Travel & accommodation

Flights to Antalya (AYT)

Your destination is Antalya Airport (AYT), a large international airport serving Turkey's Mediterranean coast, close to the Muratpaşa district where Taki Dent's clinic is located. There is no direct flight from the New York area, so patients from the East Coast typically take one connection — commonly via a major European or regional hub such as Frankfurt, London or Amsterdam — for a total door-to-door journey of roughly 12 to 15 hours depending on the routing and layover.

A few practical points make the trip smoother. Antalya is a major leisure destination, so fares and availability swing a lot with the season — flying outside the European summer peak is usually cheaper and calmer. Give yourself a sensible connection buffer rather than the tightest possible layover, especially on the outbound leg, so a delay doesn't put a treatment appointment at risk. And book a routing that lets you arrive with a little time to rest before clinical work begins, rather than going straight from an overnight flight into surgery.

From the airport to the clinic: transfers

For international patients, private VIP transfers between Antalya Airport, your hotel and the clinic — and back again — are included in Taki Dent's treatment price. You're met on arrival and driven directly, which removes the stress of navigating a taxi in an unfamiliar city straight off a long flight, and you'll be told the pickup arrangements before you fly. Antalya is also a well-developed tourist city with ordinary taxis and ride options if you want to move around independently during your stay.

Hotel coverage and where you stay

Your hotel accommodation for the treatment period is included in Taki Dent's treatment price, in a comfortable hotel within reasonable reach of the clinic. Your written plan sets out the details for your case — the standard of hotel and the number of covered nights. A companion's room, or nights beyond your treatment period, are the exception: those are usually the patient's responsibility unless your plan states otherwise, so if a detail matters to you, ask for it to be confirmed in writing before you travel. Antalya also has a very wide range of hotels at every price point given its status as a tourism hub, if you'd prefer to extend your stay independently.

How many nights: typical stays by treatment

The length of your stay is driven by the clinical work, not by a fixed "dental holiday" template. As a general guide, and always subject to your written plan:

• Crowns and veneers — often a single trip of around five to seven nights, allowing for preparation, lab fabrication and fitting of the final restorations.
• Single implants — usually two trips. A shorter first visit to place the fixture, then a return months later, once it has integrated, to fit the final crown. See our dental implants in Turkey page for the two-visit detail.
• All-on-4 and All-on-6 full-arch cases — typically two trips as well: placement with a fixed temporary bridge on the first visit, and the final bridge on a second visit after healing. See All-on-4 and All-on-6.

Because two-visit treatments split the stay across separate trips, your travel commitment has to account for both visits, not just the first. The good news is that your hotel and VIP transfers for each visit are included in Taki Dent's treatment price, so the main travel cost you add is your own flight — a New York–Antalya round trip is typically around $700–$1,200 per visit. We're deliberate about that honest total on our price comparison methodology page.

The visit schedule: one trip or two?

Whether your treatment is one trip or two is a clinical decision, and it's confirmed in your written plan before you commit to any dates. Veneer and crown cases can often be completed in a single, well-planned trip. Anything involving implants placed into the jawbone almost always needs two, because the fixture has to heal and fuse with the bone — a process called osseointegration that typically takes three to six months — before the final restoration can be attached. Some straightforward single-tooth cases can be compressed, but no responsible clinic rushes osseointegration to fit a marketing promise of "new teeth in one trip." Your plan will state exactly how many visits your case needs and roughly how far apart they fall, so you can arrange time off and flights around real dates.

Recovery before you fly home

You should not fly the same day as a surgical procedure. Your plan builds in the recovery time the clinic considers appropriate before your return flight, so that any initial swelling settles and the team can review you before you leave. Long-haul flying carries general health considerations of its own — staying hydrated, moving during the flight — that matter a little more after a procedure, and your aftercare instructions will cover anything specific to your treatment. If you have underlying health conditions, discuss flying-after-surgery timing with your own physician as well as the clinic. What happens once you're back in New York — routine follow-up, warning signs, and the warranty framework — is covered in full on our aftercare and warranty page.

Bringing a companion

Traveling with a companion is common, and we generally recommend it for the first trip of a major or surgical case — having someone to help you get around, especially in the day or two after a procedure, makes a real difference. A companion is typically welcome to accompany you at the clinic and hotel; their flights, and any additional room cost, are usually the patient's responsibility unless your package states otherwise. Mention a companion at the consultation stage so it can be factored in when your plan and arrangements are prepared.

Accessibility and specific needs

If you have mobility, medical or other accessibility needs, tell us early. Antalya Airport and modern Antalya hotels are generally set up for international visitors, and the clinic can advise on what it can accommodate — but the way to make sure your needs are met is to raise them before travel is arranged, not on arrival. The same applies to dietary needs, medication you take regularly, or a health condition that affects surgery or recovery: the clinical team needs that information in advance so it can be built into your plan safely.

Passports, visas and entry

You'll need a valid passport, and many travelers should check well ahead that it has enough validity remaining for entry to Turkey, since a number of countries require several months' validity beyond your travel dates. Turkey's entry requirements — including whether a visa or e-visa applies to you — depend on your nationality and can change, so verify the current rules for your specific passport through official Turkish government sources in good time before you travel. Build any visa processing into your timeline rather than leaving it to the last week.

Travel insurance

Take out travel insurance for the trip, and read what it does and doesn't cover. Standard travel policies cover ordinary travel risks — trip disruption, lost baggage, general medical emergencies — but many specifically exclude complications of planned, elective treatment you traveled to receive. That gap matters for dental tourism, so if travel-related medical contingency is a concern, look specifically for cover appropriate to planned treatment abroad rather than assuming a basic holiday policy fills it. The clinical treatment itself is a separate matter from travel insurance, and is governed by the written warranty framework described on our aftercare page.

Cancellations and changes

Plans change — a delayed flight, a personal emergency, or a clinical reason to move a date. Because a treatment trip ties together flights, accommodation and clinical appointments, changes can have knock-on costs, so it's worth reducing your exposure up front: prefer flexible or changeable fares where the price difference is reasonable, understand any hotel cancellation terms, and keep us informed as early as possible if something needs to move so we can help coordinate with the clinic. The best protection against costly changes, though, is the rule in the next section.

The one rule: don't book flights before the clinic confirms your plan

If you take one thing from this page, take this: do not book flights or non-refundable accommodation until Taki Dent has reviewed your case and confirmed a written treatment plan with dates. It is tempting to grab a cheap fare early, but a treatment plan can genuinely change once your X-ray or CBCT scan is assessed — a case may need an extra stage, grafting first, a different number of visits, or different timing. Patients who book travel around an assumed plan, rather than a confirmed one, are the ones who end up eating change fees or flying at the wrong time. The correct order is always: consultation and case review first, written plan with dates second, your flights third (your hotel and VIP transfers are included in the treatment price and arranged by the clinic). Our How It Works page walks through that sequence from your first Brooklyn contact to treatment in Antalya, and a free consultation is where it starts. You can also read more about the clinic itself — its location, team, equipment and what a treatment plan involves — on our Taki Dent, Antalya page.