Departure Day — A Calm, Hosted Goodbye

Highlights

• Breakfast is unhurried — the morning has no fixed scramble
• Private transfers depart on a personalised schedule for Antalya Airport (AYT) or Manavgat Otogar
• Late flight? The pool is yours, and a day-use room is held for showering and changing
• The CONNECT team sees every guest to their transfer personally

Your day, in full

The last morning is built like the first: around you, not around a timetable. Breakfast is unhurried, the coffee keeps coming, and the goodbyes are given the time they have earned over ten days.

Just as on arrival, every departure is coordinated in advance from the travel details you shared at registration. Private transfers leave on a personalised schedule for Antalya Airport (AYT) or Manavgat Otogar, timed generously against each flight and coach — and a member of the CONNECT team sees every guest to their transfer personally.

Guests with late flights are warmly welcome to stay: the pool and beach remain yours for the day, and a day-use room is held for anyone who wants to shower and change before travelling. There is no polite hovering and no lobby purgatory — the programme ends the way it ran.

And then, the only unscripted part of the ten days: the numbers exchanged at breakfast, the plans already forming for next year, and a quiet coach ride to the airport with more to think about than you arrived with. That part, we leave entirely to you.

The day’s itinerary

1. Mira Palace Side — a final unhurried breakfastNo fixed check-out scramble; luggage assistance arranged
2. The morning, at your paceAt your leisurePool, beach, or a last stroll; day-use room held for late departures
3. Private transfer, timed to your journeyAYT ~65 minutes · Manavgat Otogar ~15 minutes
4. Antalya Airport (AYT) or Manavgat OtogarA personal goodbye from the CONNECT team — until next time

Timings are indicative and confirmed by your host the evening before. Itineraries flex gently around weather and the group’s own pace.

Meeting point

Mira Palace Hotel lobby, Side, Antalya — your transfer time is confirmed personally the evening before.

What to bring

• Travel documents back within easy reach
• A little space in your case — Side's bazaar has usually claimed some of it by now
• Time for goodbyes; they run longer than people expect

The full concierge packing guide lives at What to Bring.

Know before you go

• Departure transfers are scheduled individually against your flight or coach — confirmed with you the evening before
• Luggage is stored securely after check-out; the day-use room is available for late departures
• Allow the standard buffer at AYT — the transfer timing already does, generously