How much does Antalya cost per day in 2026?

Budget ₺1,150 ($25) per day covers a Kaleiçi hostel dorm, three street-food meals, and a couple of tram rides. Pansiyons inside the Kaleiçi walls run ₺350-500 ($8-11) per night, all within walking distance of Hadrian's Gate. Midrange ₺3,200 ($70) gets a three-star along the Konyaaltı seafront with air conditioning and breakfast. The Lara resort strip starts around ₺9,200 ($200) per night at properties like the Akra Hotel. The lira has been sliding for years. That works in your favor. Turkey's inflation is rough on residents, but a sit-down dinner in the Güllük neighborhood for ₺300 ($6.50) would run €25 at a comparable spot in Split or Nice.

Street food is where the math gets silly. A döner wrap from stands along Işıklar Caddesi costs ₺80-120 ($1.75-2.60). Pide, Turkey's boat-shaped flatbread, runs ₺100-150 ($2.15-3.25) at spots in the Güllük district. Lahmacun goes for ₺60 ($1.30). You eat it rolled up with parsley and a squeeze of lemon, and at that price you order two. Avoid the restaurants lining Hesapçı Sokak in Kaleiçi. The same pide that costs ₺120 two blocks inland hits ₺250 ($5.40) on that street, with smaller portions. Breakfast is the easiest meal to overspend on. Tourist hotels charge ₺400-600 ($8.70-13) for a buffet. Grab a simit from a street cart for ₺15 ($0.33) and a tulip glass of çay for ₺20 ($0.43) instead. The smell of sesame-crusted simit at a morning cart is hard to walk past. For a full Turkish kahvaltı with 12 small plates of beyaz peynir, olives, honey, and eggs, spots in the Muratpaşa neighborhood serve two people for about ₺350 ($7.60).

Antalya's Antray tram runs a single line from the Müze stop through Kaleiçi, past the Otogar, and out to the Expo grounds. Each ride costs ₺15 ($0.33) with an AntalyaKart, which you load at any kiosk for a ₺15 deposit. No day pass exists, and at that price you don't need one. Dolmuş minibuses cover the routes the tram misses for ₺20-30 ($0.43-0.65). The Antalya Museum, founded in 1922, charges ₺300 ($6.50), and the Roman-era sarcophagi hall alone is worth a full morning. Hadrian's Gate, the triple-arched marble entrance from 130 AD, is free and open around the clock. The Upper Düden Waterfalls at Düdenbaşı Park have no entry fee. Perge dates to roughly 1000 BC. The Pamphylian ruins sit 15 km northeast of downtown and cost ₺200 ($4.34). Termessos, 30 km northwest up into the Taurus range, charges ₺100 ($2.17) and tends to be nearly empty on weekday mornings. The trail through the ruins smells of wild thyme and pine.

The real tax in Antalya is the tourist-zone markup, not any official charge. Restaurants with English-language menus on the Kaleiçi harbor front run 100-200% above inland prices for identical dishes. Boat tours advertised at ₺300 ($6.50) from Kaleiçi Marina often add ₺100 for a cold sandwich they call lunch, plus expect a ₺50 crew tip. Bring your own simit. Sunbed rentals along Konyaaltı Beach cost ₺200-400 ($4.34-8.68) per day, but the public pebble sections are free, and the water is the same cool, pale green. Airport transfers bite hardest. A taxi from Antalya Airport to Kaleiçi meters at ₺400-500 ($8.70-10.85), but drivers routinely quote ₺700+ ($15+) to arrivals who look uncertain. The Havaş airport shuttle costs ₺90 ($1.95) to the Otogar, then ₺15 by tram to Kaleiçi. That ₺600 difference covers two full days of street food.