By car to Demre and Myra

From ₺1,893 per day you can book a car rental in Antalya for a trip to Demre (Myra), with 65 vehicles on this page across Comfort, Crossover, SUV and Minivan classes. We deliver the car to any address in Antalya and to Antalya Airport (AYT) and Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP), with the delivery address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

Car rental in Antalya for a trip to Demre (Myra) and how far the drive is

Car rental in Antalya for a trip to Demre (Myra) turns a long day on the coast road into a journey you control: our fleet of 65 cars is delivered to your address, and you set the pace south along the D400. The distance is the first thing to plan, because the ruins sit near the far end of the province and the return leg eats daylight.

How far is Demre (Myra) and how long does the drive take

Demre (Myra) sits about 143 kilometres west of the city along the D400, and the drive takes about 1 hour 53 minutes each way without stops. The road runs south past Kemer, then hugs the coast through Finike and the Kumluca plain, so the last hour is slower — single carriageway, farm traffic, occasional lorries. With a stop for coffee and photographs in Kemer and another in Finike, the outbound leg stretches to four hours. In our practice, travellers who leave at seven in the morning reach the Myra rock tombs before the midday heat and still have the Church of St Nicholas to themselves. Coming back, the light is behind you on the same D400, and the stretch after Kemer fills up from about six in the evening; plan to clear it before then, or accept a slower crawl into the city.

Is the D400 easy to drive and what rules apply

• Speed limits: a passenger car (M1) is held to 50 km/h in built-up areas, 90 km/h on two-way intercity roads and 110 km/h on divided roads, with signs on the ground taking priority.
• Alcohol: above 0.50 promille in a private car means a 25,000 TL fine and a six-month licence withdrawal; the threshold for other vehicles is 0.21 promille.
• Phone: holding a mobile or car phone while moving costs 5,000 TL, rising to 10,000 TL for a second offence within a year.
• Seat belts: the driver and every passenger must wear one — 2,500 TL per offence, and a child under 15 without the proper restraint system adds 5,000 TL to the driver.
• Winter tyres: the 15 November to 15 April rule applies to vehicles used for intercity passenger and goods transport, and a private car is not named in that list; whether the rule is applied inside the province is decided by the valilik.

The D400 itself is a straightforward coastal road with no motorway gates, so the driving is about patience rather than technique.

What to sort before you leave

• Fuel: fill up in the city before the run — a full tank at the start keeps the day simple, and prices move.
• Timing: an early start beats a fast car on this route.
• Return point: agree it with a manager when booking, since the return is made to the same delivery point.

The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed — that is also the moment to say whether you want the car brought back to a different place.

Why a rental car beats a coach tour for Demre (Myra)

A coach tour runs to a fixed timetable: one departure, one set of stops, one return. Car rental in Antalya for a trip to Demre (Myra) from Rent-Trip lets you leave the city when you are actually awake, stop at Kemer or Finike for a swim on the way back, and stay at the Myra rock tombs until the light turns gold. We deliver the vehicle to your address, so the day starts at your door rather than at a pick-up point on the other side of town.

Day trip by rental car or organised tour

The difference is not comfort — it is control over the clock. Demre (Myra) sits roughly 140 km south-west of Antalya down the D400, and a coach covers that in one long push with brief photo stops. Driving yourself, you choose whether to break the run at Kemer for coffee, whether to detour to Finike's harbour, or whether to add the Church of St Nicholas before heading home. With 65 cars on this page across four classes, the vehicle matches the group rather than the other way round: a 5-seat Comfort for a couple, a 9-seat minivan for a family. Return time is set in the contract, so plan a late dinner in Kaleiçi around it.

What to see at Myra and how much time to allow

• Lycian rock tombs: the carved facades above the plain are the reason most people come; allow 45–60 minutes on the site, more if you climb the upper path.
• Roman theatre: a large theatre cut into the hillside below the tombs, a short walk from the tomb terraces.
• Church of St Nicholas: in Demre town centre, a separate ticket, and worth 30 minutes for the mosaics and the sarcophagus.
• Andriake and the harbour: the ancient port area south of town, quieter in the afternoon and easy to reach by car.
• Parking in Demre: spaces sit close to the tombs and the church; arrive before midday to take the shaded side.

In our experience the heat decides the schedule. Myra has almost no shade on the tomb terraces, so a 09:00 arrival gives you an hour of usable light and a comfortable walk, while a 13:00 start means standing on hot stone in full sun. Take the church and the theatre in the middle of the day, when the coach groups have moved on, and drive back north in the late afternoon with the sun behind you.

Car rental in Antalya for a trip to Demre (Myra) by seats and fuel

Rent-Trip keeps 65 cars on this page, split into four classes. The drive south to Demre is roughly a full day out and back, so the choice comes down to two things: how many people sit in the car and what it burns on the D400.

