Other Tourist Scams in Antalya

Friendly Stranger Bar Bill Scam

A well-dressed local — sometimes posing as a student or shopkeeper — approaches tourists near Hadrian's Gate or the Kaleiçi harbour and strikes up a friendly conversation, eventually suggesting a nearby bar for drinks. The bar is a co-conspirator: drinks are priced at ten to twenty times normal rates, and a final bill of several hundred euros is presented. Refusal to pay is met with threats from large staff members, and some victims report being physically blocked from leaving. This scam is one of the most financially damaging reported in Antalya.