How to pay for city buses in Antalya — do you need a separate card per passenger?
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TL;DR
City buses in Antalya are best paid in Turkish lira. If you don't have a transit card, you can ask another passenger to pay with their card and reimburse them in cash lira.
What the community said
If you don't have a transit card, you can ask a fellow passenger to tap their card for you and pay them back in cash lira — this is a common and accepted practice on Antalya city buses.
4 days ago Pay via another passenger in lira
City buses are significantly cheaper than taxis in Antalya. Dollars are not accepted — you need Turkish lira or a local transit card (AntalyaKart).
6 days ago Turkish lira or AntalyaKart only
The Antalya transit card (AntalyaKart) is individual — each passenger needs their own card. One card cannot be used to pay for multiple people in a single trip.
8 days ago AntalyaKart — individual per passenger