Driver's note: A year-round city hotel in Güzeloba, a walk inland from Lara beach, with a heated terrace pool by the Terrace Bar and a spa club with Turkish bath, sauna and steam room.
Antalya Airport to Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara private transfer
The drive in from the terminal is a short one: 15 km of main road and city street, 25–35 min from the kerb to the hotel entrance in Güzeloba. Your driver follows the inbound flight and is already inside the arrivals hall, a board with your name held where you can see it, so there is no rank to join and no shuttle waiting to fill its seats. You walk out to a private, air-conditioned vehicle booked for your party alone and stay in it until the hotel entrance.
The fare is settled before you fly. Send the flight number and the size of your party on WhatsApp and we write back with a figure that does not move afterwards: from €30 in a Mercedes Vito with room for up to six, and from €40 in the eight-seat minivan when there are more of you, or more cases. It is a price for the vehicle rather than for each seat, with no meter running in traffic and no supplement for a night landing. You pay the driver in cash at the end in EUR, USD or TRY, and cancelling is free up to 4 hours before the pickup.
Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara is a city hotel rather than a beachfront resort. The board on sale runs from room only to bed and breakfast, half board and full board, with no all-inclusive band, so guests here come and go: down to the Lara sand, into Antalya for the Terracity shopping centre, or across to the lanes of Kaleiçi. Luggage matters as much as head count when you pick the vehicle. The Mercedes Vito from €30 seats up to six and takes tall cases without a struggle, while the eight-seat minivan from €40 keeps a bigger party in a single booking. Free child seats are fitted before the vehicle sets off, so give the ages when you book.
The meeting is the part that has to work. Flight tracking means a delay shifts the pickup instead of costing you anything, and the 60 minutes of free waiting soak up passport control and a slow belt. Your driver wheels the trolley out, walks you across to the vehicle and lifts the cases into the boot; if the hall is busy and the board hard to pick out, a WhatsApp message brings him straight to you. At the far end the hotel has its own car park, so the driver brings the vehicle in off the Güzeloba street and stops at the entrance, and the cases come out at the door rather than out on the street.
The hotel keeps its doors open the whole year round, and we drive the route 24/7, so a landing long after dark in the quiet months is handled the same way as one in the middle of a summer week. The journey home is booked the same way for the same fixed fare: give us the departure time on WhatsApp and the vehicle stands at the entrance early enough for check-in without a rush. A day out can be added to the same booking, whether that is Kaleiçi, the Terracity end of town or The Land of Legends at Kadriye, and each is quoted in advance as a private run with the driver waiting.
Finding your driver in AYT arrivals
With passport control and the baggage belt behind you, walk through into the arrivals hall and watch for the board carrying your name. We watch the flight number you send, so an early touchdown or a long delay changes nothing about who is standing there, and the 60 minutes of free waiting exist for the mornings when the hall is full. Your driver carries the heavy cases out to the vehicle and the 15 km to Güzeloba begins straight away. Nothing is charged in advance, and a change of plan costs nothing either: cancellation is free up to 4 hours before the pickup.
Vito or minivan for the Güzeloba run
The hotel lists standard rooms and suites rather than family apartments, and the Mercedes Vito from €30 suits a party of that size, with up to six seats and a boot deep enough for the luggage. When the group is larger, or when a pushchair and a stack of cases come too, the eight-seat minivan at €40 keeps everybody together rather than splitting the party between vehicles. Child seats cost nothing and are fitted to the ages you give us, infant carriers and boosters alike, so the youngest passengers are secure before the doors close.
Night landings, early flights and winter stays
Antalya takes arrivals around the clock, and because Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara trades right through the year there are winter landings on this route as well as summer ones. We drive it 24/7 at the fare quoted, with nothing added for the hour on the clock. For the flight home we count back from your departure, allow for the 25–35 min drive and your airline's check-in window, and confirm the pickup by WhatsApp the evening before. If the airline moves you, cancelling is free up to 4 hours ahead.
Good to know for Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara
- Put the flight number in your WhatsApp booking so the driver can track the landing and meet the time you actually arrive.
- Name the children's ages at booking and free child seats go in before the vehicle leaves for the terminal.
- Keep cash in EUR, USD or TRY to hand, since the driver is paid at the hotel door and no card machine travels in the vehicle.
- Ask for the eight-seat minivan from €40 if a pushchair or a stack of cases travels with you, rather than squeezing everything into the Vito.
- Book the return on WhatsApp the evening before, allowing the 25–35 min drive back plus your airline's check-in window.
Fixed fares from Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara
Both figures are for the whole vehicle, one way, agreed on WhatsApp before pickup. The return leg costs the same as the outbound one.
| Trip | Mercedes Vito (1–6) | Minivan (1–8) |
|---|---|---|
| Antalya Airport (AYT)15 km · 25-35 min | €30 | €40 |
| The Land of Legends, Kadriye26 km · 25–35 min | €40 | €50 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a taxi from Antalya Airport to Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara?
Fares are fixed: the Mercedes Vito, with seats for up to six, is from €30, and the eight-seat minivan from €40. The charge goes on the vehicle rather than on each seat, the return leg matches it, and cash in EUR, USD or TRY settles it with the driver.
How long does the drive to Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara take?
The hotel is 15 km from the terminal, on a Güzeloba side street in Muratpaşa, so the drive takes 25–35 min depending on the Lara traffic. Nobody else shares the vehicle, so nothing is added to the route, and a slow road does not change the figure you agreed.
Where does the driver meet us at AYT?
In the arrivals hall, at a board showing your name, whichever terminal your flight uses. He is already in place by the time you clear the belt, takes the cases from you and walks you out to the vehicle.
Does a delayed landing cost us anything?
Nothing changes for you. We track the flight by the number you send on WhatsApp, so the driver comes for the real landing, and 60 minutes of free waiting follow touchdown at no cost. There is no surcharge for arriving at night, and free cancellation stands up to 4 hours before the pickup.
Do you fit child seats for the run into Güzeloba?
Yes, free of charge. Say at booking how many children are with you and how old they are, and infant carriers or boosters go in before the vehicle sets off. Both the Mercedes Vito from €30 and the eight-seat minivan from €40 take them.
When do we pay, and is the ride back booked at the same time?
The driver is paid in cash at the door, in EUR, USD or TRY, and nothing is taken beforehand. Send your flight time on WhatsApp for the return and the car collects you at the Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara entrance off the Güzeloba street at the same fixed fare. We run 24/7, so an early departure is no problem.
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Browse the full Belek hotel transfer directory, check the Antalya Airport arrival guide or see all fixed prices. Staying at Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara and planning a theme-park evening? See the Land of Legends transfer from Holiday Inn Antalya - Lara — fixed price, driver waits after the night show.
Landing at AYT? The Antalya Airport to Lara transfer page covers where the driver stands, what happens to a delayed flight, and the fare.