Lara Beach and Kundu sit on the same 12 km strip of sand east of Antalya city. Most booking sites treat them interchangeably. They are not — and the difference matters.
Geography in one map
Lara Beach is the western half (closer to Antalya city, 12 km from AYT). Kundu is the eastern half (20 km from AYT). The boundary is roughly the Lara Beach Hotel.
The themed mega-resorts are Kundu
Kremlin Palace, Topkapı Palace, Royal Holiday Palace, Asteria Kremlin — all sit in Kundu. If the hotel architecture is the photo you want, you are looking for Kundu.
Lara has the city access
Lara hotels are 15 minutes from Kaleiçi and the Düden waterfall. Kundu hotels are 25 minutes. For a family planning city excursions, Lara wins.
The Land of Legends is between them
10 minutes from any Kundu hotel, 20 minutes from Lara — but the eastern Belek themed-park makes either work.