Classes and what each suits on this route

Petrol, diesel or hybrid for the drive south

Most of our fleet on this page runs on petrol — 41 cars — with 19 diesels and 5 hybrids, and 60 of the 65 have an automatic gearbox. Diesel is the dearer fuel at the pump right now: 99.3 TL a litre against 78.6 TL for petrol, both Petrol Ofisi figures for 30.10.2026, while LPG sits at 41.4 TL. The southbound run mixes fast divided road with slow stretches through Kemer and Finike, so compare models by seats and gearbox rather than by fuel alone. We hand every car over with a full tank and expect it back full — missing fuel and a refuelling fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.

Named models worth booking for a family or a group

• Kia XCeed: Comfort hatchback, 5 seats, 1.5 L petrol, automatic, 140 hp — the cheapest car on this page and enough for two people with luggage.
• Dacia Duster: SUV, 5 seats, 1.5 L diesel, automatic, 115 hp — the pick when you want a higher seating position and diesel for a long day.
• Toyota Proace Verso: Minivan, 9 seats, 2.0 L diesel, automatic, 150 hp — the roomiest option per lira if the whole group travels together.
• Škoda Octavia: Comfort liftback, 5 seats, 1.5 L petrol, automatic, 150 hp — a five-seat liftback for a family that wants comfort over height.
• Mercedes-Benz V-Class: Minivan, 7 seats, diesel, ₺7,714 a day — the most expensive car on this page, worth it only when seven travel in real comfort.

Five of the 65 cars here have a manual gearbox; the rest are automatic, which matters on the climb out of Demre at the end of a hot day. Book by seat count first and fuel second — swapping a 5-seat crossover for a 9-seat minivan changes the whole trip, while petrol versus diesel only changes the fuel stop.

Delivery of your rental car before the Demre (Myra) trip

We bring the car to you rather than asking you to collect it: Rent-Trip delivers to any address in Antalya, to Antalya Airport (AYT) and to Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP), and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. For a Demre (Myra) day you want the car at your door before it is properly light, so the delivery slot is the first thing worth settling and the last thing worth leaving to the morning itself.

Where we bring the car and how the booking is fixed

Delivery covers Kaleiçi, Lara, Konyaaltı, the Antalya Bus Station area, Belek, Kemer and Side, all inside our Antalya delivery area. If you are staying somewhere outside that list, it is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site — ask the manager when you book rather than assuming. There is no counter to queue at: the vehicle comes to the address you give, by appointment, and the appointment is what the whole hand-over hangs on. Return goes to the same delivery point at the date and time named in the contract. Bringing the car back somewhere else is possible, but an additional fee may apply and it is set out in the rental agreement. In our practice the smooth hand-overs are the ones where the client names a landmark as well as a street — a hotel entrance, a car park gate — because a driver with a car to park needs a place to stop, not just a postcode.

Fuel, cleanliness and the return

• Full tank out: the car comes clean and with a full tank, which matters on a long run with no motorway and a slow coastal road at the end.
• Full tank back: return it full as well — the full-to-full rule is the only fuel option we offer, and no pre-paid tank or full-to-empty arrangement exists on the site.
• Shortfall: if the tank comes back low, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement.
• Timing: the return date and time in the contract are what count, so plan the drive back from Demre with a margin rather than racing a fixed slot.

The night before, check the delivery address on your booking once more and have the paperwork to hand — a five-minute confirmation with the manager saves a phone call from a lay-by outside Kemer at seven in the morning.

Documents and insurance for car rental in Antalya to Demre (Myra)

The paperwork for this run is small: a foreign renter brings a passport with the entry stamp, a home driving licence and, where the licence is not in Latin script, an International Driving Permit. The documents are discussed with the manager when the booking is agreed, as the rental agreement states. Age and driving-experience requirements rise with the class of car, and a credit card in the main driver's name is required for the security hold. Bring the physical documents on the day of the trip — a roadside check on the D400 is not the place to discover one of them is still in a hotel safe.

What a foreign renter needs to bring

• Passport and entry stamp: the six-month clock for driving on a foreign licence runs from the day you entered Turkey, so the stamp date matters more than the visa page.
• Home driving licence: a licence issued outside Turkey is valid for driving here for at most six months from the date of entry, after which it must be exchanged for a Turkish one at any nüfus müdürlüğü.
• International Driving Permit: required when your licence is not in Latin script; some rental companies ask for one more broadly, so check the terms of the offer before you book.
• Credit card in the main driver's name: needed for the security hold, and the name must match the licence and the passport.
• Age and experience: the minimum age and the years behind the wheel both step up as you move from Comfort and Crossover into SUV and Minivans.

