By car to Olympos

From ₺1,893 per day, car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos starts with 65 cars on this page — Comfort, Crossover, SUV and Minivan classes, automatic or manual, petrol, diesel or hybrid. 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 Olympos and how delivery works

There is no rental counter to find: Rent-Trip brings the car to you, and the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. That is what car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos looks like in practice — you land, or you step out of your hotel in Kaleiçi, and the vehicle is already there.

Where we bring the car for your car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

We deliver to any address in the city and to Antalya Airport (AYT) and Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP). Our delivery area covers the places travellers actually stay and move through: Kaleiçi, Lara, Konyaaltı, Antalya Bus Station, Belek, Kemer and Side. Return goes to the same point at the date and time written into the contract; a different drop-off point is arranged separately, and that fee is set out in the rental agreement. The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, so the hand-over slot is reserved rather than hoped for. Delivery outside these places is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site — in our practice, a request for a village up the D400 is best raised with the manager at the quoting stage, not on the morning of travel.

Full-to-full fuel and returning the car after Olympos

The car comes clean with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank — full-to-full, with no other fuel option offered on the site. If the tank comes back short, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. Petrol in the province sat at about 79 TL a litre at the end of October 2026, diesel at about 99 TL and LPG at about 41 TL, so the difference between topping up at a station on the D400 and letting us do it is worth planning for. Fill up in Kumluca or Kemer on the way back rather than at the last station before the city: the Olympos road climbs, and a full tank at the start of the return leg removes the guesswork entirely.

Which car to book for car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

Sixty-five cars sit on this page across four classes, and the right pick depends on two things: how many people travel and how much luggage the Olympos road has to swallow. Both the D400 run and the mountain detours reward a car with the right gearbox and enough seats, not the fastest one.

Classes and daily rates for car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

The «from» figure is the cheapest car in that class, not the ceiling of the page — the most expensive vehicle on this page is a Mercedes-Benz V-Class. The cheapest is a Kia XCeed at ₺1,893, a 1.5-litre petrol hatchback with 140 hp and an automatic gearbox that handles the climb past Kemer without drama.

Five-seat, seven-seat and nine-seat options for the Olympos road

• Five seats: 46 cars carry five, from the Kia XCeed and Fiat Egea Cross up to the Škoda Octavia and Toyota Corolla — the default for couples and small families.
• Seven seats: five cars, including the Dacia Jogger and the Mercedes-Benz V-Class, enough for two families sharing one car.
• Eight seats: one car, the Fiat Ulysse, a diesel people carrier; its gearbox is confirmed when booking.
• Nine seats: 13 minibuses, among them the Toyota Proace Verso and the Hyundai Staria, all of them diesel.

From ₺2,240 a day, one nine-seat minibus costs less than two of the cheapest five-seaters at ₺1,893 each, and it keeps the group together. That is worth checking before you split a party across two bookings.

Automatic, diesel and hybrid picks in our car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

Sixty of the 65 cars are automatic; 41 run on petrol, 19 on diesel and 5 are hybrid. Diesel costs more per litre — around ₺99 against ₺79 for petrol at the end of October 2026 — but it pulls more evenly on the long climbs of the D400, and the diesel minibuses carry nine people and luggage in one vehicle. Our hybrid options, among them the Toyota Corolla and the Toyota C-HR, suit drivers who want low consumption without a diesel engine. If your route includes the steep approach to Olympos beach, an automatic is the easier choice — the 1.5-litre Kia XCeed is the cheapest automatic on this page at ₺1,893.

Driving to Olympos in a car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

Car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos puts the ancient city within a single morning's drive: the route runs almost entirely on the D400, the two-lane highway that hugs the Gulf of Antalya and then turns inland through Kemer and Kumluca. It is a straightforward run for a self-drive car, and the road itself is part of the trip — pine forest on one side, sea on the other for the first hour.

The D400 route and tolls on your car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

There is no otoyol in Antalya province, so the Olympos run carries no motorway toll. The D400 is a state highway (devlet yolu) maintained by KGM, and you simply drive it — no gate, no ticket, no barrier. The inventory lists completed otoyol only in other provinces, such as Denizli (148 km of otoyol) and Aydın (350 km), and the Antalya–Alanya Otoyolu between Serik and Konaklı is still under construction, at roughly 30% readiness as of August 2026, with no announcement yet on whether it will be tolled. HGS, the electronic pass for bridges and motorway gates, is still worth having on the car for any crossing you make elsewhere; the mechanics of topping it up and the 15-day window for a missed passage are described on our HGS page. In our practice, drivers who set off before 09:00 clear Kemer before the tour coaches build up — after that the single carriageway through the town slows to a crawl in season.

