Lara vs Belek: Where to Stay in Antalya?
Two Antalya coasts compared by a tour operator who has watched both grow — history, hotels, golf, transfers, beaches and who each one really suits
If someone had told me twenty-five years ago that Lara would become one of Turkey’s biggest five-star resort destinations, I would have struggled to believe it. Back then, the Lara coastline was practically empty. The first hotel here, Titanic Beach Lara, opened in 2003. Today, there are around thirty-five five-star hotels lined along the same stretch of beach. Belek, the other Antalya all-inclusive coast that UK travellers consider, is around a decade older — and built around a completely different idea of what a Turkish holiday should be.
This is the comparison guide I’ve been making informally for guests over the phone for years. Lara and Belek are often spoken about as if they offer the same holiday. They don’t. Once you understand what each coast was built for, the choice between them stops being about price or star rating and becomes about what kind of week you actually want. On the same budget, I would send one family to Lara without hesitation, and another family to Belek — because the holiday rhythm is completely different.
How I know Antalya — twenty-five years on this coast
I’m Raşit, GoToBeach’s Türkiye Product & Contract Manager. I’ve been working with Antalya hotels for about twenty-five years — through their first openings, their renovations, their ownership changes and their slow evolution into the destination Antalya is today.
I’ve contracted rooms with most of the properties mentioned in this article, handled customer queries across both coasts, and watched the Lara and Belek markets shape themselves into the two distinct products they are now. The editorial line in this guide — pros, cons, who each coast suits — is entirely mine.
Quick answer — Lara or Belek?
Choose Lara (or the Lara-Kundu strip) if you want the shortest transfer from Antalya Airport, beachfront all-inclusive hotels, easier access to Antalya city, shopping centres, themed-hotel personality and a practical family beach holiday.
Choose Belek if you want a more premium resort atmosphere, golf, larger hotel grounds, calmer pine-forest surroundings, stronger luxury all-inclusive hotels and a holiday where the resort itself is the main experience.
The History of Lara Beach Resort Area
Lara as a tourism destination is younger than most UK guests realise. Until the early 2000s, the stretch of coastline east of Antalya city, where forty-plus large hotels now sit, was effectively empty. The whole resort came together in roughly two decades.
The first hotel was Titanic Beach Lara, which opened in 2003 and is still operating today. Then came Larespark (now operating as Delphin Be Grand after a brand change), followed by Miracle Resort. Within about two to three years, the rest of the original Lara line had also opened — Royal Wings, Fame Residence Lara, Limak Lara, Delphin Palace — and Lara had stopped being an idea and started being a destination.
I genuinely cannot remember the precise opening order for the hotels that followed, because they came in such fast succession. But the result of that wave of investment is the Lara I now work with every day: around thirty-five five-star hotels lined along the beach, mostly built to a consistent “large themed all-inclusive resort” pattern, with the Mediterranean in front and the main coastal road behind.
Lara vs Kundu — one strip, two names
Strictly speaking, the Kundu River divides the coast: up to the river is Lara, beyond the river is Kundu. In practice, most UK travellers (and most of us in the industry) refer to the whole stretch as Lara-Kundu, because the holiday character is broadly the same.
Where Kundu is genuinely distinct is in its themed-hotel personality. This is the section of coast that gave Antalya its most photographed properties:
- WOW Topkapi Palace (now operating as Swandor Topkapi Palace following a brand change) — a property modelled on Istanbul’s Topkapı complex.
- WOW Kremlin Palace (still operating as Kremlin Palace) — the Moscow-themed resort that became one of Antalya’s most recognisable buildings.
- Venezia Palace — now Ducale Resort after a change of ownership and rebranding.
- Mardan Palace — when it opened, this was the most ostentatious hotel project Turkey had seen. It made international headlines, and remains the property most often referenced when people talk about “big-scale luxury” on the Kundu strip.
If you want themed, photogenic, statement-architecture hotels — the kind that turn up on Instagram before they turn up in brochures — Kundu is where you find them.
