Antalya spreads its entertainment along the coast rather than into one quarter, so nearly every programme includes a hotel pick-up. The aquarium at Konyaaltı is built around a 131-metre acrylic tunnel; the Tünektepe cable car climbs from the shore road to a terrace above the bay in under ten minutes. Kaleiçi, the walled old quarter behind Hadrian's Gate, holds the bars and live music, and boats leave the harbour below it for the lower Düden waterfall, which drops into the sea.

East of the city the scale changes. Land of Legends, near Belek, combines roller coasters with a large water park: a full day runs about nine hours from Antalya, the evening version, built around a parade of illuminated boats, about five. The Fire of Anatolia dance company performs at Aspendos, by its Roman theatre. The same road leads to dolphin parks, aquapark days out of Alanya, seven-hour pirate-yacht cruises, and pub crawls that add a boat party to a night of bars.

Water parks and boat trips run from late April to late October, while the aquarium, the cable car and indoor shows work all year. Midday in July and August is too hot for anything outdoors. Quoted durations include travel: the same day at the park is nine hours from Antalya and ten from Alanya, and coaches collect from hotels up to an hour early. Larger rides are sold by height, not by age. Pub crawls and party boats take adults only, dolphin swims set a minimum age, and night shows get back after midnight.