How to pay for city buses in Antalya — do you need a separate card per passenger?
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If you need an AntalyaKart, a small shop by the bus stop past the shopping centre sells them and accepts UnionPay.
39 days ago AntalyaKart purchase with UnionPay
According to a recent report, a city-bus ride costs about 70 TRY, superseding earlier fare figures.
Fare — about 70 TRY
You can pay on Antalya city buses with a foreign contactless Mastercard: the fare is 50 TRY, compared with about 42 TRY using an AntalyaKart.
Mastercard — 50 TRY; AntalyaKart — 42 TRY
On bus routes 1 and 40, you can pay the driver directly in cash — 40 lira per person (no ticket is issued).
Routes 1, 40 — 40 lira cash to driver
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.
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).
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.
AntalyaKart — individual per passenger