Stops worth adding to car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

• Çıralı: a pebble beach village next to Olympos, reachable on a signed side road; the beach is protected as a loggerhead nesting site, so follow the signs posted on the sand.
• Yanartaş (Chimera): the eternal gas flames on the hillside above Çıralı, a short uphill walk from the car park; go after dusk when the flames are visible and the heat is bearable.
• Olympos ruins: the Lycian city sits in a gorge where the stream meets the sea, entered on foot along the riverbed — allow an hour to walk through to the beach.
• Lycian Way: the long-distance trail crosses this stretch, and short signed sections from Çıralı or Olympos work as a half-day leg without a guide.

Plan the return for daylight. The mountain stretch past Kumluca is slower than the map suggests — the 77-minute road estimate easily grows once you factor in the climb, the hairpins and the trucks, and the dark makes the last section back into Kemer slower.

Documents and insurance for car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

The paperwork for a self-drive trip south is short: passport, entry stamp, home driving licence and a credit card in the main driver's name. Insurance is compulsory and comes with the car. Everything else — deposit, excess, delivery fees — sits in the rental agreement, which we agree with you when booking.

What to bring for car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

• Passport and entry stamp: the six-month countdown for a foreign licence starts from the day you entered Turkey, so the stamp is the document that dates it.
• Home driving licence: a licence issued outside Turkey is valid for driving here for no more than six months from the date of entry.
• International Driving Permit: required if your licence is not in Latin script; some rental companies ask for one more broadly, so check the offer's terms.
• Credit card in the main driver's name: needed for the security hold — the amount is set out in the rental agreement.
• Age and experience: the requirements rise with the class of car, so a nine-seat minibus is not booked on the same terms as a Comfort hatchback.

After six months in the country a foreign licence must be exchanged for a Turkish one at any nüfus müdürlüğü — worth knowing if your stay runs longer than the holiday.

Insurance included in car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

Compulsory traffic insurance — compulsory third-party liability cover — applies to every registered vehicle in Turkey by law, and a car without a valid policy is taken off the road. Under article 91 of law 2918 the operator must hold zorunlu mali sorumluluk sigortası, so the cover travels with the car you collect, not with the booking channel. What sits above that compulsory layer — the excess, any extension you may want, the deposit held against the card — is written into the rental agreement and agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed. In our practice the question that comes up most often is whether the compulsory policy is enough for the D400; it is the legal minimum, and anything beyond it is a commercial choice rather than a legal one. Read the agreement line by line before you drive off — the excess is set out in the rental agreement.

Rules of the road that affect your cover

• Alcohol: above 0.50 promil in a private car means a 25,000 TL administrative fine and a six-month withdrawal of the licence; a second offence within five years brings 50,000 TL and two years without a licence, and refusal of the test carries 150,000 TL and five years without a licence.
• Phone in hand: using a mobile phone while moving costs 5,000 TL, 10,000 TL the second time in a year, then 20,000 TL and 30 days without a licence.
• Seat belts: the requirement applies to the driver and passengers, and the fine is 2,500 TL, and a child under 15 without a restraint system costs the driver 5,000 TL.
• Speed: in town the limit for a private car is 50 km/h, 90 km/h on two-way intercity roads and 110 km/h on divided roads, with signs taking precedence where they set something lower.

Booking car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos with a manager

Booking is agreed with a manager, not clicked through a checkout. You send the dates, the delivery address and the class you want; we confirm the car, the address and the time, and only then is the booking fixed. Nothing is promised on the site that a manager has not confirmed in writing first.

What the manager needs from you

• Dates and times: the pick-up date and hour and the return date and hour, because the return goes to the same delivery point at the time set in the contract.
• Delivery address: a hotel, a villa, a flat or Antalya Airport (AYT) — the address and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
• Class and seats: Comfort, Crossover, SUV or Minivans, and whether the group needs five, seven, eight or nine seats on the D400 run.
• Driver details: the main driver's name as it appears on the passport and home driving licence, since the credit card for the security hold must be in that same name.
• Return plan: whether the car goes back to the same point; a different return point may carry an additional fee set out in the rental agreement.

Delivery outside the places we cover — Kaleiçi, Lara, Konyaaltı, Antalya Bus Station, Belek, Kemer and Side — is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site. If your address sits outside that list, say so at the first message rather than the night before, and the manager will tell you what is possible.

Longer bookings and what the rate covers

Weekly and monthly rates are lower per day than the daily rate: a week is charged as six daily rates and a month as twenty-one, which is why a seven-day booking for the Olympos run costs less per day than a single-day hire. Prices on this page include VAT, so the figure the manager quotes is the figure on the agreement. The deposit, the insurance excess, the delivery fee for an unusual address and any discount are set out in the rental agreement — ask the manager to walk you through them before you confirm, not after.

