Out for the day
Day Trips from Antalya: 5 Places Worth the Ride
The best day trips from Antalya are Pamukkale, Xanthos, and Alanya Castle. They are 151 to 247 km away: out after breakfast, back in time for dinner.
1Nature & Adventure · Denizli
Pamukkale
226 km away · about 3 hours each way
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water. It is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.
2Historic & Cultural · Muğla
Xanthos
173 km away · about 2.5 hours each way
Xanthos or Xanthus, also referred to by scholars as Arna, its Lycian name, was an ancient city near the present-day village of Kınık, in Antalya Province, Turkey. The ruins are located on a hill on the left bank of the River Xanthos. The number and quality of the surviving tombs at Xanthos are a notable feature of the site, which, together with nearby Letoon, was declared to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
3Historic & Cultural
Alanya Castle
151 km away · about 2 hours each way
Alanya Castle is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya.
4Museums · Konya
Mevlâna Museum
240 km away · about 3.5 hours each way
The Mevlâna Museum, in Konya, Turkey, started life as the dervish lodge of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes. It houses the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, an Iranian Sufi mystic.
5Historic & Cultural · Aydın
Aphrodisias
247 km away · about 3.5 hours each way
Aphrodisias was a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about 100 km (62 mi) east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and 230 km (140 mi) southeast of İzmir.
Good to know
What is the best day trip from Antalya?
Pamukkale is the best-known: 226 km away · about 3 hours each way.
What is the closest day trip from Antalya?
Alanya Castle: 151 km away · about 2 hours each way.
Do we need a tour for day trips from Antalya?
Not necessarily. Most of these places can be reached on our own by bus, train or car; a guided tour simply saves the planning.
Distances and times are road estimates from coordinates; actual travel time depends on traffic and the way we travel.