What cover is included and what the agreement sets out

Every registered vehicle in Turkey carries compulsory traffic insurance, the compulsory third-party liability insurance required under Article 91 of Law 2918 — a car without a valid policy is banned from traffic, so the cover travels with the vehicle rather than with the driver. Our rates are quoted VAT included, with the 20% value-added tax already inside the figure, which is why the daily rate you see on the page is the rate you settle against. Anything beyond that compulsory layer — the deposit, the excess, delivery fees and any other charge — is set out in the rental agreement, and we go through those lines with you when the booking is agreed rather than leaving them to the hand-over.

One practical note from our own hand-overs: the six-month licence rule catches longer-stay visitors far more often than the insurance question does. If you arrived in spring and are still driving on a foreign licence in autumn, sort the exchange before you plan a day out to the Lycian rock tombs — the exchange itself is handled at a nüfus müdürlüğü, and the timing is worth checking before you set off.

Tolls, fuel and parking with car rental in Antalya for Demre (Myra)

The run south to Demre (Myra) is a straightforward D400 drive, and the money side of it is simple: there is no motorway toll to budget for, the tank starts full, and parking at the sites is a separate matter. What the fuel costs depends on the fuel you pick, and the prices below are dated 30.10.2026.

Is there a motorway toll on the road to Demre (Myra)

There are no tolled otoyol in the province of Antalya — the KGM inventory of completed motorways lists no Antalya line for any year, so HGS is not needed for this route. The inventory lists otoyol only in other provinces, such as Denizli (148 km of otoyol) and Aydın (350 km), far from the drive to Demre. The Antalya–Alanya Otoyolu between Serik and Konaklı is under construction with roughly 30% completion recorded in August 2026, and whether it will be tolled has not been announced. On the D400 itself you pay nothing at gates; the practical rule is to keep your HGS balance topped up anyway if you plan to extend the trip toward those other provinces, and to confirm with us when booking who covers any charges, tolls or penalty notices that arise during the rental — that is agreed at booking, not assumed.

Fuel budget and where to fill up

• Petrol: V/Max Kurşunsuz 95 at Petrol Ofisi stations was 78.6 TL per litre on 30.10.2026, so budget around ₺79 a litre for the run south.
• Diesel: V/Max Diesel sat at 99.3 TL per litre on the same date — a diesel car costs more per litre than a petrol one.
• LPG: PO/gaz autogas was 41.4 TL per litre, the cheapest per litre of the three, though LPG cars are not part of our fleet on this page.
• Where to fill: top up before leaving the city rather than hunting for a station past Kemer or Finike, where prices are the same but queues build in summer.

Fuel prices in Turkey move in jumps: motor1 recorded petrol at 78.50 TL on 26.10.2026 against 86.10 TL on 19.10.2026, so the number on the sign can shift by several lira within a week. Fill the tank on the way out and again before you hand the car back — our cars go out full and come back full (full-to-full), and any missing fuel plus a refuelling service fee is charged as set out in the rental agreement.

Parking at Myra and Demre

Parking at the Myra rock tombs and the Church of St Nicholas in Demre is arranged at the sites themselves; the fee is not something we set or quote. Arrive before noon for shade and a space, and check the payment options on site. In Demre town centre the streets are narrow and metered parking is limited, so the site car park is the practical choice for a self-drive car.

Booking car rental in Antalya for Demre (Myra) with a manager

Car rental in Antalya for a trip to Demre (Myra) is agreed with a manager, not dropped into a cart and forgotten: class, dates, delivery address and time are confirmed together before the booking is fixed. There is no counter to queue at — Rent-Trip brings the car to you.

How the booking is agreed step by step

• Class and seats: say how many travel and what luggage comes along — 5-seat cars cover most couples, while 7-, 8- and 9-seat minivans and SUVs carry a larger group in one vehicle.
• Dates and duration: a one-day run south and back is priced per day; a week and a month work out lower per day than the daily rate.
• Delivery point and time: the address in Antalya, the date and the hour are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and the car returns to the same point.
• The agreement: the deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee outside the usual area are set out in the rental agreement, so read them there rather than expecting them on the page.

What to settle before the morning you leave

The drive to Demre (Myra) is a full day out, so the practical details are worth fixing the day before rather than at the kerb. Confirm the delivery time against your planned departure — an early start beats the heat at the rock tombs and the traffic on the way back through Kemer. Ask for the car with a full tank and plan to return it full; the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. Our fleet on this page runs to 65 cars across four classes, and the popular 5-seat crossovers thin out first on weekends and in high season, so a booking made a few days ahead keeps your first choice open.

Why the manager conversation matters on this route

In our practice, the questions that come up on the Demre run are rarely about the car itself — they are about the shape of the day. How early can the car be at the door? Can the return point move if the plan changes on the road? Those answers live in the agreement, and a manager walks you through them before anything is fixed. Payment and the security hold are handled under the same agreement, and the credit card in the main driver's name is what the hold is taken against.

One last thing worth knowing: the compulsory third-party cover, compulsory traffic insurance, comes with every registered vehicle by law, and prices on this site include VAT — so the figure you are quoted is the figure you work from when you plan the day.