Konyaalti Beach
A Long Pebble Beach With Blue Water And The Taurus Mountains Behind It, A Promenade Of Cafes, A Glass Bottomed Boat, A Cable Car (Tunektepe), Parks And A Long Sunset Stretch. The Main City Beach Of Antalya, Busy In Summer · Konyaalti, Antalya
Konyaalti Beach is the long, famous pebble beach of Antalya, running for roughly 7 km (confirm) along the western side of the gulf, with the grey wall of the Taurus Mountains rising straight behind it. The water is deep blue and clear, the stones are smooth and grey, and a wide promenade follows the whole length with cafes, playgrounds, cycle paths and ice-cream stands. Free public sections sit beside beach clubs that rent sunbeds, showers and cabins, and the Antalya Museum, an aquarium and a themed sand park lie close to the eastern end (confirm). The Tunektepe cable car climbs a nearby mountain for views over the gulf, and sunset behind the mountains is the best of the day. The beach is the main swimming place of the city, busy in July and August, lively at weekends, and calm and breezy out of season. Plan three hours for a swim and a walk, or a full day for the cable car and the promenade.
Konyaalti Beach, a long pebble beach on the Bay of Antalya west of the city centre, backed by a promenade and the Taurus Mountains; coordinates approximate, Konyaalti, Antalya, Turkiye
The public beach and the promenade are open at all hours, and lifeguards usually work from about 08:00 to 19:00 from around May to October (confirm). Beach clubs and cafes open from about 08:00 and many stay open until midnight in summer, with fewer hours in spring and autumn and many clubs shut in winter. The Tunektepe cable car commonly runs daily from about 09:00 to 18:00 or later in summer, with maintenance or wind closures that can stop it for days (confirm). Swimming is possible all year, though winter water is cold and flags often forbid it.