Flights · SunExpress
Outbound · XQ597
Tuesday 22 September
Nonstop · 4h 25m · SunValue
Return · XQ596
Monday 28 September
Nonstop · 4h 50m · SunValue
| Booking ref | L222KG |
| Baggage | 3 × 20 kg hold
3 × 8 kg cabin |
| Seating | Family Seating, both legs |
| Paid | £836.88 |
Late arrival. Landing 23:20 puts you at the apartment around 00:15–00:30.
Pre-book a transfer with a child seat. Tuesday is travel only.
Stay · Airbnb
Antalya Center Kaleiçi Apartment
Sinan, 1269. Sokak No:28, TAÇ Apt.
Muratpaşa, Antalya 07100, Turkey
Enter from the street opposite the entrance gate of Antalya Lisesi; the house is on the first street on the left. Exact pin follows by WhatsApp.
| Check-in | Tue 22 Sept, 15:00 — strict |
| Checkout | Mon 28 Sept — 10:00 or 10:30, unconfirmed |
| Confirmation | HMTHXS32CJ |
| Host | Onur & Begüm · Superhost |
| Layout | 2 bedrooms (king each), living room, kitchen, bathroom, balcony |
| Entry | Yale Home smart lock |
| Instructions | WhatsApp, 1–2 days before |
| Paid | £540.16 · non-refundable |
Door access code
55563
Enter the code, then press the confirmation button — *, Yes, ✓ or the logo.
It won't unlock without it. Active 22 Sept 15:00 → 28 Sept 10:00.
Yale Home app gives a virtual key as backup.
Checkout conflict. Airbnb and the lock code say 10:00; Begüm's email says
10:30. The code dies at 10:00 either way — step outside after that and you're locked out.
Weather & light · updated 11 September
Milder than the seasonal average. Highs are running 28–29°C rather than the 30–32°C
norm, nights 21–22°C, and humidity is low at 29–36%. Sea is 28.3°C,
easing to about 28.1°C over the next ten days. Pleasant rather than punishing — midday in shade
is fine, though UV hits 5 so hats and cover still apply.
| Day | Forecast | Sunrise | Sunset | Blue hr ends |
| Tue 22 | 29° / 22° mostly sunny | 06:44 | 18:54 | 19:20 |
| Wed 23 | 29° / 22° sunny | 06:45 | 18:52 | 19:18 |
| Thu 24 | 28° / 22° storms late · 57% | 06:46 | 18:51 | 19:17 |
| Fri 25 | 28° / 21° sunny | 06:47 | 18:49 | 19:15 |
| Sat 26 | ~28° — beyond forecast | 06:48 | 18:48 | 19:14 |
| Sun 27 | ~28° — beyond forecast | 06:48 | 18:46 | 19:12 |
| Mon 28 | ~28° — beyond forecast | 06:49 | 18:45 | 19:11 |
Thursday 24th is the one weather day — 57% chance of isolated thunderstorms
late in the day, 3.3 mm. Everything else in range sits at 3–4% rain. The plan below
puts Thursday's activity in the morning and keeps that evening loose. It's a 13-day-out
forecast, so re-check around the 19th.
Golden hour is 17:50–18:50, shrinking by about a minute a day across the week.
Blue hour runs roughly 25 minutes past sunset. Be in position by 17:45, not 18:30.
Sunrise is a civilised 06:45, so dawn shoots don't require a brutal alarm.
The equinox falls on Wed 23rd at 03:05 — day and night are near-equal all week.
Day by day
Tue 22Arrival
Travel only · no plans
Evening
Land 23:20. Pre-booked transfer, 20 min. Door code 55563, remember the confirmation button.
At the apartment around 00:15. Bed.
Wed 23Kaleiçi on foot
No car · everything within 10 minutes' walk · gentle after a late night
Late am
No alarm. Wander out into the old town whenever you surface — Hadrian's Gate is 7 minutes away
and the side lanes stay quiet even mid-morning. Loop down through Kesik Minare to the
harbour steps and the marina.
Afternoon
Back for lunch and a proper nap. If anyone's still going, the
Suna & İnan Kıraç Kaleiçi Museum is five minutes from the door — a restored Ottoman house
and the old Greek Orthodox church of St George. Twenty minutes, shaded, atmospheric.
17:45
Golden hour. Hıdırlık Tower, then along the cliff into
Karaalioğlu Park — it faces west across the bay to the Beydağları and this is the
defining Antalya shot. Sunset 18:52, blue hour to 19:18.
Eat: walk 5–10 min north-east to Işıklar Caddesi rather than the harbour.
Look for piyaz — the Antalya white-bean salad with tahini — and şiş köfte.
