5 day-trip options from Antalya, with real distances, time required, and the best tour operator for each. Pick one for a half-day reset, two for a packed week.
Aspendos is the best-preserved Roman amphitheater in the Mediterranean and still hosts opera in summer. Side adds beach + Apollo Temple ruins by sunset.
Book a Aspendos + Side ruins tour →Roman-Pisidian mountain ruins Alexander couldn't conquer, now overgrown with pine forest. Steep hike to the necropolis. Bring water and good shoes.
Book a Termessos tour →Canyon rafting + Selge Roman ruins. Pick rafting if you have kids; pick hiking + lunch by the river if you don't. Operator pickups daily.
Book a Köprülü Canyon + rafting tour →The white travertine pools and the Roman city above. Best as overnight to catch sunrise on the terraces, but workable as day trip if you start at 6am.
Book a Pamukkale + Hierapolis tour →Roman ruins on a triple-cove beach — the only place in Turkey you can swim while looking at a Roman aqueduct. Family-friendly.
Book a Phaselis ruins + beach tour →If you're doing 2+ day trips, base yourself centrally. See our full Antalya neighborhood guide for which area suits which tour pickup.