Dalaman Airport to Finike private transfer

Finike sits where the Beydağları mountains drop almost straight into the Mediterranean, a working harbour town about 89 km southwest of Antalya that most package tourists never see - and that's exactly its appeal. This is orange country: the hillsides around town are covered in citrus groves, and Finike oranges carry their own protected geographical status in Turkey. Every spring the town holds its Orange Blossom Festival, filling the streets with the scent of citrus and stalls of local produce. It's a real town first and a holiday destination second - fishing boats share the harbour with sailing yachts, and the weekly market still trades in local citrus, olives, and vegetables rather than souvenirs.

Finike's long pebble beach runs the length of the bay, with the often snow-capped peaks of the Beydağları as a backdrop for much of the year. Right alongside it sits Finike Marina, one of Turkey's larger yacht harbours and a regular stop for sailors doing the "Blue Voyage" along the Lycian coast. The marina promenade, lined with cafés and fish restaurants, is where the town actually gathers in the evening - locals and visiting sailors together, watching the sunset over the bay. The town centre itself is compact and walkable, but almost everything worth seeing beyond it - the ruins, the coves, the boat trips - needs a short taxi ride, which is where we come in.

Few coastal towns in Turkey put you this close to genuinely spectacular ancient sites. Limyra, with its cliffside Lycian rock tombs and Roman theatre, is barely 15 minutes away by taxi. Head inland on the Elmalı road and you reach Arykanda, terraced dramatically up a mountainside near the village of Arif - one of Lycia's most scenic ruins, with baths, a stadium, and a theatre built into the slope; allow around 40 minutes by taxi. West of Finike, the town of Demre holds ancient Myra, famous for its rock-cut tombs and for the Church of St Nicholas - yes, the historical figure behind Santa Claus - plus the harbour site of Andriake and its Museum of Lycian Civilisations; that's about 35-40 minutes away. North through Kumluca, the quiet cove village of Adrasan makes a good half-day escape, and southeast toward Üçağız we regularly run guests out for the boat trips over the sunken city of Kekova, roughly an hour's drive.

We've been dropping guests at pretty much every hotel in Finike for years. Finike Marina Hotel sits right on the water for guests who want the marina view; Amelas Hotel and Sedir Hotel are popular with families who want to be close to the beach; Tui Fun&Sun Club Di Finica covers the all-inclusive crowd; and for guests on a simpler budget we regularly transfer to Çetin Apart Hotel, Hotel Şimşek, Finike 2000, Baba Motel, Baykal Pansiyon, and Hotel Anadolu Apart. Wherever you're staying, we track your flight and take you straight there.

Antalya Airport is the only realistic gateway to Finike - there's no train link, and the nearest alternative airport, Dalaman, is even further away. The drive covers around 89 km, mostly along the coast road through Kemer and Kumluca, which is more mountainous and scenic than the flat run to the nearer resorts, so budget a bit more time than the distance alone suggests. We track your flight, meet you at arrivals with a name board, and charge one fixed price - a fixed fare confirmed at booking - for the whole car, with no per-person add-ons and no surprise waiting fees if your flight is delayed.

Late landings are routine for us - Finike hotels see plenty of guests arriving well after midnight, and we run those transfers just as reliably as the daytime ones. The mountain road is quieter after dark, so journey time doesn't usually change much. Your car is private, not a shared shuttle, so you're never waiting on other passengers' flights. Because Finike is small and quiet, street taxis can be hard to find late at night, so it's worth booking your return transfer in advance too - same fixed price, straight from your hotel to the terminal. Booking is simple over WhatsApp - just send us your flight number and hotel name and we'll plan the rest.