Antalya 6 Day Itinerary (No Tourist Traps)
Six days is the 5-day plan (Kaleici, Konyaalti, Duden and a harbour evening, Lara, a hammam and bazaar day) with a sixth day set aside as a genuine slow day rather than a second forced sight. Same spine, extended, still no ancient-site day trips.
Book these before you go:
- An old-town walking tour covering Hadrian’s Gate, the harbour and the bazaar lanes
- A Kaleici hammam session at one of the old town’s centuries-old houses
- A sunset boat cruise from the Kaleici marina, timed for a Duden pass
- A room inside the walls , which sell out first in high season
| Day | Focus | Don’t miss |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaleici old town | Hadrian’s Gate at midday, Hidirlik Tower at sunset |
| 2 | Konyaalti beach | The Akdeniz Boulevard strip and the Antalya Aquarium |
| 3 | Duden waterfalls and harbour | Lower Duden by boat, sunset cruise from the marina |
| 4 | Lara beach | The resort strip, for contrast with Konyaalti |
| 5 | Hammam and bazaar | A full treatment, plus an unhurried bazaar pass |
| 6 | A repeat beach, your pick | Whichever of Konyaalti or Lara suited you better |
Day 1: Kaleici, the walled old town
Get an AntalyaKart at the airport and ride the Antray tram into the center (roughly 42 TRY with the card, about 40 minutes). Walk to Hadrian’s Gate at midday, not sunset, for better light and thinner crowds in the narrow lanes. Continue past Yivli Minare, the 13th-century fluted minaret, down to Hidirlik Tower at the harbour’s cliff edge. Lunch one street back from the harbour for cheaper meze, and dinner at a meyhane-style restaurant inside the walls, roughly 600-900 TRY per person ($13-19/€11-17).
Day 2: Konyaalti beach and the aquarium strip
Konyaalti, the roughly 7km pebble beach on the west side, is mostly free public access and backed by the Akdeniz Boulevard strip of cafes and the Antalya Aquarium. Swim in the morning, retreat to the aquarium or a shaded cafe once the midday heat sets in (summer highs average around 34C), and return to the water once it eases in the late afternoon.
Day 3: Duden waterfalls and a harbour sunset
Morning at the Duden waterfalls: Lower Duden, free and open 24 hours on the Lara-side coast road, drops straight off a cliff into the sea; Upper Duden, inland near Kepez, is paid (roughly 100 TRY entrance plus 100 TRY parking, about $2/€2 each, verify on-site) and lets you walk behind the cascade. Seeing Lower Duden by boat beats the clifftop view alone. In the evening, book the sunset cruise (see above) from the Kaleici marina and confirm whether the route passes the falls.
Day 4: Lara beach, for contrast
Lara, sandy and on the east side roughly 5-10 minutes from the airport, is dominated by the all-inclusive resort strip toward Kundu, with beach frontage mostly private and hotel-tied. Spend the full day here for the contrast with Konyaalti’s public boulevard, then head into the city center for dinner away from both beach zones.
Day 5: A proper hammam, and a second look at the bazaar
Book a full session at one of Kaleici’s centuries-old hammams, some reportedly 500-600 years old, running roughly €25-75 depending on inclusions like peeling, soap massage and oil massage, often priced separately. Spend the afternoon back in the bazaar lanes at an unhurried pace, since a second pass at the same stalls often turns up a better price than the first.
Day 6: A repeat beach day, deliberately
Go back to whichever beach, Konyaalti or Lara, actually suited your trip, rather than forcing in a new sight for its own sake. If you preferred Konyaalti’s public boulevard energy, spend a slower morning there and use the aquarium’s skip-the-line ticket to dodge the midday queue; if the Lara resort strip won you over, use a beach club day pass instead of a full hotel stay to get the same access without committing to it. Depart the following morning with real time buffer, since airport security queues lengthen noticeably in the June-through-September peak season.
Is 6 days too many days for Antalya’s city and beaches alone?
Not if the extra day is a genuine repeat of your favorite beach rather than padding. Six days works best as five focused days plus one slow one; trying to invent a sixth new sight inside the city limits, once Kaleici, both beaches, the waterfalls and a hammam are covered, usually means padding with something not actually worth the time.
How much should a 6-day Antalya trip cost?
Budget travelers should plan roughly 1,500-2,500 TRY per day ($32-53/€28-47); mid-range travelers closer to 3,500-5,500 TRY ($74-117/€65-103), plus the hammam session and boat cruise as one-off costs on top. Verify current rates before you land, since the lira moves fast and these figures are a snapshot, not a constant.
Check the Tunektepe cable car’s status and the Antalya Museum’s listings before relying on either; the cable car has been shut since a fatal 2024 accident and the museum is mid-rebuild through 2026. Confirm current tram fares on the Antalya transit authority’s site , and check Turkey’s official tourism site for seasonal event dates. For the ancient sites this itinerary skips, see our Antalya, Turkey 6-day itinerary instead.