One harbour, one line of coast
Nine trips are sold here, and seven of the nine records name the same departure point. The wording moves around — a short ride down to the harbour, cruise out of Alanya harbour, the lively harbour tucked beneath the ancient castle — but the place does not.
That is the first thing worth understanding about the route. Choosing a different boat is rarely choosing a different coast. Most of the time it is choosing a different pace along the same one, and a different number of hours on it.
The order the coast arrives in
Out of the harbour first, with the castle standing above it. Then west, along the cliff line — which is where the sea caves are. We keep the caves on their own page rather than retelling them here, because they deserve more than a clause.
Then the swimming, and this is the part the records are most specific about. The pirate galleon's record puts its swim stops in turquoise coves below the medieval castle. The Starcraft day says crystal-clear, sheltered bays. Same water, same stretch, different deck. Whether a given boat stops at all, and how often, is a separate question we answer boat by boat elsewhere; on the route itself the coves are simply the middle of the line.
Then back the way it came. The evening sailing runs this same shore in the other light: its record is the one that names the castle and the Red Tower standing against the sun. It is also the only coastal trip whose record lists a cruise and a transfer and nothing else — no swim stop, no food, no drink.
Three of the nine are not on this coast at all
The Green Canyon day runs nine hours and swims in crisp mountain water at anchorage spots — cold spring water, not the Mediterranean. It is also the only trip whose record names Avsallar pickup alongside Alanya.
The Manavgat day is nine hours, Monday and Thursday only, and reaches the water from Alanya by air-conditioned coach. It carries a bazaar and Green Canyon swim stops, and the waterfall entrance is not included in the fare.
Suluada is a full day, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday only, on an island to the west after a long road leg — and the record is blunt that there are no shops or facilities on the island itself.
So if the cliff coast is what you came for, those are the three to leave alone. Pickup zones differ by boat as well, which is a separate question with a separate page.
The same line, at six different paces
Six trips share the coastal route. What changes between them is how many hours you spend on it, what is on the deck while you are there, and whether the boat stops. The hour-by-hour comparison of all nine belongs on its own page — what matters here is that six of them trace the same shore at different speeds.
- Pirate galleon — seven hours, daytime, €20 adult / €14 child. Lunch of grilled chicken, rice and salad. Non-swimmers welcome, and the swim stops are the coves below the castle.
- Starcraft day — nine hours, €35 / €25. Lunch cooked on board, and a daytime foam party between the swims. The longest stretch of coast on offer, because it is the longest day.
- Sunset sailing — four hours, evening, €35 / €25. Cruise and transfer only: no swim stop, no food, no drink in the record. What it buys is the shore in evening light.
- Disco night — four hours, €48 / €34, with a live DJ, an animation team and a foam show. No meal and no swim stop recorded; this is the coast after dark.
- Fishing trip — six hours, €50 / €35, hot lunch on board, one swimming stop in a sheltered bay. All the fishing is from the boat, and the record warns that open water can be choppy.
- Private yacht — six hours, €580 for the whole boat rather than per person. Its record is the only one that says route adjustable, weather permitting. It is the single case where the line itself is yours to move.
What the route costs, and the one upgrade on it
Two adults and a six-year-old on the galleon: €20 + €20 + €14 = €54, with the round-trip hotel transfer already inside each fare within that boat's own zone. Infants nought to three go free, four to eleven pay the child fare, twelve and over pay adult.
Since 4 September 2026 there is an All Inclusive option on exactly two of these boats — the pirate galleon and the Starcraft day. It is €40 adult and €28 child, and it buys unlimited soft drinks alongside the same lunch on the same boat and the same departure. No alcohol: no beer, no wine, no spirits, no cocktails. The same family on the galleon would be €40 + €40 + €28 = €108.
It is an upgraded fare on two boats, not an all-inclusive boat, and the other seven trips have no version of it. Otherwise no standard fare on any of the nine includes drinks.
The parts of the route we will not invent
No clock times. Pickup is confirmed hotel by hotel, so a departure hour printed on a web page would be a guess with a number attached.
No kilometres and no drive times either, for the same reason: our records hold neither for any part of this coast. And nothing about which villages a transfer passes on the way to the harbour — we know where each boat's zone reaches, not what the minibus drives through.
Our records name the castle and the Red Tower. They say nothing about the Seljuk walls or the old shipyard beneath them, so neither does this page. If the headland itself is the reason you are booking, the light on it is the thing to choose, and the evening sailing is the trip built around that choice.