Belek: Turkey’s Luxury Golf Holiday Capital
Belek’s tourism history is older than Lara’s by around a decade. The first major Belek hotels opened in the early 1990s — properties like Sirene Beach and Tat Beach Resort, which at the time were among the largest and most luxurious hotels operating anywhere on the Turkish Mediterranean. They set the standard for what “big Turkish beach resort” would look like for the next thirty years.
The decisive transformation came with golf. From the mid-1990s onwards, a string of championship golf courses opened across Belek — turning the area into Turkey’s undisputed golf capital. The infrastructure that grew up around those courses (golf-friendly hotels, on-property practice facilities, shuttle systems, group-booking expertise) is something Lara doesn’t have and isn’t trying to build.
Today Belek holds Turkey’s most expensive and luxurious hotels. The luxury ceiling on this coast has risen steadily through a clear progression:
- Gloria Hotels set the original premium bar — first Gloria Golf Resort, then Gloria Serenity as the more refined evolution of the brand.
- Regnum Carya and Maxx Royal pushed the ultra-luxury ceiling higher again, particularly on suite and villa categories.
- Cullinan Belek represents the most recent generation — modern design language integrated with the Belek golf-and-beach formula. We’ve written a separate comparison of Cullinan Belek against Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek if you want the detail.
The point is that Belek isn’t a single product. It’s a layered luxury market that has been refining itself for thirty years, and the top end of it competes with the best resorts anywhere in the Mediterranean.
Raşit’s view
Lara is easier to sell because the convenience is obvious. Belek is easier to recommend when the guest wants a better overall resort experience. Lara gives you Antalya quickly. Belek gives you the full resort holiday.
Lara vs Belek at a glance
| Question | Lara (and Kundu) | Belek |
|---|---|---|
| First major openings | 2003 (Titanic Beach Lara) and onwards | Early 1990s (Sirene Beach, Tat Beach Resort) |
| Total five-star count | Around 35 five-star hotels along the Lara strip | Higher concentration of top-end luxury properties across Belek |
| Distance from Antalya Airport (AYT) | ~10 miles · ~15–25 minutes by transfer | ~25 miles · ~30–45 minutes by transfer |
| Distance to Antalya old town (Kaleiçi) | ~7 miles | ~25 miles |
| Beach style | Long beach strip, hotels mostly directly on or very close to Lara Beach | Hotel beach areas often feel more spacious and resort-led, with private cabanas and beach clubs |
| Hotel style | Large themed all-inclusive hotels along one main resort strip | Larger resort estates, landscaped gardens, luxury properties and golf-linked hotels |
| Families | Very strong, especially for younger children and short-transfer convenience | Very strong for premium family resorts with larger grounds and bigger kids’ clubs |
| Couples | Good if they want easy hotels, city access and a livelier area | Usually stronger for luxury, spa, golf, calm and premium resort atmosphere |
| Golf | Not the main reason to stay here | The clear winner — Turkey’s primary golf resort area with around 15+ championship courses |
| Shopping and city access | Stronger — Antalya city and shopping centres are easier to reach | Weaker — more resort-based and further from Antalya city |
The numbers above are the practical ones I quote on calls every week. The transfer time on its own already changes a holiday for families travelling with younger children — an hour saved at the front and back of a one-week trip is not a trivial thing.
Quick verdict — who wins on what?
