Cappadocia Tour Pickup Times from Side, Alanya and the Antalya Coast

Side belt: the operator's named times

These are the operator's times for the Side belt. Each one is approximate: traffic and the order of hotels on the night can shift it a little, and the exact minute for your hotel is confirmed after booking. Be outside your hotel's main entrance a few minutes early; the coach cannot wait long at each stop.

Your confirmation repeats the time for your hotel. If the operator changes it, we message you.

Other areas around Side

The coach also serves Çolaklı, Sorgun and Kızılot. The operator has not given us a time for these three, so we do not print one; after you book, we send the exact pickup time for your hotel. Kızılağaç has its own time, about 05:00, as the last stop of the Alanya-belt run in the table below.

Staying in Manavgat town? Type your hotel's name on the booking form and we confirm the pickup point and time with you. More on the Side page.

Alanya belt: area by area, from 02:45

The coach starts at the eastern end of Alanya and works west, hotel by hotel. These are the operator's times for each area, in the order the coach drives them.

For Kargıcak and Tosmur the operator has not given us an area time, so the minute reaches you after booking. More on the Alanya page.

Every time here is approximate: traffic and the order of hotels can move it a few minutes either way. The exact minute for your hotel is confirmed after booking, and your confirmation repeats it.

Antalya, Belek and Kemer: booked directly, time after booking

Hotels in these areas are on the pickup run. You book them on the form like any other hotel, and the transfer is in the fare.

We do not print a clock time for them. The arrangements are much the same from one area to the next, but your hotel and your booking decide the precise minute, so it is confirmed to you after booking and repeated in your confirmation. Expect a night start here too.

• Antalya city — the centre, Kaleiçi, Muratpaşa.
• Konyaaltı, west of the centre.
• Lara and Kundu, east of the centre.
• Belek — including Kadriye, Boğazkent and İleribaşı.
• Kemer and Beldibi — Tekirova, Çamyuva, Kiriş, Kemer, Göynük, Beldibi.

Kemer guests can read more about Kemer and Beldibi.

Old towns and pedestrian zones: a designated meeting point

Hotel pickup is available throughout our operating Antalya–Alanya coastal resort corridor. In areas with restricted vehicle access, narrow streets or pedestrian-only zones, guests are provided with a convenient designated meeting point. Your exact pickup time and location will be confirmed after booking.

In practice this concerns places such as Kaleiçi, Antalya's old town, and Side Old Town, where the coach cannot drive up to the door. In Kaleiçi the meeting point may be the area in front of Mevlana or another spot the coach can reach easily. We tell you the exact place together with the time once you have booked.

On request: Gazipaşa

Only one area is still outside the regular run, and we do not promise a collection there:

• Gazipaşa, east of Alanya.

What to do: send us your hotel name and your preferred date (Tuesday or Friday) through the contact form. We then check with the operator whether the coach can collect you and when, and reply before you book. If the answer is no, you have lost nothing.

Why the pickup is in the middle of the night

Cappadocia lies deep in central Anatolia, and the road there is long. After the hotel pickups the coach drives about 3 h 15 min, stops for a rest, then drives about 1 h 50 min more to the Underground City — with a breakfast stop at a café before that.

Leaving at night is what makes day 1 work. It gets you underground, through Pigeon Valley, the Uçhisar panorama and Love Valley, and to the Red Valley in time for sunset, and still to the 3- or 4-star hotel around 19:00 for dinner. A later start would cut the valleys short.

Getting ready for a night pickup

Our packing guide goes through the rest.

• Ask your hotel reception the evening before for a breakfast box; café breakfast on the road is not included.
• Pack the night before and set two alarms.
• Wear layers: the coach is air-conditioned and Cappadocia mornings can be cold.
• Keep your phone on; the guide may call if the coach is running early or late.

Coming back

On day 2 the coach leaves Cappadocia after breakfast and the shopping stops, has lunch in Konya, and is back at hotels between 19:00 and 21:00. Drop-off follows the same belts as the pickup. The full route is on the route page.