Driver's note: Patara Prince stands on its own shore across Kalkan bay, its pools terraced up the hillside beside the tennis courts, with diving straight off the front of the property.
Antalya Airport to Patara Prince Hotel & Resort private transfer
Your name is on a board in the Antalya Airport arrivals hall, held by the driver who will take you the whole way. The motorway runs out early on this route and the rest is coast road, west through Kumluca, Finike, Demre and Kaş, with the sea on one side and the Toros mountains on the other for most of the way. Allow 220 km and 3-4 h: the hours come from the shape of the road rather than the distance, and a drive of that length is better treated as a day of the holiday than as a dash between neighbouring resorts. The last of it turns down to Zeytinlik Caddesi and ends at the resort's own stretch of the Kalkan bay shore.
What the car costs is settled in writing on WhatsApp before you travel, and the fare belongs to the vehicle rather than to the passengers inside it: from €200 for a Mercedes Vito seating up to six, €205 for an eight-seat minivan. On a road this long the fixed figure is the whole point, because lorries crawling out of Finike, resurfacing on a headland or an aircraft that lands well behind schedule all lengthen the drive without altering what you owe. Nothing is taken in advance and no card reader travels in the car, so the driver is paid in cash at the end, in EUR, USD or TRY. If the booking has to be dropped, cancellation is free up to 4 hours before pickup.
A drive of 3-4 h puts the vehicle to work in a way a short hop never does. The Vito holds up to six people along with their cases, enough for most families coming here for a fortnight, while a group of eight stays together in the eight-seat minivan at €205 instead of being shared out between separate cars for the length of the coast. Child seats in infant, toddler and booster sizes are free; tell us the ages when the booking is made and the seats are fitted before the car sets out for the terminal. Breaks are ordinary work on this route: ask, and the driver pulls in somewhere safe for a drink and a stretch, which changes nothing about the fare.
Patara Prince is built up a hillside above the water. Its own site puts the terrace pool, the tennis courts and the Club House at the top of the hill, with the Patara restaurant and the Zeytin snack bar down at sea level, and it divides the rooms between a quieter valley block and a main block served by a lift, so ask at reception which way your luggage should travel before you start across the terraces. The children's pool and its small slide are attached to the terrace pool, the indoor pool in the health club is heated, and the round pool, filled from the sea and facing the old Patara arch, is closed to children. Below all of it the hotel has its own shore, with diving off the front of the property, windsurfing and water skiing, and a sea taxi over to Kalkan Marina every day except Sunday.
The journey home runs through the same WhatsApp thread. Send the departure, we count backwards through the 3-4 h drive and the time you want at the airport before it, and the car is at the hotel entrance at the hour we agree, for the fare you were quoted on the way down. Bookings are taken 24/7 and night work carries nothing extra, which matters at this end of the coast, where a morning flight out of Antalya means leaving Kalkan long before it grows light. Days out along the Lycian shore are handled the same way, quoted in advance and in writing, so you see the figure before you commit to anything.
Meeting the car at Antalya Airport
There is nothing for you to organise once the wheels are down. Collect the bags, come out through the doors and run your eye along the line of boards until you find your own name; the driver is posted at the terminal your airline uses. Waiting is free for 60 minutes from touchdown, which normally swallows the passport queue and the wait at the belt together, and it stays free when they run over. Your cases are carried out to the car, and the road west starts there, the vehicle yours alone for the rest of the day.
Vito or minivan for the Kalkan road
The Vito is the entry vehicle on this run at €200 and seats up to six, with space behind the seats for the cases a long stay brings. Since the figure attaches to the car, a couple pays what a full load pays, and there is room for the dive bag or the pushchair that refuses to fold small. A group of eight fits the minivan at €205, which saves dividing the party at the terminal and then following each other for 220 km. Free child seats are put in beforehand, whichever vehicle you have booked.
Landing after dark at the far end of the coast
Aircraft reach Antalya at every hour of the night and the quoted fare pays no attention: bookings run 24/7 and darkness adds nothing. This route repays a little planning once the light goes, because the final stretch leaves the main road, follows Zeytinlik Caddesi round to the far shore of the bay, and finishes at a hotel whose buildings climb a slope. The car pulls up at the entrance, there is a car park at the hotel and reception is staffed through the night, so the cases go to the desk rather than down steps in the dark. A changed flight is one message, with free cancellation up to 4 hours before pickup if that is where it ends.
Good to know for Patara Prince Hotel & Resort
- Send the flight number when you book, so a late aircraft only shifts the pickup instead of costing you the car.
- Say how old the children are when the booking is made, so the right infant, toddler or booster seats are waiting in the car.
- Keep cash in EUR, USD or TRY for the end of the journey; nothing is taken up front and the driver carries no card machine.
- Book the return the evening before and allow the 3-4 h drive plus your time at the airport, because it is a long way back from Kalkan.
- Ask reception whether your room is in the valley block or the main block before you start carrying cases across the hillside.
Fixed fares from Patara Prince Hotel & Resort
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)220 km · 3-4 h | €200 | €205 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a transfer from Antalya Airport to Patara Prince Hotel & Resort cost?
A Mercedes Vito starts at €200 and seats up to six; an eight-seat minivan is €205. Both figures cover the vehicle, are confirmed in writing before you travel, apply equally in the other direction, and do not move for luggage or for a landing in the middle of the night.
How far is Patara Prince Hotel & Resort from Antalya Airport?
It is 220 km by road and 3-4 h of driving, west along the coast past Finike, Demre and Kaş before the turn down to Kalkan. Slow traffic makes the journey longer without making it dearer, because the fare was fixed before you set out.
How will we find the driver on arrival?
He stands in the arrivals hall behind a board bearing your name, at whichever terminal the flight comes into, and he stays there until you appear. The heavy bags are carried out for you, and the car runs to the hotel entrance on Zeytinlik Caddesi without stopping to collect anyone else.
What if the flight lands hours late?
We follow the aircraft down using the flight number you send, so the pickup matches the real landing rather than the timetable. The 60 minutes of free waiting start at touchdown and usually see you through the queues inside the terminal, and if the flight is cancelled altogether, cancellation is free up to 4 hours before the booked pickup.
Is there anywhere to stop on a run this long?
Yes, as often as you need to. Say so in the car and the driver finds somewhere safe to pull in so everyone can stretch their legs or buy something to drink before the last part of the run. Infant, toddler and booster seats cost nothing, and the fixed fare means a pause adds nothing to it.
How do I pay, and can you arrange the way back?
Cash to the driver once the luggage is out, in EUR, USD or TRY; nothing is collected in advance and there is no card machine on board. The way back is arranged in the same message thread for the same figure, and because the line runs 24/7, a pickup from the hotel entrance before dawn is booked as easily as one at noon.
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