If you only want the headline answer in one screen, here is the category-by-category verdict. The detail behind each call is explained in the sections that follow.
| Category | Better choice |
|---|---|
| Shortest airport transfer | Lara |
| Antalya city access (shopping, old town) | Lara |
| Themed-hotel character | Lara (Kundu strip) |
| First-time, easy Turkey holiday | Lara |
| Families with babies and toddlers | Lara |
| Value-conscious five-star | Lara |
| Short stays (3–5 nights) | Lara |
| Golf holidays | Belek |
| Top-tier luxury resorts | Belek |
| Premium family resorts (larger grounds, premium kids’ clubs) | Belek |
| Honeymoons and milestone trips | Belek |
| Spa, wellness and calm | Belek |
| Villa, lake-house and swim-up suite concepts | Belek |
| Land of Legends day-trip access | Belek |
What Lara actually feels like as a holiday
Lara is one of the easiest resort areas in Turkey for UK travellers to understand. The airport is close. The hotel choice is broad. Antalya city is within reach. Shopping centres, local taxis, excursions, waterfalls (Düden and Kurşunlu are both day-trip distance) and the old town are easier to access than from many other beach areas.
The main Lara & Kundu hotel zone is built around large all-inclusive resorts. Many have strong themes, large pool areas, aqua parks, evening entertainment programmes, family rooms and big buffet operations. For a one-week family holiday where the guest wants sun, beach, food, slides and a simple transfer, Lara is very hard to criticise.
In practice, hotels such as Lara Barut Collection, Titanic Deluxe Lara, Delphin Imperial and Concorde De Luxe show the area’s current character — large beachfront five-stars with strong family facilities, themed entertainment programmes and short airport transfers. The Kundu themed properties (Swandor Topkapi Palace, Kremlin Palace, Ducale Resort, Mardan Palace) sit at the more photographed, statement-architecture end of the same strip.
Lara in one sentence
Lara is the best Antalya choice when you want an easy, airport-friendly, beachfront all-inclusive holiday with Antalya city close enough to visit.
What Belek actually feels like as a holiday
Belek feels more like a purpose-built resort destination. The hotels are usually more spread out, the grounds are often larger, and the whole holiday feels more self-contained. This is where the strongest luxury all-inclusive hotels in Turkey are, especially for guests who care about gardens, beach clubs, golf, premium room categories, spa facilities and high service standards.
The pine forests behind the beach line are part of what makes Belek feel different — you get the Mediterranean in front, mature pine forest behind, and a calmer overall atmosphere than the Lara strip. Belek is not the place I would choose if the main goal is to walk out every night to different bars or be close to Antalya city. Belek is for guests who want the hotel to do the work.
Today’s premium Belek line includes Cullinan Belek, Regnum Carya, Maxx Royal Belek, Gloria Serenity, Cornelia Diamond, Voyage Belek and Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek — the properties that define the area’s premium resort identity. This isn’t coincidence. Belek hotels are usually built on substantially larger estates than their Lara counterparts, which gives them room to develop concepts that don’t really exist on the Lara strip:
- Villa and lake-house categories with private gardens, plunge pools and direct lawn-to-water access — product types that Lara’s tighter beachfront layout simply can’t accommodate at scale.
- Swim-up suite concepts on a more ambitious scale — entire blocks of rooms with shared lagoon pools at room level, often with dedicated adults-only zones.
- Multi-restaurant à la carte programmes with looser inclusion rules — many Belek five-stars include unlimited à la carte across multiple themed venues, while Lara hotels more commonly cap à la carte at two or three visits per week.
- Spa and wellness operations built to destination-spa standards rather than hotel-spa standards — some Belek properties operate spa areas of several thousand square feet with multiple treatment programmes running in parallel.
- The Land of Legends connection — Belek sits a short drive from one of Europe’s largest theme-park complexes, which strengthens the family proposition significantly. Day-trip access from a Belek hotel is straightforward; from Lara, it’s a longer round-trip.
- Golf integration at the estate level — properties like Cullinan Belek, Regnum Carya, Maxx Royal and the Gloria estate sit literally on or beside their golf courses. That changes the rhythm of a golf-week in a way a Lara base cannot replicate.
The result is that “five-star” in Belek often means something genuinely different from “five-star” in Lara — even at superficially similar nightly rates. It’s why I push guests to compare specific hotels rather than star ratings, and why the right Belek property at the right week can deliver a noticeably better holiday than a same-budget Lara booking for the same family.
