Antalya, where the Beydağları mountains come right down to meet the water and the beach runs long and grey-pebbled under all that grey rock. It's about 20 kilometres from the airport, half an hour in a car on a clear run, and honestly one of the nicer arrivals on this coast once you're moving. The only wrinkle is geography: the airport sits east, the city sits in the middle, and Konyaaltı sits out west past all of it. That one fact quietly decides which way you should travel in.
First things first — where everything actually leaves from
Whatever you've read, every bus and taxi at Antalya Airport goes from the same place: the stop and rank opposite Terminal 1, which is also where the Domestic Terminal is. If you flew into T2, you cross over to T1 first — it's signed and it's a short walk, not a drama. And forget the tram for getting here. The AntRay only runs inside Antalya city itself; it does not, and will not, carry you out to Konyaaltı. Plenty of people arrive expecting a rail hop to the beach and there just isn't one.
The bus that does reach the beach — and what it costs you
Here's the one people ask about: bus 800. It's the city bus that actually runs all the way out to Konyaaltı beach, as well as over to Lara on the other side, so yes, you can technically get from the plane to the sand for something like €7 to €12 a head. That's the cheap way in and I won't pretend otherwise. But be straight with yourself about the trade. It's slow — reckon on the better part of three-quarters of an hour, and that's before you count waiting for it, which can be anywhere from every half hour to every hour. Now picture doing all that with two big cases and a tired kid. On the bus you pay per person, so a couple or a family stacks up fast, and you're still not dropped at your door. If you're travelling light, solo, and in no rush, it's honestly a fine little journey with a view. If you're loaded down, it's a slog.
Booking a car ahead, and the group-cost trick
For most people rolling into Konyaaltı with luggage, a pre-booked private transfer is the easy answer. Sort it before you fly through someone like Kiwitaxi or Welcome Pickups, and it runs roughly €30 to €38 for the whole car, does the run in about half an hour, with the price locked in before you fly so a jam on the road costs you nothing extra. Door to door, no changes, no working it out at midnight. Here's the bit worth holding onto: transfers and taxis are priced per car, the bus is priced per head. So the maths flips depending on your group. One person? The bus wins on cost, easily. Three or four of you splitting one car? The transfer often lands close to the bus anyway — and you get dropped at reception instead of hauling bags off a bus stop.
Just grabbing a taxi at the rank
Didn't book anything? No problem. The metered taxis at the official rank outside T1 arrivals run 24/7 and they'll take you to Konyaaltı in about half an hour for somewhere around €41 to €57 on the meter. It costs a bit more than a booked transfer because you're paying the clock rather than a fixed price, but it's there the second you walk out. Two ground rules from someone who's watched this play out: use only the marked rank, and ignore anyone who sidles up to you inside the building offering a ride. And glance at the meter — make sure it's actually running before you set off.
Rolling in after dark, and a couple of local nudges
Late flight? Relax. Both the official rank and the pre-booked transfers run right through the night, so a 2am landing gets you home the same as a lunchtime one. If it were me arriving that late with bags, I'd have the transfer sorted in advance — there's a real comfort in a price already settled rather than squinting at a fare half-asleep.
- If you fancy the cheap ride but not the luggage wrestle, a lot of the Konyaaltı hotels sit just up the hill behind the beach — worth asking yours whether they run their own airport pickup before you commit to anything.
- Renting a car is easy here too — desks are right in T1 arrivals, roughly €22 to €41 a day through Localrent or DiscoverCars — and it's genuinely handy if you plan to poke along the coast road under the mountains rather than just park at the beach.
That's the whole picture, really. However you come in, the mountains and the sea are waiting — and once you're on that western road, you're nearly there.
