Lara → Antalya Aquarium Transfer

Lara to Antalya Aquarium private transfer

Lara's hotels sit on the sand at the eastern edge of Antalya; the aquarium is on the city's western shore, in Konyaaltı, so this ride crosses the whole city. Families tend to save it for the days the beach lets them down: rain, which on this coast falls mostly in the cooler half of the year, or midsummer heat that drives people off the sunbeds before lunch. On such days much of the coast has the same idea. The whole visit is indoors. Besides the themed tanks, the centrepiece is a walk-through tunnel 131 metres long, with sharks and rays gliding overhead. Snow World, a hall of snow and ice kept below freezing, and WildPark, home to reptiles and insects, share the complex, but the basic aquarium ticket does not cover them.

On the map it is 22 km, about 25 minutes, but on this leg the clock decides how long it really takes. This is a trip not into the centre but through it, on avenues where junctions, lights and buses set the pace and the morning and evening rush can add a good deal of time. The sea returns only at the end, and it is a different shore: pebbles instead of sand, with the Beydağları rising beyond the bay. The aquarium stands on Dumlupınar Bulvarı, less than a hundred metres from the beach and its promenade of walking and cycle paths. What you book is the ride out; a return collection, or waiting time while you are inside, can go into the same reservation.

• Snow World needs no winter packing: the hall is kept below freezing, but protective clothing is handed out at its entrance, so the bag can stay packed for the beach at Konyaaltı afterwards.
• Children who mean to paddle at Konyaaltı afterwards will be glad of water shoes, because the shore there is pebble, not the soft sand they know from Lara.
• To finish with a walk along the promenade, agree a pickup point on the road behind it when you book, since a car can reach the boulevard but not the seafront paths.
• Coming back as the offices close puts you in the centre at its most crowded, so either allow extra time or move the pickup to mid-afternoon or after dark.