Tururi de o zi din Antalya cu preluare de la hotel: pe care să-l rezervi pentru mâine

It is 21:00, you are at the hotel bar in Lara or Konyaaltı, and tomorrow is the one day you have kept free: the realistic Antalya day tours from hotel pickup are a boat to Suluada or the bays near Kemer, the Roman sites of Perge and Aspendos, or a city day with Kaleiçi and the Düden waterfalls. Each of those leaves in the morning, includes lunch and brings you back by early evening, and each suits a different kind of traveller.

This guide is for people already on the coast. It compares the day trips you can still book tonight for tomorrow, how long each one spends on the road, what the price does not cover, and which ones to skip with children or in late autumn. The tours, inclusions and starting prices are the ones listed on our site in October 2026.

Antalya day tours from hotel: the short list

The road times are approximate driving times from central Antalya; from Belek or Side they change, which matters for the pickup question further down.

Perge, Aspendos and Side in one day

The Perge Aspendos day trip is the classic history day, and it is also the one most worth doing with a guide, because the three sites tell one story: Roman Pamphylia at its peak.

• Perge, about 20 minutes east of the city, has a long colonnaded street, a stadium and the remains of the Hellenistic gate towers. It is open, unshaded and hot from late morning.
• Aspendos has one of the best-preserved Roman theatres anywhere, still used for performances. Most visitors spend 45 minutes there, and that is enough.
• Side puts the Temple of Apollo on a headland above the sea, which is where most of the day's photographs are taken.
• Manavgat waterfall is a wide, low cascade rather than a tall drop. It is the rest stop at the end of the day, not a highlight.

Our Perge, Aspendos and Side day tour lasts about eight hours with a licensed guide, a Turkish lunch and hotel pickup and drop-off from selected Antalya areas. It is listed from $90 per person. Prices vary with season and the size of your group, so write to us for the current price on your date. For the day stop by stop, with ticket prices and the Perge theatre closure, read our Perge, Aspendos and Side tour guide.

What is not included: entrance fees to the sites. Turkish press reported 2026 tickets for foreign visitors at about €15 for Aspendos and €11 for Perge, paid at the gate; the Ministry may change them. Side's temple area is open to walk around. Bring cash or a card for those tickets, a hat and water.

Kaleiçi and the Düden waterfalls: the easy city day

If you want a day with no long drives, stay in Antalya itself. Our Antalya city tour with the waterfalls and a boat trip includes:

1. A guided walk through Kaleiçi, the walled old town, with Hadrian's Gate, the Clock Tower and the Old Harbour.
2. Free time in the old town on your own.
3. The Upper Düden waterfall, in a park on the north side of the city, and the Lower Düden waterfall at Lara, where the river drops off the cliff straight into the sea.
4. A one-hour boat trip along the cliffs, which is the best way to see the Lower Düden falls.
5. Lunch, a licensed guide and hotel transfers from selected areas.

Listed on our site as the Duden waterfalls tour, it is the right choice for families with young children, older travellers and anyone on their first day after a flight. The honest downside: the programme includes a stop at an onyx workshop. If shopping stops annoy you, say so when you book and we will tell you how long it lasts.

For a private version without any shop stop, our private Kaleiçi old town tour runs about seven hours with your own guide.

Antalya boat tour options: Suluada, Porto Ceneviz or Kemer

An Antalya boat tour is the most booked day out of the city, but the three boat days we offer are very different from each other.

Suluada from Adrasan

Suluada is a small island with pale beaches and very clear water, sometimes sold as the "Turkish Maldives". Boats leave from Adrasan, about two hours south-west of Antalya by road, so the day is long: early pickup, two hours in the car, then a full day on the boat with several swimming stops, the Blue Cave photo stop and lunch cooked on board. Our Suluada island boat trip is listed from $50 per person; prices change with the season, so ask us for the current figure. Drinks and snorkelling gear are extra.

On calm summer days Suluada's beach gets crowded with boats, all arriving at roughly the same hour. It is beautiful, but not secluded.

Porto Ceneviz from Adrasan

Our Porto Ceneviz boat tour leaves from the same harbour but stops at Akseki Bay, Sazak Bay, Porto Ceneviz and Pirate Bay instead. Porto Ceneviz is a deep cove under high cliffs, reachable only by sea. Choose it if you want swimming without the Suluada crowd.

