Serik and Belek: golf and holiday homes

2026-10-08 · Author: Grand Emlak

Belek's golf courses, Aspendos and long beaches make Serik a first stop for holiday-home buyers east of Antalya. Here: location, neighbourhoods and daily life.

Location and transport

Serik lies on the Antalya–Mersin highway, 38 km east of Antalya city centre and 40 km from Manavgat. It has a 22 km Mediterranean coastline; the town centre sits 8 km inland at 26 m on a gently rolling plain. The district covers 1,550 km², rises to the Western Taurus in the north, and its main rivers are the Köprüçay and Aksu. Source: Antalya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (Serik), accessed 08.10.2026

Antalya Airport lies north-east of the city on the D400 highway, about 20 minutes by car from downtown. Per the airport operator's guide, minibuses to Belek and Serik depart from the Antalya Intercity Bus Terminal, reached fastest by the AntRay tram. Source: Antalya Airport – Getting to the airport, Antalya Airport – Buses and public transport, accessed 08.10.2026

According to the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency's golf material, the courses in Belek are roughly 35 minutes from Antalya Airport and lie about five minutes' drive from one another. Source: GoTürkiye (Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency) – Golf, accessed 08.10.2026

Neighbourhoods and their character

Belek: golf and holiday homes

Coastal Belek heads the district's tourist destinations and is counted among the notable resorts nationally and worldwide. Its facilities form a tourism complex with indoor and outdoor pools, a congress centre, tennis courts and water-sports units. Source: Antalya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (Serik), accessed 08.10.2026

Belek has 11 golf clubs and 17 different 18-hole championship courses. With 300 sunny days a year, golf is played in all four seasons; Belek was named Europe's Best Golf Destination in 2008 and has hosted professional events such as the Turkish Airlines Open. Source: GoTürkiye (Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency) – Golf, accessed 08.10.2026

Source: Turkish Golf Federation course list (tgf.org.tr), accessed 08.10.2026.

Kadriye and the beaches

In the 2026 Blue Flag season 580 beaches in Türkiye received the award and Antalya ranked first with 232. Among the free public beaches awarded in Antalya, the Belek and Kadriye public beaches were announced as well; Kadriye is the resort and golf-hotel neighbourhood west of Belek. Source: Habertürk – 2026 Blue Flag announcement (TÜRÇEV/FEE), accessed 08.10.2026

Aspendos and Belkıs

The Aspendos site lies in Serik's Belkıs neighbourhood. Built by the architect Zenon in AD 138–164, the theatre seats around 15,000, is famed for its acoustics and hosts the annual Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival. The city also has baths, temples, a one-kilometre aqueduct, walls, a stadium, an acropolis, an agora and a basilica; open daily 08:00–19:00. Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism – Aspendos Archaeological Site, accessed 08.10.2026

The Köprüçay rises in the Taurus and reaches the sea south of Serik; the 225 m Seljuk-era Aspendos (Belkıs) Bridge over it, dated to 1219–1236, is closed to vehicles. Zeytintaş Cave (16 km from Serik, 28 km from Belek) and the Uçansu Waterfall near Gebiz are further natural stops. Source: Antalya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (Serik), accessed 08.10.2026

Köprülü Canyon National Park is listed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry as a national park in the provinces of Antalya and Isparta, declared on 12 December 1973 and managed by the 6th Regional Directorate. Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – Protected Areas, accessed 08.10.2026

Daily life

History and administration: Serik became one of the 18 districts re-established by the Administrative Organisation Law of 26 June 1926; district services run from the Government House built in 1946. Source: Serik District Governorate – History, accessed 08.10.2026

Climate: Serik has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. In the Turkish State Meteorological Service's 1930–2025 records for Antalya, the annual mean temperature is 18.2 °C, July–August average 28.5 °C and January 10.1 °C. Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism – Serik, Turkish State Meteorological Service – Antalya climate statistics, accessed 08.10.2026

Healthcare: Serik State Hospital provides an emergency department, surgical specialties, paediatrics, cardiology, neurosurgery, intensive care and dialysis units, laboratory and imaging, home healthcare and an oral and dental health centre; appointments are booked via MHRS. Source: Serik State Hospital, accessed 08.10.2026

Economy: working life follows the seasons; 90 per cent of residents work in tourism, with early vegetables grown on the plain and livestock in the uplands. An industrial estate of 250 workshops and several factories add to the economy. Source: Antalya Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism (Serik), accessed 08.10.2026

Who chooses Serik?

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