Belek in one sentence
Belek is the better choice when you want a resort-led Turkey holiday with stronger luxury hotels, golf, larger grounds and a calmer premium atmosphere.
Beaches: Lara Beach or Belek beach?
Both coasts have excellent beaches, but they read differently.
Lara Beach is long, famous and convenient. Many hotels sit directly by the beach or very close to it, and the beach-hotel relationship is simple: hotel, pool, beach, main road behind. It is easy to understand and works well for families with younger children.
Belek’s beaches often feel more connected to the individual hotels. The best Belek properties create a stronger private-resort beach feeling, with more space per guest, beach bars, pier areas, cabanas and landscaped routes from room to sea. Some Belek hotels have Blue Flag certified beaches, which adds an extra layer of water-quality assurance.
Hotels and all-inclusive quality
Both Lara and Belek have excellent all-inclusive hotels — but the character is different.
Lara hotels often focus on convenience, scale, entertainment, family facilities and easy beach access. The Lara model is “everything you need for a one-week beach holiday, packed into one resort, with the airport down the road.” The themed Kundu hotels (Swandor Topkapi Palace, Kremlin Palace, Ducale Resort, Mardan Palace) sit at the more photographed end of this category.
Belek hotels usually compete more heavily on resort quality: bigger grounds, better landscaping, stronger villa or suite categories, golf access, more premium restaurants, higher-end spa facilities and a more polished five-star atmosphere. The Gloria, Regnum Carya, Maxx Royal and Cullinan Belek tier of properties is where Turkey’s luxury ceiling really sits.
Raşit’s hotel advice
Don’t compare only the star rating. A five-star in Lara and a five-star in Belek may deliver very different holidays. Look at land size, room category, beach setup, à la carte rules, kids’ facilities, pool heating, pier access and what is actually included in the package. We will quote both areas for the same dates if you want a proper like-for-like comparison.
Golf: Belek wins clearly
If golf is important to the holiday, choose Belek. Lara is not a golf destination in the same way. Belek has the courses (around 15+ championship courses across the area), the golf-friendly hotels, the group infrastructure, and the resort culture that has built up around golf travel over the last thirty years. The biggest golf-anchored hotels — Cullinan Belek, Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek, Regnum Carya, Maxx Royal, the Gloria estate — all sit within ten minutes’ drive of multiple major courses.
For mixed groups where some travellers golf and others want beach, Belek handles this combination naturally. The Lara hotels can arrange tee-time transfers to Belek courses, but you lose travel time both ways — not what most golfers want.
Lara vs Belek for Families: Which Wins?
For families, both areas are strong — but for different reasons.
Lara is excellent for families who want the easiest possible Antalya holiday. The airport is close. Aqua parks and children’s facilities are common across the strip. Antalya city, shopping and excursions are easier to fit into the week. For families with younger children who don’t want a 45-minute transfer at either end of the trip, Lara is the more practical choice.
Belek is excellent for families who want a more premium resort week. Larger hotel grounds mean more space, better kids’ clubs, stronger sports facilities, bigger pools and a more relaxed atmosphere. For families travelling with teenagers, or multi-generation groups where everyone needs different things, the bigger Belek properties handle the mix better.
- Families with babies and toddlers: Lara is usually easier because of the shorter transfer.
- Families wanting luxury and space: Belek is usually stronger.
- Families wanting shopping and city day-trips: Lara is better.
- Families wanting golf, premium sports and high-end kids’ clubs: Belek is the answer.
- Multi-generation family bookings: Belek for the space; Lara for the simplicity.
Couples: Lara or Belek?
Lara can work very well if the couple wants a short transfer, beach, shopping, Antalya old town access and a livelier resort strip. Belek is usually better for couples who want a higher-end resort experience: spa, golf, beach pavilions, fine dining, premium rooms and quieter gardens.
