Antalya Ancient Sites, Tickets and MuseumPass

October 18, 2026

Ticket prices at a glance

Antalya’s headline attractions are mostly state-run archaeological sites, and foreign visitors pay for them in euros. These are the adult single-ticket prices at the Ministry’s current tariff:

Aspendos: €15
Perge: €11
Phaselis: €10
Olympos: €10
Side: €5 for the museum, €7 for the archaeological site, €10 for both
Myra: €13
Simena (Kekova): €4
Karain Cave: €5
Termessos: €3
Hierapolis and Pamukkale: €30

The Atatürk House, the Mevlevihane Museum and the Ethnography Museum in town are free. A new tariff takes effect in April 2027, so prices on a later visit may be a little higher.

When each site is open

Perge, Phaselis and Olympos list daily hours of 08:00 to 19:00 in summer and 08:00 to 17:00 from 1 November to 30 April, with the ticket desk closing half an hour earlier. Aspendos is listed 08:00 to 19:00, and its winter hours are not confirmed. Side’s open site is listed to 21:30 in summer, with the museum closing at 19:00. Termessos opens at 08:00 and closes at 19:00 in summer, but its ticket office shuts at 17:00, and in winter the site closes at 17:00 with the office closing at 15:30.

What to look for

Aspendos is the one to prioritise. Its Roman theatre keeps its stage wall, and the Aspendos opera and ballet festival uses it each September.

Perge rewards walkers. The stadium, the twin round towers of the Hellenistic gate and a colonnaded street with a water channel down the middle are the highlights. The theatre is closed for restoration.

Side mixes a living resort town with ruins. Check whether the Roman theatre is open, as official sources disagree. The temple area on the headland is a favourite late-day stop.

Termessos sits high in the mountains and feels remote. The climb from the car park is steep, so carry water and wear sturdy shoes.

Phaselis and Olympos are coastal ruins in the pines. People swim in the bays by Phaselis, and Olympos meets a pebble beach.

The Antalya Museum is closed

The Antalya Museum closed to visitors in July 2025 and the building has been demolished. Its collection is in storage, and there is no date for reopening. For museum time in the city, go to the Suna and İnan Kıraç Kaleiçi Museum, which sits in two restored buildings at Kocatepe Sokak 25 and is closed on Mondays according to listing sites.

Does a pass save money?

The MuseumPass The Mediterranean costs €90, lasts 7 days from first use and allows one entry per site at more than 40 sites in Antalya, Mersin, Adana and Denizli. Six popular sites (Aspendos, Perge, Side, Phaselis, Olympos and Termessos) cost €49 as single tickets, so the pass only wins if you add expensive ones like Myra, Patara or Hierapolis. Details are on the official pass page . The pass excludes the Hierapolis ancient pool and night-museum visits.

Getting to the sites

Perge and Aspendos are east of the city and easy to pair. Side is farther east, Termessos is north-west, and Phaselis and Olympos lie south-west. A coach tour handles the driving but compresses the time on site. Renting a car gives you freedom to be first through the gate, and the earliest hours are by far the coolest.

To compare guided packages, search GetYourGuide for Aspendos, Perge and Side tours . Side ticket details are on turkishmuseums.com .