Antalya Airport → AKKA Hotels Claros Transfer

AKKA Hotels Claros to Antalya Airport: return transfer & taxi

The departure begins quietly at the gate on 12. Sokak: the car leaves the shore street, takes the village road back through the orchards to the highway and joins the D400 heading north. Kemer slips past within minutes, then Göynük and Beldibi, then the tunnels that bring you out above Konyaaltı. The 68 km and roughly 60 minutes are the arrival run reversed, and the coast section changes little with the clock. What changes is Antalya, where the ring road and the boulevards towards the terminal carry commuter traffic on weekday mornings.

Because the hotel sits across the road from its beach, a last swim on departure day means crossing back with wet towels and sandy feet, then showering, changing and handing in keys, and that takes longer than it sounds. With an afternoon flight, set the beach hour so that you are back at reception well before the car is due, cases already down. Friends flying home from Alinda opposite can ride in the same car, since the price is per vehicle; say so when booking, so the driver stops at both gates and brings a car with room for everyone's luggage.

• Put the street number, No. 1, next to the hotel name on the return booking; after dark the two AKKA entrances look much alike.
• If the pickup falls in the weekday morning rush, the extra time goes on Antalya's ring road rather than on the coast, so add the margin for the city end of the run.
• When the airline retimes your flight, pass the new time on as soon as it is announced; the pickup is planned around the time on the booking.