For honeymoons and special-occasion travel, I usually recommend Belek — the suite and villa categories at the top Belek hotels are genuinely special, and the calmer atmosphere suits an anniversary or milestone trip. For couples on a shorter break (three to four nights) who want to combine beach with Antalya old town and bazaar, Lara wins on logistics.
Shopping, city access and evenings
Lara is better for guests who want Antalya within easier reach. The TerraCity and MarkAntalya shopping malls are short taxi rides. Antalya old town (Kaleiçi) is around 7 miles — close enough for an evening dinner or a half-day walk through the historic quarter.
Belek is more self-contained. In Belek, the evening is usually inside the hotel: dinner, show, bar, live music, beach party or a quiet terrace with the sound of the sea behind you. If you want an evening at a rooftop bar in town, Belek isn’t the right base.
Useful booking notes — honest caveats
- Lara’s short transfer is real but not magic. Even Lara hotels can take 25–30 minutes from the airport in heavy traffic at peak summer arrivals. Don’t assume the 15-minute figure is universal — it depends on the hotel and the time of day.
- Belek’s “remoteness” is overstated. Most Belek hotels are 30–45 minutes from the airport, not two hours. The shuttle and private-transfer infrastructure is excellent, and the trade-off for the longer transfer is the calmer setting.
- À la carte restaurant access varies wildly. Some hotels include unlimited à la carte; others limit you to two or three per week. Always confirm in writing before booking.
- Themed Kundu hotels are large. Properties like Mardan Palace, Kremlin Palace and the former Topkapi properties are big-scale operations — great if you like the energy, less ideal if you prefer intimate.
- Pet policies differ by hotel. Most large Turkish all-inclusives don’t accept pets — confirm at booking if this matters.
- Pool heating matters in October and November. If you’re travelling in shoulder season, confirm which pools are heated and from what date.
Strong fit for — Lara
- First-time Antalya guests who want an easy, low-risk beach holiday.
- Families with babies, toddlers and very young children who benefit most from the shortest possible airport transfer.
- UK guests who want Antalya city access — old town, shopping, waterfalls, restaurants.
- Short-stay travellers (three to five nights) who don’t want to spend extra time on transfers.
- Themed-hotel seekers — if you want statement architecture and Instagram-friendly resorts, Kundu is where they are.
- Value-conscious all-inclusive buyers — Lara generally prices below the Belek luxury tier for comparable five-star product.
Strong fit for — Belek
- Luxury all-inclusive travellers who want a stronger resort experience and Turkey’s highest service ceiling.
- Golfers — this is the only sensible Turkish coast for a golf-led holiday.
- Mixed golf-and-beach groups where one half plays and the other wants the pool.
- Families wanting larger grounds, premium kids’ clubs and more genuine resort space.
- Honeymoons and special-occasion travel — the top suite and villa categories sit here.
- Couples wanting spa, calm and high service levels over nightlife and city access.
Less suitable for — honestly
Lara is the wrong choice for:
- Guests who want a quiet, calm, low-density resort setting — the Lara strip is busy by design.
- Golfers who want courses on the doorstep — Belek is forty minutes away by car.
- Travellers seeking Turkey’s top luxury ceiling — the Belek top tier sits above the Lara top tier.
Belek is the wrong choice for:
- Guests who want Antalya city access in the evening — the 25-mile transfer kills spontaneous trips into town.
- Short-stay travellers who don’t want to lose two hours of holiday to transfer time.
- Families with very young children who need the shortest possible airport transfer.
- Guests on tighter budgets — the Belek five-star average sits above Lara’s.
How I would book it — practical advice
- Decide the holiday type first, then the area. If your week is built around golf, Belek. If your week is built around Antalya city and easy beach, Lara. Don’t pick an area and then try to fit the holiday into it.
- Quote both areas in parallel if you’re unsure. We will quote a comparable five-star in Lara and Belek for the same dates so you can compare like-for-like, including transfer times and what’s included.
- For families with young children, prioritise transfer over hotel name. A slightly less famous Lara hotel with a 20-minute transfer often delivers a better one-week holiday than a more famous Belek hotel with a 45-minute transfer, when toddlers are involved.
