Where to buy Turkish sweets in Antalya at local prices instead of tourist-shop prices in Kaleiçi?

By weight or boxed: in September 2026 a traveler asked whether sweets sold by weight are really better. Another participant replied that she buys both boxed and loose sweets every year on the Turkish coast, and both were tasty and fresh. In Antalya she bought boxed ones in a particular shop and admitted that loose ones might have been the better choice there.

In August 2026 a participant said her family buys lokum at Afyon Lokum Atölyesi in the Mall of Antalya shopping center: everything is fresh, the baklava is good, there is halva ice cream, staff speak Russian and gift-wrap nicely. At the time there was a promotion: a box of chocolate-covered lokum for 399 TRY, with a second box free. Prices and promotions may have changed since.

You do not have to go to specialist shops. In July 2026 travelers said an ordinary grocery store a few minutes' walk from their hotel sold sweets, coffee and tea for gifts, and a white Turkish ice cream cost 35 TRY.

In July 2026 a participant advised against buying Turkish goods at duty-free, where prices are, in his words, about three times higher. Popular sweets to take home are lokum and baklava — better by weight, even though it costs more — plus chocolate-covered chestnuts and halva.

Other edible gifts: in July 2026 participants recommended Mehmet Efendi coffee, fruit wines (pomegranate, blackberry — preferably Kutman), Marmarabirlik olives and Turkish tea. In September others added nuts, pistachios and jams made from peppers, eggplant and olives.

Watch out for fakes: in August 2026 a participant ran into a counterfeit Dalan cream — even the smell was different. She said her Turkish husband even orders some Turkish products, such as olives and pepper paste, from an online marketplace back home.