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Antalya airport serves both routes. Dalaman airport serves the start of the Lycian Way. Inter-city bus services run to Fethiye, Antalya and Isparta from major Turkish towns.
Antalya airport:
Antalya has a modern airport handling 5 million passengers per year, only 12km E of the city on the main road to Perge. Some charter flights run all year around, but the majority run from early-April–end-October. The following companies run scheduled flights:
Turkish airlines (THY): Istanbul and other internal flights, UK, Germany, everywhere. www.turkishairlines.com
Turkish Cyprus Airlines (KTHY): UK and Northern Cyprus. www.kthy.net
Sun Express: Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland (all year around) and UK (from summer 2005). www.sunexpress.de
Air Berlin: Germany. www.airberlin.com
Onur Air: 90 (212) 662 9797, www.onurair.com.tr –internal flights and London (from April or May 2005).
Flyair: 90 (212) 444 4359, www.flyair.com.tr –Istanbul and other internal destinations.
From May 2005 Sun Express will be flying weekly between Turkey and the UK as follows:
Dalaman - Bristol, Luton, Leeds and Humberside; Antalya - Luton, Stansted, Bristol and Exeter. Flight times not yet known, but watch the web site.
Transport from Airport - Antalya
THY runs a shuttle bus to Antalya centre and the bus garage from the domestic terminal after each flight for its own passengers only. Otherwise the only transport is by taxi, costing about 25 MTL/15 Euros to the town centre and a bit more to the main bus garage. Alternatively walk about 2 km to the main road and wave down a passing bus.
Dalaman Airport:
A small airport handling mainly charter flights, but now being expanded. Only THY and KTHY run scheduled flights. Charters run from the start of May to the end of October.
Dalaman airport is a 3-4 km taxi ride from Dalaman bus station and town. From there, frequent buses go to Fethiye and Antalya up to 12 midnight.
Bus services
The overnight buses are one of the wonders of Turkey –they run on time, are clean and well serviced and are comparatively cheap. They run from Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, plus many other places, to Antalya and Fethiye bus stations (otogar) for the Lycian Way and to Antalya, Yalvac and Isparta bus stations for the St Paul Trail. Typical times are Istanbul-Antalya: 12 hours, Izmir-Fethiye: 8 hours.
Most bus companies have offices in the city and regular service buses to the otogar. In Antalya there is a local bus marked 'Terminal' running from the town to the otogar.
Dolmuses
Minibuses called dolmuses run in towns and between villages. Usually they run at set times, starting early in the morning and finishing at about 6 or 7 pm (later in towns).
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