I heard more than once from tourists who rested in Turkey that everything is expensive here, many things, products and other little things are more expensive than their homeland. Must be argued about this, as it is not quite so, and the general opinion addresses the fact that tourists are resting in the resort area where everything is designed for foreigners and prices are really much higher than where the locals live. But, I can immediately reassure those who have not previously been in Turkey and is going to visit Antalya that this statement about the high cost, it is not relevant to this city, even despite the fact that there is a large number of tourists from different countries of the world. Just the bulk of the outlets, with the exception of small shops in the area of the old part of Caleach, works at fixed prices marked on the price tags, and in Turkish lies. This is not the same system adopted in Kemer's shops, Beldibi, Tekirova and other resorts, where if there are price tags, they are far from answering how the price can be purchased by this thing. Although in Kemer there are big stores like Vaikiki
Or grocery supermarkets Migros, Shock And others, where prices are fixed. So, let's return to Antalya.
As I said, almost all stores prices are fixed and painted in Turkish Lear. But in some major supermarkets and shopping centers, without any problems will be paid to pay for US dollars or euros, and in the banking rate, acting at that time. This applies to network stores. Migros, Vaikiki and row of others. Nevertheless, the presence of Turkish currency will still need. Almost all the outlets take bank cards to pay, therefore, when it is presented, it is possible to calculate in this way.
Now I will tell you a little about prices for the most running types of goods and services. I will start probably from food, because when you are interested in the journey, this question interests many. Immediately I will say that food prices are lower in large supermarkets such as Shock, Migros, 101., 1e1 and others. Prices will indicate in Turkish lies, and for a reference point and comparison with the US dollar, take the ratio of 1 dollar = 3 lira.
Bread. There are many species and prices are very different, but the White Baton (200 gr.) It costs from 0.80 lire.
Milk, natural (1 liter), in plastic or glass containers, cost 3 lira. Made of powder, with a large shelf life - 1.60.
Chicken meat, depending on which part, because there is separate fillet, wings, ham, and so on. It is more profitable to buy a carcass entirely, which is cleaned from the internships. The cost of five lire for Kilo (a carcass is 9-12 LIR).
Beef meat from twenty lira, lamb is even more expensive.
No pork meat, but in Migrosis 5m You can buy sausages, smoked meat and sausage cutting and other pork delicacies (mostly German production).
But as for alcohol and tobacco products, these types of goods in Turkey are not cheap. Prices for cigarettes and alcohol fixed and equally stand in any store, be it a tobacco stray or supermarket. The cheapest cigarettes of Turkish grades are not less than six lire pack.
Beer 0.5 (Ephesus or Tiborg) begins from 5.60 lire. Bottle of dry wine 0.7 liters from fifteen lir.
But vegetables and fruits are better to buy in the bazaar, which in Antalya are traveling and in each area of the city work on certain days. The choice is the most diverse regardless of the time of year. Prices are also different, and depend on the session season. For example, now the end of December, and this is the citrus time that can cost from 0.50 lira per kilogram. Tomatoes and cucumbers from one lira. The same amount is potatoes, carrots, cabbage and many other vegetables and fruits. This video was shot by me now in December. It is clearly visible to the range and prices.
In stores, too, there is a large selection of fruits and vegetables, but prices are slightly higher and not such a large selection.
Speaking of public catering points (cafes, restaurants, pizzerias and fast food points), it is also difficult to put a certain framework, because it all depends on the type of establishment and the proposed menu. At the points of Fastfud, it is possible to eat LIR for 15-20. The middle-class restaurant will cost 25-30 lire. In addition, there are small stalls offering shawarma on the streets (doner), various sandwiches, chicken meat, wrapped in Lavash, with the addition of salad and other snacks cooked on your eyes that will cost 5-8 lire.
As for the other goods, including clothing, it is difficult to talk exactly about prices, since the quality is the most different, and there are permanent discounts and sales both in the markets and shops. At the Bazaar T-shirts, Shorts, T-shirts and other small things sell five lire. Socks 0.75 lire couple. I think everything does not make sense. In stores Normal leather shoes of Turkish production start from a hundred lire. Sandals, slave, sandals (also leather) from fifty lire. Polyurethane, rubber and other slaves cost from five lire. There are Chinese shoes, too, from leather, which is much cheaper than Turkish. Jeans, especially during the sale, cost from forty lire.
Public transport Antalya consists of a bus service, tram and taxis. Between Antalya and Kemer, more Maritime Dolmush runs (in other words, the minibus). The cost of travel in the city, at the moment, is two lira. By taxi on the meter, about three lira kilometer.
The telephone connection can be used both inpatient and mobile. To call from the usual payphone, you need to buy a card in one of the marketers or stalls that are at some public transport stops. The cost depends on the number of minutes and starts from four lira. Card and number for mobile phone costs forty lire, in which there is a number of minutes. Account replenishment occurs in the amount of fifteen lir.
Tourists will probably be interested in the cost of visiting the famous Turkish bath (Hamam). Depending on the type of institution and programs provided by the procedures, the cost begins from fifteen lir (in the tourist resorts of the Kemer region, cheaper than fifteen dollars not to find, which is three times more expensive).
The prices for excursions are very different and not so much depend on the travel agency, as from the program. You can independently make a walk on a yacht that are departed from the port in the area of the old town of Caleach, from five lire.
Here is the overall picture of the prices in Antalya, which are noticeably lower than in the neighboring resorts. Who will be interested in more detailed information or questions arise, ask. I will always be happy to help.