€43 each, and what sits underneath it
A full-day Antalya city tour with the Düden waterfalls costs €43 per adult with us, and children aged 4 to 9 pay €31. Infants under 4 travel free. That price already contains the Düden entrance fee, a one-hour boat trip from the old harbour area, lunch at a local restaurant, a professional guide and return hotel transfer, so on an ordinary day the only money that leaves your pocket is for drinks and anything you choose to buy.
The Alanya city tour is priced identically for adults at €43, but its child fare is €25 and it applies up to a different age. That single detail is what usually decides which of the two is cheaper for a family, and it is explained below.
What the €43 covers on the Antalya day
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in an air-conditioned vehicle across the Antalya hotel zones — Lara, Kundu, the city centre, Kaleiçi and Konyaaltı
- Entrance to the Düden waterfall park, plus the clifftop viewpoint where the lower fall drops into the sea
- Free time in Kaleiçi, the walled old town, around Hadrian's Gate and the historic harbour
- A one-hour boat trip along the coastline
- Lunch at a local restaurant, with vegetarian and vegan options available
- A professional guide for the whole day
It runs daily and lasts about nine hours door to door.
What the €43 covers on the Alanya day
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Alanya and the nearby areas
- Guided walk on the ramparts of the 13th-century Seljuk castle
- Cable car down the castle hill towards Damlataş
- A one-hour boat trip around the castle peninsula
- Lunch at a riverside restaurant on the Dim River
- Free time at the beach and in the bazaar
It runs about eight hours and departs on set days of the week rather than daily — currently Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays — so check your date on the booking form before you plan around it. One honest caveat straight from our own tour notes: on most departures both the riverside lunch and the cable car ticket sit inside the price, but on certain dates one of them is arranged on the spot instead. Your booking confirmation states exactly what your date includes — read that line before you travel.
The child fare is what really moves your total
The headline adult price is the same on both tours, so families end up comparing age bands rather than tours:
- Antalya: child rate €31 for ages 4 to 9. From age 10 a young traveller pays the full €43.
- Alanya: child rate €25 for ages 4 to 12. Adults from 13.
- Both: infants under 4 go free. On the Antalya tour, if you want your infant to occupy a separate seat, a €5 seat fee applies.
So two adults and a seven-year-old pay €117 in Antalya and €111 in Alanya — near enough identical. Two adults and an eleven-year-old pay €129 in Antalya, because that child is on the adult rate, and €111 in Alanya. With two children in that in-between age range the gap widens to about €36 for the same day out. If your children are 10, 11 or 12, the Alanya tour is materially cheaper; if they are under 10, the two are within a few euros of each other and you should choose on content, not cost.
What you still pay for on the day
Neither price is a full board arrangement, and we would rather you knew that before you were standing at a till.
- Drinks are not included with lunch on either tour
- Damlataş Cave in Alanya has its own entrance fee, payable locally, and is optional
- Meals for infants travelling free are not covered on the Antalya tour, though they can be bought separately
- Souvenirs and personal spending — the Antalya day includes one short stop at a jewellery and souvenir centre. It is browsing only. Nobody expects you to buy anything, and saying no costs nothing.
Budget a modest amount of cash per person for drinks and extras and you have covered the day.
Why you are not asked for a deposit
Reservation is free on both tours. You pay on the day of the tour, and you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before the start. There is no prepayment to chase back if a child wakes up ill or the weather turns, which is the main practical reason people book a city tour direct rather than paying online weeks ahead.
Who should not book a city tour
These are walking days. Kaleiçi is cobbled and uneven, and the Alanya castle involves a real climb on foot along the walls. If someone in your group has limited mobility, contact us before booking so we can tell you honestly whether the day works — sometimes the answer is no. The Alanya day can also be tiring for pregnant guests, older travellers and families with babies.
Two more mismatches worth naming. If you want a proper swimming day, neither tour is it: the boat trips are one-hour scenic runs, not all-day swim cruises. And if you are the kind of traveller who wants two hours alone in a museum, a guided full-day route with a fixed return time will frustrate you.
Which one to book
Choose by where you are staying, because both prices already include transfer from their own region. In an Antalya-area hotel, the Antalya city tour with Düden and Kaleiçi is the natural day out. In Alanya, take the castle, cable car and Dim River day. If you are weighing a city day against everything else on the coast, our guide to which Antalya day trip to choose lines the options up side by side, and the same comparison for Side covers the eastern resorts. You can also browse everything by resort on the Antalya and Alanya pages.