İncekum Airport Transfer & Taxi

Your local guide to İncekum

The softest sandy bay

Incekum, whose name means fine sand, is the gentlest swimming beach on this part of the coast. The bay is genuinely shallow, with bath-warm, waist-deep water reaching a long way out, which is why families with toddlers and nervous swimmers gravitate here. The sand is soft underfoot rather than pebbly, the shelving is forgiving, and the water tends to stay calm and clear in the mornings. Pine forest comes almost down to the shore, so you get natural shade just behind the sunbeds, a rarity along this coast. There are public sections as well as hotel beach areas, plus a national-park picnic zone with shaded tables right by the sea. It is the kind of beach where children can play safely for hours while parents stay comfortably within reach.

Forest, picnics and excursions

Incekum's signature attraction is the pine forest and national-park picnic ground that backs the beach, where locals bring food to the shaded tables on summer weekends, barbecue, and stretch a beach day into a whole outing. Walking the forest paths in late afternoon, when the sand cools and the water stays warm, is a simple local pleasure. For bigger sights you head out of the bay: east toward Alanya for the Castle, Cleopatra Beach, Dim Cave and Sapadere Canyon, or west toward the Roman ruins at Side and the waterfalls at Manavgat. Boat trips along the coast and family-friendly jeep safaris are easy to arrange. The beauty of Incekum is that the beach itself is the main event, so excursions are an optional bonus rather than a daily necessity.

Family-first resort base

Incekum is part of the Avsallar area, set among pine woods about 22 km west of Alanya, and its whole character is family-first. Large resorts tuck into the greenery just behind the beach, so the typical stay is all-inclusive with the shallow bay as the headline feature. It suits parents of young children above all, plus couples and older travellers who want calm water, shade and a slower pace rather than nightlife. There are some apartments in and around Avsallar for longer or self-catering stays, but the zone is dominated by hotels built around the beach. If your priority is somewhere little ones can wade safely while you relax under the pines, Incekum is hard to beat; thrill-seekers and night owls should look toward the busier centres.

Pine-shaded daily life

Daily life around Incekum has a relaxed, woodland-resort feel, with the genuine smell of pine in the evening air that the wider Avsallar area is known for. Most dining happens within the resorts, but neighbouring Avsallar town adds cafés, grills, bakeries and mini-markets for ice creams, fruit, water and the bits a beach day needs. A weekly market in the area is good for fresh produce, textiles and souvenirs at local prices. For an authentic meal, a short hop into Avsallar or along to Payallar finds family-run lokantas where a Turkish breakfast or grill costs far less than resort rates. The overall tempo is unhurried and outdoorsy, built around long beach days and shaded picnics rather than shopping streets or late-night bars, which is precisely the appeal for the families who return year after year.

Your transfer to İncekum

İncekum's shallow, bath-warm bay is a magnet for families with young children, and getting there should feel just as gentle. Gazipaşa (GZP) is the nearer airport at about 64 km, usually around an hour and a quarter, while Antalya (AYT) is roughly 103 km along the coastal D400. The final stretch leaves the highway and dips through pine forest toward the national-park picnic area behind the beach, a pretty, easy approach with no steep or tricky roads. For parents travelling with little ones, a private door-to-door transfer beats juggling luggage and shuttles: our AlanyaTransferTaxi car waits with a meet and greet at the terminal, carries free child seats fitted before you arrive, offers free hotel pickup on the way back, and lets you simply pay the driver. You step out rested, right at your hotel, ready for that soft, shallow water within minutes.