Transfer Fethiye to Antalya

[Gilly1]

Hi we are considering coming out to Turkey at Christmas as Thomas Cook has a flight to Dalaman on 18th December for £87 but no return flights until January. I have searched flying back from Antalya (to Manchester)  and have found a cheap flight on 28th. Can anyone tell me if the bus service still runs from Fethiye at this time of year, how often and  long the journey takes and can I get a bus to the airport from the bus station. Thanking you in anticipation.

[Liz 101]

Buses to Antalya from Fethiye are 365 days of the year, as is the bus between the otogar & Antalya airport. You'd need to allow IRO 5 hours in total for the journey, approx 4 to Antalya & a further hour to the airport, although if you got a taxi from the otogar journey time is approx 20mins only.

There's buses roughly hourly from early am to early evening from Fethiye

[keng38]

Last week I caught the 8.15pm pumlukkale bus from the Otogar to Antalya, cost 28 lira and arrived at 11.30pm
Taxi was 60 lira from Otogar to Airport.
First time I have flown from Antalya.
Btw taxi direct from Fethiye to Airport is $190US but if you haggle you can get between 250 to 300 Lira.
Rekon it will save an hour off the total journey.

[Gilly1]

Thanks for your replies, that helps a lot. Just have to convince my husband now that sitting on a bus for 3 to 4 hours is worth spending Christmas in Ovacik. Wish me luck.

[keng38]

You could always take the scenic coastal route.
6hrs apparently

[KKOB]

Both routes are good for scenery during the day but boring as hell if the journey's at night.

[Gilly1]

It will be a day transfer and I have just been given the green light to book woo hoo!!!!!!!

[KKOB]

Well done. Enjoy the trip then !

[Karennina]

I have just done this and the journey was beautiful snow on the mountains will defo do it again now iv done it once, met some other Brits who were also doing the journey so was shown where to get the 600 bus,the only two things I did not like we're the bus had no seatbelts on it( the bus you are on for 3.5 hours) and getting told off at the loo stop by the driver me and another lady for talking!
Also Antalya seemed very hot so am going to look into having a winter holiday there sometime in the future and the staff at Antalya airport seemed either far happier in their work or just a lot more friendlier then at Dalaman!