By plane

1 Dalaman Airport (DLM IATA) (6 km south of town centre), ☏ +90 252 792 5555. This has daily flights from Istanbul (IST and SAW) and Ankara, which use the older domestic terminal. International flights use the new terminal opened in 2018. Most flights are seasonal from north European cities including London (Stansted and Gatwick), Glasgow, Düsseldorf, Moscow (Domodedovo and Vnukovo), Ekaterinberg and Sochi, plus Tel Aviv, Beirut and Baku. The airport has the usual facilities including car hire. (updated Jul 2023)

To town: Muttaş Bus 8-11 runs from the airport to Dalaman town centre and the edge-of-town bus station. It's every 90 min or so, timed to connect with the Istanbul flights. Muttaş buses also run direct from the airport to Marmaris and Fethiye. Havaş buses from the airport to Marmaris also stop at the bus station and Ortaca, but they charge you the full fare to Marmaris.

By bus

Buses from Istanbul take 13 hours via Gebze, Bursa, Balıkesir, Akhisar, Manisa, Izmir, Aydin, Muğla, Köyceğiz and Ortaca. In 2023 the single adult fare is 1000 TL. There are about 12 per day, and many of them continue east to Göcek and Fethiye. Buses from Ankara take 10 hours and from Izmir 4 hours 30 min. Intercity bus lines include Metro Turizm, Pamukkale and Flixbus.

Muttaş is the local bus line run by Muğla city. Muttas Bus 48-13 runs from Marmaris every 30 min. Bus 48-2 runs from Fethiye via Göcek every 15 min.

2 Dalaman Otogarı the bus station is on D555 five km north of town - see below for the local buses, but you probably need a taxi or dolmuş to get where you want to be. The station is reasonably clean with helpful staff.

By road

From Istanbul follow O-7 and O-5 (toll) to Izmir, then D550 through Muğla and Akyaka, onto the coast highway D400. This nowadays bypasses Dalaman, loop south on D555 to reach town, the airport and resort strip. D400 wends and winds onwards east through Göcek and Fethiye (for Ölüdeniz) - as one of the historic primary routes of Turkey it continues all the way past Adana to the borders with Syria and Iran.