Belek Map Guide: Resort Strip, Beaches and Golf Areas

Where Belek sits in the Antalya region

Belek is a township with its own municipality in Serik district, Antalya Province, on the coast east of Antalya city. On a regional map it sits between Antalya to the west and Side to the east, which makes it a useful midpoint for day trips in both directions. Pin it once on your phone and the rest of the Antalya region falls into place around it.

The township carries the postal code 07500, which is handy when you are filling in forms or checking a booking address. An address ending in 07500 tells you it is Belek and not Antalya city, even where the two look close together on a zoomed-out map.

The shape of the map: hotel strip, courses and the land behind

Think of Belek as a coastal band with everything else set back from the sea. The coastal line is occupied by luxury hotels, with cheaper accommodation set a few kilometres back from the coast and therefore further from the beach, and the courses fill the land behind. When you read a Belek map, check whether your pin sits on the shore or back from it, because that gap decides whether you walk to the water or take transport.

One map resource puts Belek at 27 golf courses; another simply calls it the area with the largest number of courses in Turkey. Counts vary by source, so treat any figure as an approximate picture of the scale of golf here rather than a precise tally.

The result is a resort area built around a coastal line of hotels and a sand-and-pebble beach, with a large concentration of golf courses in the surrounding area, rather than around an old town. If you want a walkable historic centre with a harbour, that is a different kind of base; if you want a resort where golf and the beach are the draw, Belek is exactly that.

The beach: what the shoreline is like

The shore along the hotel strip is sand and pebble rather than pure sand all the way. That matters for footwear and for anyone picturing a long, soft beach; pack accordingly and expect a mix underfoot. The beach sits directly in front of the coastal hotels, so where you stay on the strip determines how far you carry your things.

A beach day here is a resort day: you swim, you return to the hotel, you eat. It is not a beach town where you wander between cafés and the sand.

Golf: why the area is laid out around courses

Golf is a major reason people come to Belek. The coastal line is taken by hotels, with cheaper rooms set a few kilometres back from the sea, and the area carries a large concentration of courses. If golf is the point of your trip, check your pin against the course you plan to play rather than against the sea.

Green fees are not given by these mapping and guide sources, and they change by season and by course. Check the individual club's own website for current rates before you commit to a golf-led booking.

Getting there: Antalya airport, then taxi or bus

Access is a two-step plan. Fly into Antalya International Airport (AYT), then hire a taxi or take a bus for the onward leg. The airport code is the one to search when comparing flights from the UK, Ireland or the US.

On the regional map, Side lies about 31 km to the east of Belek and Antalya about 34 km to the west, which gives you a sense of the scale without pinning you to a timetable. Bus times and taxi fares are not fixed in the sources here, so ask your hotel once you are in Belek.

Getting around without a car

The layout has real consequences for anyone without a car. Hotels on the coastal line are strung out along the shore road, so walking between hotels, beach and the inland settlement is not always practical, particularly in summer heat. Plan on local minibuses, taxis or hotel shuttles for anything beyond your own stretch of coast.

Before you book, open the map and measure the walk from your hotel pin to the nearest beach access and any shops you need. If the walk looks long on screen, it will feel longer in July. Because the hotels run along the coast with cheaper rooms set back from the sea, the further you are from the shore road, the more you will rely on transport for beach days.

For what to actually do once you have your bearings, from golf to the beach to day trips, our Things to Do in Belek guide picks out the options worth planning around. Pair it with this map and you have both the layout and the itinerary.

Shopping and the town

Beyond the hotel boutiques, the shops and cafés of the wider town are worth checking on the map before you set out, and market days can shift, so ask locally for the current day rather than relying on an old listing. Our Shopping in Belek guide covers where to look and how to approach the bazaar-style bargaining.

Market day is the one thing to pin down before you plan a shopping trip. Ask locally for the current day rather than relying on an old listing, since market days can shift, and a wasted taxi ride is an easy way to lose a morning.

Wherever your pin lands, use the map to work out the walking distances that matter to you: to the beach, to the nearest shops and to your onward transport, then ask at your hotel about anything that looks likely to change.

Using Belek as a base: Antalya and Side on the same map

Belek reads best as one point on a wider Antalya-region map. Side lies about 31 km to the east, so it is a plausible day trip rather than an overnight move, and Antalya sits about 34 km to the west on the same regional map.

That geography lets you build a holiday around Belek without being stuck in the resort. A day in Antalya's old quarter, a day at Side's Roman theatre, and a beach day back at the hotel is a realistic rhythm. Decide your day trips from the map first, then check transport options for each.

Ancient sites within reach

Belek's own historical attractions are limited, but the wider region offers more. Antalya and Side are the two anchors on the map and both sit within day-trip range on the distances above. Build your sightseeing around those two towns rather than expecting ruins on the resort strip itself.

The nearby draws listed for Belek include Kursunlu Waterfall and a Hellenistic city, both reachable as excursions rather than as a walk from the hotel. Check current opening arrangements and transport before you set out.

How to read the layout of a Belek map

Book by pin, not by name. If you want golf, choose a location near your course; if you want the beach, aim for the coastal strip; if you want to be set back from the sea, expect to rely on transport. A map pin for Belek can mean any of these.

Once your pin is set, use the regional distances to plan days out to Antalya and Side, and check transport and opening details directly before you travel.