Side is the furthest of the classic Antalya resort towns before Alanya: about 65 km east of the airport, reached in roughly 55 to 75 minutes on the D400. A private car takes you past Serik and the Manavgat junction directly to your hotel zone — Kumköy, Çolaklı, Evrenseki or the old town peninsula — with the price per vehicle fixed at booking.
Distance:70.75 kmMin. advance booking:24h
transporter
Minivan
$50.75
per vehicle
5 pax5 bags
Free cancellation (24h)
Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup — a full refund is issued if cancelled before that deadline.
premium
Premium
$58.00
per vehicle
6 pax5 bags
Free cancellation (24h)
Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup — a full refund is issued if cancelled before that deadline.
minibus
Minibus
$122.08
per vehicle
10 pax8 bags
Free cancellation (24h)
Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup — a full refund is issued if cancelled before that deadline.
minibus-13
Minibus 13 Pax
$128.24
per vehicle
13 pax8 bags
Free cancellation (24h)
Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup — a full refund is issued if cancelled before that deadline.
minibus-15
Minibus 15 Pax
$163.11
per vehicle
15 pax8 bags
Free cancellation (24h)
Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup — a full refund is issued if cancelled before that deadline.
business
Business
$724.28
per vehicle
3 pax2 bags
Free cancellation (24h)
Free cancellation until 24 hours before pickup — a full refund is issued if cancelled before that deadline.
A Roman theatre at the end of the road
Few resort transfers end somewhere as striking as Side. The old town sits on a small peninsula where a 2nd-century Roman theatre and the seafront columns of the Temple of Apollo stand between restaurants and pensions — the classic sunset photo of the Turkish Riviera. The package-holiday hotels are not in the old town itself but spread along the coast either side of it: Kumköy closest to the centre, then Çolaklı and Evrenseki to the west, and Titreyengöl and Kızılağaç toward Manavgat. Telling us your exact hotel zone matters here more than on shorter routes, because the final leg can differ by ten minutes or more. Once settled, save an evening for the old town after the day-trip buses leave — the floodlit temple columns belong to overnight guests then — and consider a half-day out to the broad Manavgat waterfall just inland.
How the drive from Antalya Airport unfolds
The whole journey runs east on the D400: past the Aksu and Belek turn-offs, through the Serik plain with its greenhouses and orange groves, and on to the Manavgat district where the Side exits begin. It is flat, dual-carriageway driving the entire way — no mountain passes — and takes about 55 to 75 minutes depending on traffic and which hotel zone you are heading to. The Serik and Manavgat stretches slow down on midsummer changeover weekends, and roadworks appear on sections of the D400 from time to time, so the upper end of the band is the honest planning figure in July and August.
Getting to Side without a private transfer
It can be done, but not comfortably with luggage. Intercity buses from Antalya's otogar toward Manavgat run frequently, yet reaching the otogar from the airport means a tram or taxi first, and Manavgat's bus station is still a local dolmuş or taxi ride from the beach hotels. Shared airport shuttles serve the Side strip too; they leave once full and then work through a list of hotels, so passengers for Evrenseki or Titreyengöl often sit through five or more stops. A metered airport taxi covers the same road but the fare depends on the meter at the end. For a family with cases, the arithmetic of a fixed-price private car over a 65-km route is usually straightforward.
Timing tips for the Side corridor
Confirm your Antalya arrival terminal when booking so the greeter is waiting at the correct exit — the airport splits traffic across terminals and airlines occasionally switch. Child seats are worth requesting for this route in particular: an hour on the highway is long enough that a proper seat matters. For departure day, we suggest leaving Side around three and a half hours before a European flight in high season, which covers a slow D400 plus check-in; outside summer, three hours is generally ample. Early-morning return flights are actually the easiest — the highway is clear before eight.
