Antalya is the door to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, and a car is what turns a resort week into the whole of it: Kaleiçi and the Roman city of Perge within half an hour of the terminal, Aspendos and Side along the D400 east, Phaselis and the Chimaera flames west under the Taurus.
Antalya is the door to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, and a car is what turns a resort week into the whole of it: Kaleiçi and the Roman city of Perge within half an hour of the terminal, Aspendos and Side along the D400 east, Phaselis and the Chimaera flames west under the Taurus.
No deposit, no excess
Premium Insurance means the local partner waives the security deposit completely – nothing is blocked on your card for the length of the trip.
Local rates, not airport markups
Direct prices from Turkish partners. What you book is what you pay at the counter in arrivals, with no desk fee added at the terminal.
Unlimited mileage
The coast road runs more than 300 kilometres from Kaş to Alanya, and most visitors drive far more of it than they planned. No rental we offer charges by the kilometre.
Nothing to pay on the road
Turkey collects motorway tolls through the HGS transponder. The D400 is a state highway and the roads inland are provincial, so none of it is tolled.
Built for a late landing
Antalya runs charter traffic around the clock through the summer. Add your flight number at booking and the desk tracks it, so a delay does not cost you the car.
One counter, in the arrivals hall at Antalya Airport. Open the page for terminal directions, drive times and what is worth the detour on the way out.
Everything we cover runs along one Mediterranean shore with the Taurus mountains directly behind it, which is why an hour of driving changes the landscape completely.
The Ottoman old town inside Roman walls, wrapped around a horseshoe harbour, with Konyaaltı and Lara beaches on either side of the city and the Düden waterfalls between them.
Half an hour to two hours east on the D400. Pine forest and golf at Belek, a temple of Apollo on the headland at Side, and a Seljuk castle on the rock above Alanya.
The Taurus drops straight into the sea here. Phaselis and Olympos sit in pine woods below the Lycian Way, and the road keeps narrowing until Kaş, three hours out.
Perge, Aspendos and Termessos are three of the finest ancient sites in the country and none is more than an hour from the airport. Köprülü Canyon sits behind them.
Right-hand traffic, one coastal artery, no tolls to settle, and mountain roads that behave nothing like the shore road below them.
Drive on the right
As on mainland Europe. Overtaking on the D400 is frequent and often optimistic – keep right except to pass, and expect to be passed on both sides inside the city.
Limits are 50, 90 and 110
50 km/h in built-up areas, 90 on open road and 110 where the road is divided. Fixed EDS cameras do the enforcing and the fine follows the plate, so the limit is the limit.
No tolls on this coast
Turkey's HGS transponder system covers the motorways. The D400 is a state highway and the roads inland are provincial, so there is nothing to buy and nothing to settle.
Fuel is usually full service
At most stations an attendant fills the tank. Say benzin for petrol or motorin for diesel, give the amount, stay in the car and pay at the window afterwards.
Mountain roads climb fast
Termessos sits at 1,050 metres half an hour from the shore, and the Çubuk pass towards Isparta tops 900. Both can hold snow between December and March while the coast stays mild.
Minimum age 21
One year of driving experience is the other condition. A few vehicle categories ask for an older driver, and the figure is shown on each car while you are still choosing.
Pick Premium Insurance with zero excess and the local partner drops the security deposit altogether, so you settle at the counter with a debit card or cash. The cover is the partner's own, so there is nothing to pay out and claim back later.
At Antalya Airport (AYT), the only counter we operate in the country. It sits 13 kilometres north-east of the city on the D400, between Antalya itself and the eastern resorts, so it works as a starting point rather than a detour.
From the UK, yes – a 1968 IDP, or your licence notarised in Turkish. It cannot be bought outside the UK, so arrange it before you fly. An EU or EEA licence is accepted on its own for a tourist stay, alongside your passport.
Not the ones you will drive. Turkey collects motorway tolls through the HGS transponder system, and the roads on this coast are not motorways – the D400 is a state highway and everything inland of it is provincial, so all of it is free.
For a resort week, no. For anything else, yes: Perge, Aspendos, Termessos, Olympos and Köprülü Canyon are all within ninety minutes of the airport and all poorly served by public transport, and the dolmuş network thins out fast away from the coast.
Yes, on every car and every insurance tier. It matters here: the coast road runs more than 300 kilometres from Kaş to Alanya, and a week of day trips out of one resort adds up faster than most people expect.
A compact is enough for the coast and the resorts, with air conditioning taken as given between May and October. Something with a little more engine helps on the Taurus passes, where the climbs are long rather than steep.
April to June and September to November. July and August average 34°C on the coast with regular days past 40, and the D400 fills with resort traffic, while the ruins and the mountain roads are far better on either side of it.
Book in minutes, pick the insurance tier that suits you, and collect in the arrivals hall at Antalya Airport the moment you land.