Kemer pirate boat

The Kemer Mega Star boat tour sails from Kemer Marina, about an hour from the city, with swim stops at Phaselis Bay, Cleopatra Bay and Paradise Bay, lunch on board and, in the afternoon, music and a foam party. Teenagers and groups of friends love it. Couples looking for a quiet day at sea will not. For every boat on this coast, from the one-hour Düden waterfall cruise to the Manavgat river, see our full Antalya boat trip comparison.

If you would rather have a boat to yourselves, our private yacht in Antalya takes up to 12 guests for two hours.

Demre, Myra and Kekova: the long Lycian day

This is the day for people who want the Lycian coast and the story of St Nicholas. Our Demre, Myra and Kekova boat trip visits the Church of St Nicholas in Demre, the rock-cut tombs and Roman theatre at Myra, then a boat over the sunken city at Kekova with a swim stop. Entrance to Myra and the church, lunch, the guide and hotel transfers are included.

Two things to know. The drive is about two and a half to three hours each way, so it is a twelve-hour day in practice. And you cannot swim over the sunken ruins themselves: the area is protected, so the boat passes slowly above them and the swim stop is in another bay.

Pamukkale from Antalya: worth the drive?

Pamukkale is about three and a half to four hours from Antalya each way. That is the honest summary of this day: more than seven hours on a coach for about three hours at the white travertine terraces and the ruins of Hierapolis.

It is still worth it if you will not get another chance to see Pamukkale. Our Pamukkale day trip from Antalya includes the Pamukkale and Hierapolis tickets, a guide and lunch near the site; swimming in Cleopatra's Antique Pool is extra and paid there. If you prefer a private van, our private Pamukkale tour from Antalya takes about 12 hours from your hotel, from $180 with tickets included. Skip it with small children, or if you get carsick. If you are continuing round Turkey anyway, see Pamukkale on the way instead. For shared, private and bus options side by side, read our Pamukkale day trip from Antalya guide.

Hotel pickup: what "selected Antalya areas" means

All the Antalya day tours from hotel pickup listed here also bring you back to the hotel, but the pickup covers selected Antalya areas only. In practice that means the city and the main resort strips, but not every hotel on the whole Riviera. Before you book, send us:

1. the exact hotel name and area (Lara, Konyaaltı, Kundu, Belek, Kemer, Side or Alanya);
2. the date and the number of adults and children, with ages;
3. the tour you want, and a second choice.

We confirm whether your hotel is in the pickup zone and the pickup time. Hotels far east, around Side and Alanya, are a long way from Adrasan or Kemer, so a boat day from there starts very early or needs a different plan.

Write to us on WhatsApp or through our contact page, and we reply with the pickup time and price before you pay. One condition to know before you write: on these tours, free cancellation ends seven days before the date, so a booking made for tomorrow cannot be refunded once confirmed.

Which day suits which traveller

• First time in Turkey, interested in history: Perge, Aspendos and Side.
• Family with children under eight: the Kaleiçi and Düden day, or a short private yacht trip. Avoid Pamukkale and Demre.
• Couple who want the sea: Porto Ceneviz, or a private yacht at sunset.
• Group of friends: the Kemer pirate boat, or our ATV quad safari, which takes three to four hours with pickup.
• Christian heritage: Demre and Myra, for the Church of St Nicholas.
• Only one long day to spare and never coming back: Pamukkale.

For a quieter ruin away from the crowds, there is also the mountain city of Sagalassos; our Sagalassos day tour runs about eight hours.

Late in the season: what changes in October and November

The coast is still warm in October, and the sea is usually swimmable through the month. Two things change:

• Boat days depend on the weather. A strong south wind can cancel a boat trip on the morning itself. If that happens, we offer another date or one of the land tours.
• Days get shorter. By late October the sun sets before 18:00, so long days like Demre and Pamukkale finish in the dark.

The ruins are at their best in autumn: Perge and Aspendos are miserable at 38°C in August and pleasant in October.

Seeing more of Turkey from Antalya

Antalya day tours from hotel are not the only option: the city is also a starting point for longer trips. If you have more than a day, we run Cappadocia tours from Antalya and an Istanbul day trip from Antalya by early flight, with our guide meeting you at the airport. If you are still planning a trip that combines both, our page on an Istanbul and beach holiday shows how the nights are usually split. Every Antalya option is on our Antalya tours page, and the Antalya destination guide covers the region as a whole. Flying in from Britain? Our guide to an Istanbul and coast holiday from the UK covers open-jaw flights and how many nights to give each place. For an adventure day further west, our Oludeniz paragliding guide covers the Babadağ flight and the day trip from Antalya. If you are still in Istanbul, our guide to getting from Istanbul to Antalya compares the flight, bus, car and train.

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