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'''Antalya''' is a city in the south-west of [[Turkey]]. It is the capital city of [[Antalya (Province)]]. [[Olympos]] is a very touristic place nearby.
Hitchhiking out of town is extremely easy, just walk to one of the bigger main roads and hitch a ride. Minibuses in Antalya can sometimes give you trouble, though. When they notice you stopping a car, minibus drivers might ask your driver not to take you, they might even threaten him/her. As Antalya is the Mecca of tourism in Turkey, many people want to take advantage of tourism and make money. So try to get into the car quickly before minibus drivers notice you.
=== North towards [[Istanbul]] and West Toward [[Izmir]] ===
If you want to go İzmir or Aydın directly, use the road to [[Korkuteli]] & [[Denizli]], even if you are in Olympos or near the sea side. The sea side road is rather slow for traveling. It is very long and cars can't go fast and you will change cars often. In winter, there are virtually no cars at all, except for some slow tractors.
=== East towards [[Manavgat]], North east towards [[Konya]] === Option 1 - Take the T1B tram towards Expo from the center (for example from Ismetpasa). You can get of at Aksu or Kursunlu. From there you can walk a little bit on the D400 to just after the ramp at Aksu. There are some spots that are good, for example by the bus stop called Cerik Cd-17 (but this bus doesn’t leave from the center). There is a parking there where people can stop and take you towards Menavgat. If you want to go to Konya, the route through Menavgat seems the best. Google maps might tell you to leave the D400 before Menavgat at Tasagil, but for hitchhiking this is probably not preferable. Instead go through Manavgat and get on the D695 to Konya. The D695 also goes through Seydisehir. This seems to be the most common and most trafficked way to go to Konya. Option 2 - Take bus 55 which goes to the airport. Get out at the intersection when it turns right to drive towards the airport, and from here if you walk along the road, you will see traffic lights. After these traffic lights is a good place to stand to get a lift heading east. Any bus going to the airport should work. Just ask around.
=== South-West towards [[Olympos]], [[Kaş]] ===
In this direction the hotels and resorts stretch for about 10km, to go this direction you can hitchhike from a big roundabout near Migros Shopping Center with a space for people to stop, which you can reach by walking west from the center, following the signs. If that takes too long, the shuttles stop there ever few minutes.
You can also take any bus going to the bus KL08terminal Sarısu Depolama Merkezi 1. Get down at the last stop and walk back Hop off at the terminal. The main road. You'll be out is just at the outside of the city. In winter one hitchhiker had no trouble hitchhiking to Olympos there, and back. If you are have limited time, there is a regular dolmuş service to Kemer, about 30 or 40 kilometres along the coast. It took one hitchhiker about an hour or more to get a ride to the other side 's plenty of that stretch, but it was also really fast room for others cars to find a ride for 3 to Kemerstop.
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