Two things are worth settling in the same conversation. First, the fuel arrangement: the car is supplied clean with a full tank and comes back full, and anything short of that is charged as set out in the rental agreement. Second, the class itself — if four people and a week of luggage are heading south, a Crossover from our fleet usually suits better than the cheapest Comfort hatchback, and the manager will say plainly when a bigger car is the honest answer.

Rent-Trip keeps 65 cars on this page, from ₺1,893 to ₺7,714 a day, and the manager books against live availability rather than a catalogue. Confirm early in peak season: the nine-seat minibuses and the automatics go first, and a group of eight that leaves it late ends up splitting across two cars.

Seasonal rules for car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

Weather shapes car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos more than distance does. The Olympos leg is a coastal D400 drive with a mountain approach at the end, and the conditions that matter change month by month: heat, rain, and the winter-tyre window that Turkish transport rules set for part of the year.

Winter tyres and the 15 November – 15 April window

• The rule: under the Ministry of Transport tebliğ (amended 04.10.2025), winter tyres are compulsory from 15 November to 15 April for vehicles used in intercity passenger and freight transport, including foreign-registered ones.
• Private cars: a private passenger car is not named in that list, so the obligation does not automatically fall on your rental.
• Provincial decision: whether the rule applies inside a province is decided by the valilik (governor's office) using average local temperatures, and it may move the window by a month either way.
• What this means for you: we have not found a separate Antalya valilik decision, so check the position when you book rather than assuming the dates apply.
• Fitting: if you want winter rubber on a December or January run to Olympos regardless of the rule, tell the manager before the booking is fixed.

Heat, fuel and the climb to Olympos

Petrol at Petrol Ofisi stations across the province was about 79 TL a litre at the end of October 2026, diesel about 99 TL, and Turkish pump prices move in jumps — motor1 recorded petrol at 86.10 TL on 19.10.2026 and 78.50 TL a week later. Diesel costs more per litre but pulls more evenly on the climb above Kumluca, which is why our diesel SUVs and minibuses suit a full car with luggage. In July and August the air-conditioning load on a 1.0-litre crossover is real: so check the engine size of the chosen model; the page lists units from 1.0 to 2.2 litres. We keep 41 petrol, 19 diesel and 5 hybrid cars on this page, so the choice is there to make.

Rain, the mountain approach and the return leg

Late autumn and winter bring rain to the coast and heavier weather on the climb past Kumluca, where the road narrows and the surface holds water in the bends. Mountain roads run slower than the map suggests, so build the return into daylight rather than planning a dusk arrival back in Antalya. Full-to-full fuel applies in every season: the car leaves clean with a full tank and comes back the same way, and anything short of that is charged as set out in the rental agreement.

What to confirm before you book

• Delivery time: the address, date and time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.
• Tolls: there is no otoyol in the province, so the Olympos run carries no motorway toll; HGS is still needed for bridges and motorway gates.
• Insurance: compulsory traffic insurance covers every registered vehicle in Turkey by law, and what sits beyond it is set out in the rental agreement.

Why travellers pick our car rental in Antalya for a trip to Olympos

A self-drive car turns Olympos from a coach stop into a day you shape yourself. The D400 run south through Kemer and Kumluca has no motorway toll in Antalya province, so the whole trip costs you fuel and nothing else in road charges. Rent-Trip hands over a clean car with a full tank, and the booking is agreed with a manager before anything is fixed. No counter queue, no shuttle bus to a depot on the edge of town.

The fleet fits the group, not the other way round. Our 65 cars on this page cover four classes and every seat count from five to nine. A couple heading to the ruins can take the cheapest car here, the Kia XCeed, and a family of nine fits into a Toyota Proace Verso. In our experience the nine-seat minibus works out better than two five-seaters for the same week, because longer bookings are charged at daily x 6 for a week and daily x 21 for a month.

VAT is included in the figure you see. Prices on this page are VAT included, and the compulsory third-party cover every registered vehicle in Turkey carries by law — comes with the car. A credit card in the main driver's name is needed for the security hold; the deposit, the excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement rather than guessed at on a web page.

The road itself is forgiving. Around 79 TL bought a litre of petrol at the end of October 2026 against roughly 99 TL for diesel, so a petrol or hybrid pick keeps the fuel bill down on a route that climbs steadily after Kemer. Sixty of the 65 cars are automatic, which matters on the switchbacks above the coast. Winter tyres are compulsory from 15 November to 15 April only for vehicles used in intercity passenger and freight transport, and a private car is not named in that list — the valilik decides whether the rule applies inside the province, so check before a cold-season run.

What travellers tell us they value most is the absence of a depot. The car arrives at the address agreed when booking, whether that is a hotel in Kaleiçi or a villa in Lara, and it goes back to the same point at the date and time in the contract. Returning elsewhere is arranged case by case and priced in the agreement.