- For luxury travellers, prioritise hotel over area. If you have a specific top-tier hotel in mind (Cullinan Belek, Maxx Royal, Regnum Carya, Gloria Serenity), the area chooses itself.
- Confirm room category carefully. Standard rooms in both areas can be a long way from suite product. For couples on occasion trips, the upgrade is usually worth it.
- Book early for summer school holidays. Lara and Belek both sell out their best room categories well before July and August. The earlier we lock the room category, the better.
My honest verdict
Lara for easy Antalya sunshine. Belek for resort-led luxury.
Lara is not worse than Belek. Belek is not automatically better than Lara. They serve different guests and different holiday styles. Lara wins on convenience. Belek wins on resort depth.
If the guest says, “I want easy, close, practical, family-friendly and good value,” I start with Lara. If the guest says, “I want the best resort experience, more space, better luxury and maybe golf,” I start with Belek. Both answers are right — for the right guest.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lara or Belek better for an Antalya holiday?
Neither is automatically better — they serve different holiday styles. Lara is better for short transfers, Antalya city access, themed all-inclusive hotels and practical family beach holidays. Belek is better for luxury resorts, golf, larger hotel grounds, calmer pine-forest surroundings and premium all-inclusive holidays. Tell our Turkey team what kind of week you want and we’ll match the right area to the right hotel.
1. Which is better for a first-time Turkey holiday?
For first-time visitors to Turkey, Lara is usually the easier introduction. The short airport transfer (around 15–25 minutes), the broad choice of large themed all-inclusive resorts, the easy day-trip access into Antalya city and the lighter overall logistics make it the lower-risk option. Belek is a stronger choice for second-time visitors who already know the country and want a more resort-led, premium or golf-led experience.
2. How far is Lara from Antalya Airport (AYT)?
Around 10 miles, with most Lara hotels reachable in 15 to 25 minutes by road transfer depending on traffic and the hotel’s exact position on the strip. This is the shortest airport transfer of any major Turkish resort area, which is one of Lara’s biggest practical advantages.
3. How far is Belek from Antalya Airport?
Around 25 miles, with most Belek hotels reachable in 30 to 45 minutes by road transfer. The transfer infrastructure is excellent — private transfers are standard with package bookings — but it’s a real fifteen to twenty minutes longer than Lara at each end of the trip.
4. When was Lara built as a tourism destination?
Lara is a relatively young resort. The first major hotel, Titanic Beach Lara, opened in 2003. Larespark (now Delphin Be Grand), Miracle Resort, Royal Wings, Fame Residence Lara, Limak Lara and Delphin Palace all followed within the next two to three years. Today there are around thirty-five five-star hotels along the Lara coastline.
5. When was Belek built?
Belek’s tourism history goes back to the early 1990s — about a decade older than Lara. The pioneer hotels included Sirene Beach and Tat Beach Resort, which at the time were among the largest and most luxurious operating anywhere on the Turkish Mediterranean. The luxury market has grown steadily through Gloria Hotels (and the later Gloria Serenity), Regnum Carya, Maxx Royal and most recently Cullinan Belek.
6. Which is better for families, Lara or Belek?
Both are excellent for families — the right choice depends on the children’s ages and what the family wants from the week. Lara is often easier for families with babies and toddlers because of the shorter airport transfer. Belek is usually better for families wanting larger hotel grounds, premium kids’ clubs, more space and a more complete resort-based holiday.
7. Which is better for couples?
Belek is usually stronger for couples who want spa, golf, luxury, calm and a premium resort atmosphere — particularly for honeymoons, anniversaries and milestone trips. Lara can be better for couples who want a short transfer, shopping, Antalya city access, a livelier resort strip and themed-hotel character.