Thu 24Perge & Aspendos
Car day 1 · storms possible late — activity front-loaded
08:00
Car delivered to the apartment. Drive to Perge, 30 min east, for opening.
Prioritise this one: a colonnaded street half a kilometre long with mountains
closing the far end, a stadium and baths — and crucially it's flat and open, so it genuinely
works with a stroller where most Turkish ruins don't. Near-empty at that hour.
10:30
Aspendos, 25 min further east — the best-preserved Roman theatre anywhere.
You walk in and it's simply intact. An hour is plenty.
13:00
Back for lunch and a long nap.
17:30
Lower Düden Waterfall at Lara, 15 min east, where the river drops off a cliff straight into
the Mediterranean. Late light hits the falls head-on. Flat paths, viewing platforms.
Watch the sky — if storms are building, skip it and keep the evening indoors; the falls
keep until Sunday.
Eat: take water and snacks for the ruins — shade is thin at Perge.
Park the car overnight on the street at the apartment.
Fri 25Phaselis
Car day 2 · sunny · the best day for Jordan
08:30
Drive an hour south-west to Phaselis. Roman ruins scattered through umbrella pines around
three small bays, and you can swim straight off the ancient harbour. Ruins and a beach in one stop,
shade throughout, shallow water at 28°C.
Photographically it's pine shadows on marble, the aqueduct, and Mount Olympos
behind. Take a picnic — on-site food is limited.
14:30
Back mid-afternoon. Nap.
17:30
Tünektepe cable car on the ridge west of the city — full panorama of the bay and the
mountains at sunset (18:49). It's on the right side of town coming back from Phaselis,
so it costs you nothing in driving.
Eat: late dinner back in Kaleiçi. Car goes back Saturday morning —
check the return time when you book.
Sat 26Dawn, then the beach
No car · tram or short taxi to Konyaaltı
06:45
The dawn walk. By now you're adjusted and this is the morning for it —
Kaleiçi's lanes shuttered and empty, light bouncing off the white walls, cats, nobody.
Sunrise 06:48; give it 90 minutes, then breakfast.
Late am
Konyaaltı beach, 15 min by tram or taxi. Clean pebbles, the Beydağları rising straight out
of the water behind, sea at 28°C.
17:45
Harbour and marina at golden hour — boats against the cliff face, different light entirely from
Wednesday's park view. Sunset 18:48.
Eat: Saturday evening the old town is busy in a good way.
If you want the scenic-but-touristy option, the harbour restaurants come into their own after dark.
Sun 27Balbey & the last evening
No car · the quietest photography of the week
Morning
Balbey quarter, immediately north-east of the old town — half-abandoned Ottoman houses,
washing lines, real street life and almost no visitors. The best street
photography in Antalya and most people never walk into it. Carry on into the
Şarampol / Kazım Özalp pedestrian streets for market life.
Afternoon
Nap, then pack. If Thursday's waterfall got rained off, this is the slot — taxi to
Lower Düden and back, about 15 minutes each way.
17:45
Last sunset at Karaalioğlu Park (18:46), then a proper final dinner.
Eat: Antalya specialities worth hunting down — hibeş (tahini and cumin dip),
tandır, and a serpme kahvaltı spread if you fancy breakfast for dinner.
Mon 28Home
Checkout 10:00 · flight 13:05
Morning
Out by 10:00 — the lock code dies then regardless of what checkout time you agree.
Airport is 20 minutes. Flight 13:05, Birmingham 15:55.
Luggage drop-off is allowed at the property if you want a last hour in the old town.
Deliberately left out. Termessos — spectacular, but a steep 30-minute uphill scramble
and not a toddler proposition. The Antalya Archaeological Museum — closed, demolished and
being rebuilt, due back end of 2026. Side — the classic Temple of Apollo sunset, but 1h15
each way and the most touristed place in the region; a swap for Phaselis only if the mood takes you.
Getting around
7 min walk
Hadrian's Gate & Kaleiçi old town — 500 m, mostly flat
20 min drive
Antalya Airport (AYT) — 13.3 km; 32 min by T1A tram + walk
5–10 min walk
Işıklar Caddesi, Balbey & Şarampol — where the local food is
Book the car Thursday 08:00 → Saturday 08:00 — one two-day rental rather than two separate
days, and you keep it for both evenings' golden hour. £20–35/day; most local firms deliver free.
Free on-street parking at the apartment covers both nights. Book a child seat in advance.
Spend
| Flights — SunExpress, 3 pax, all baggage included | £836.88 |
| Accommodation — 6 nights, Muratpaşa | £540.16 |
Booked to date
£1,377.04
Still to budget: e-visas (~£110) · two-day car hire with child seat (~£60–90) ·
airport transfers (~£50) · fuel, parking, site entries · food & drink.