How to pay for city buses in Antalya — do you need a separate card per passenger?
Based on 2 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 5 days ago
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
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.
7 days ago 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).
29 days ago 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.
5 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).
5 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.
5 days ago AntalyaKart — individual per passenger