8. Which is better for golf?
Belek is the clear winner for golf. It’s Turkey’s primary golf resort area, with around 15+ championship courses, multiple golf-friendly hotels, group-booking infrastructure and a long-established resort culture around golf travel. Lara is not built around golf in the same way — if golf is important to your trip, choose Belek without hesitation.
9. Is Lara cheaper than Belek?
Generally yes, for like-for-like five-star product. Belek’s top luxury tier (Cullinan Belek, Regnum Carya, Maxx Royal, Gloria Serenity) sits above Lara’s top tier on average nightly rate, particularly during peak summer weeks. That said, there is significant overlap in the mid-five-star range — some Lara hotels price above some Belek hotels depending on dates, room category and board basis. The honest answer is: don’t assume Lara is automatically cheaper. Ask us to quote both areas for your exact dates and we’ll show you the real numbers.
10. What is the difference between Lara and Kundu?
Geographically, the Kundu River divides the coast: up to the river is Lara, beyond the river is Kundu. In practice, most UK travellers (and most of the industry) refer to the whole stretch as Lara-Kundu because the holiday character is broadly similar. Kundu is where the most famous themed hotels sit — Swandor Topkapi Palace (formerly WOW Topkapi), Kremlin Palace, Ducale Resort (formerly Venezia Palace) and Mardan Palace.
11. Can you visit Antalya city from Belek?
Yes, but it’s a 25-mile trip each way and most guests don’t do it more than once or twice during a one-week stay. Antalya old town (Kaleiçi), the harbour, the major shopping centres and the city restaurants are all reachable from Belek by taxi (around 35–45 minutes one-way) or hotel-arranged transfer. The trade-off is clear: from Lara, Antalya is a casual evening trip; from Belek, it’s a planned day out. If city access is important to your holiday, Lara is the more logical base.
12. Can I split a holiday between Lara and Belek?
Yes, and we sometimes arrange this for groups who want both experiences in one trip. Three or four nights in a Lara hotel for the city-and-beach element, followed by three or four nights in a Belek hotel for the luxury or golf element, works well over a ten-to-fourteen-day stay. The transfer between the two coasts takes around 45 minutes by road.
13. Can I book Lara and Belek hotels with flights and transfers from the UK?
Yes — both areas are available through GoToBeach as ATOL-protected flight-inclusive package holidays under licence 11211 (Caria Holidays Ltd). Packages include flights to Antalya Airport, accommodation and private resort transfers. Cabin baggage is usually included with most fares but allowance varies by airline; hold luggage typically carries an additional charge. For groups (golf parties, multi-generation families, mixed-area itineraries) we coordinate flight bookings on the same itinerary where possible.
14. What is the deposit and payment structure for an Antalya booking?
The standard GoToBeach booking structure applies: a £30 per person deposit plus the cost of your flights at the time of booking (flights are dynamically priced and seats are secured immediately at booking). The remaining balance — covering the hotel stay, transfers and any extras — is split into instalments leading up to your departure date. The exact schedule is set out on the booking confirmation.
Still choosing between Lara and Belek?
Not every five-star in Lara or Belek delivers the same holiday. Tell us your family size, flight time, preferred room type and whether you care more about transfer, beach, golf or luxury — and we’ll tell you honestly whether Lara or Belek is the better fit for your trip. ATOL-protected flight-inclusive packages under licence 11211, Caria Holidays Ltd.
Call +44 208 211 00 01 Email info@gotobeach.co.ukGoToBeach is a Mediterranean and North African holiday specialist focused on five destinations we know personally: Turkey, Greece, Malta, Morocco and Egypt. ATOL-protected flight-inclusive packages under licence 11211, Caria Holidays Ltd. Trading address: 12 Savoy Parade, Southbury Rd, Enfield EN1 1RT. Hotel facilities, room categories, brand names, transfer times, golf arrangements and TripAdvisor positions are subject to change — please confirm at the time of booking. This article was written by Raşit, Türkiye Product & Contract Manager at GoToBeach, based on twenty-five years of direct contracting experience across the Lara and Belek markets.