Getting There by Air
The civic airline is Turkish Airlines (TK) (website: www.turkishairlines.com).
Approximate Flight Times
From London to Istanbul is 3 hours 45 account and from New York is 9 hours 50 minutes.
Main Airports
Ankara (ESB) (Esenboga) (website: www.esenbogaairport.com) is 33km (21 miles) northeast of the city. To/from the airport: Havas buses (website: www.havas.net) biking every 30 account amid the airport and the city-limits centre from 0430 to 2400 (journey time - 50 minutes). Taxis are aswell available. Facilities: Duty-free shops, bank/bureau de change, restaurants and bars.
Istanbul (IST) (Atatürk, aforetime Yeşilköy) (website: www.ataturkairport.com) is 24km (15 miles) west of the city-limits (journey time - 30 to 50 minutes). To/from the airport: Havas runs a approved bus account amid the airport and the city-limits centre. Taxis are available. Facilities: Duty-free shops, bank/bureau de change, bar, restaurant and car hire.
Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) (website: www.sgairport.com) is 40km (25 miles) from Istanbul, on the Asian side. To/from the airport: There are shuttle bus casework to Taksim Square in the city-limits (journey time - 45 minutes) and to Atatürk All-embracing Airport (journey time - 60 to 70 minutes). Taxis are accessible 24 hours. Facilities: Duty-free shops, bank, ATMs, business centre and restaurants/cafes.
Izmir (IZM) (Adnan Menderes) (website: www.adnanmenderesairport.com) is 18km (11 miles) south of the city. To/from the airport: Havas buses accommodated calm flights and biking alternate from the city-limits centre (journey time - 50 to 60 minutes). Facilities: Bank/bureau de change, ATMs, duty-free shops, bar, restaurant and car hire.
There are added all-embracing airports at Adana, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman and Trabzon.
Departure Tax
US$50 is levied alone on Turkish nationals not citizen beyond abandonment from Turkey.
Getting There by Water
Main ports: Antalya, Bandirma, Çeşme, Istanbul, Izmir, Marmaris and Mersin.
To/from Italy: Marmara Curve (tel: 49 7031 866 010, sales abettor in Germany; website: www.marmaralines.com) operates absolute ferries in the summer from Ancona-Çeşme and from Brindisi- Çeşme. MedEuropean Seaways (tel: (216) 392 8346; website: www.mesline.com) runs a bear amid Brindisi-Çeşme.
To/from Cyprus: There are three routes with sea buses, car and commuter bear services: Alanya-Girne, Tasucu-Girne, operated by the Fergün Shipping Company (website: www.ferries-turkey.com) and Gazimagusa-Mersin.
To/from Greece: There are abreast operated bear curve amid Turkey and the Greek islands: Lesbos-Ayvalik, Chios-Çeşme, Samos-Kuşadasi, Cos-Bodrum, Rhodes-Bodrum, Rhodes-Marmaris and Rhodes-Fethiye.
To/from Ukraine: Ukrferry (tel: +380 482 344 059, in Ukraine; website: www.ukrferry.com) operates ferries amid Odessa-Istanbul and Ilyichevsk-Derince.
Cruise ships stop in Istanbul, Kuşadasi and Antalya.
Note: All ships, including clandestine yachts, accession in Turkish amnion have to go to one of the afterward ports of entry: Akçay, Alanya, Anamur, Antalya, Ayvalik, Bandirma, Bodrum, Botas (Adana), Çanakkale, Çeşme, Datça, Derince, Didim, Dikili, Fethiye, Finike, Giresun, Güllük, Hopa (Artvin), Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kaş, Kemer, Kuşadasi, Marmaris, Mersin, Ordu, Rize, Samsun, Sinop, Söke, Tasucu (Silifke), Tekirdağ, Trabzon and Zonguldak.
Getting There by Rail
Train journeys can be fabricated to Istanbul via some of the above European cities. The adventure from London takes three days: Eurostar to Paris, Orient Express to Vienna (overnight), Avala to Budapest, brief Ister to Bucharest and assuredly the Bosfor to Istanbul. There is aswell a beneath adequate couchette car from Budapest to Istanbul. Added all-embracing abuse routes go to Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Germany and Serbia. For added advice acquaintance Turkish Railways (TCDD) in Istanbul (tel: (212) 527 0050; website: www.tcdd.gov.tr).
Rail Passes
InterRail: offers absolute first- or cheap biking in up to 30 European countries for European association of over six months with two canyon options. The Global Canyon allows for 22 canicule or one ages connected travel, 5 canicule in 10 canicule or 10 canicule in 22 canicule beyond all countries. The One-Country Canyon offers biking for three, four, six or eight canicule in one ages in any of the countries except Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro. Biking is not accustomed in the passenger's country of residence. Travellers beneath 26 years accept a reduction. Children's tickets are bargain by about 50%. Supplements are appropriate for some accelerated services, bench anxiety and couchettes. Discounts are offered on Eurostar and some bear routes. Accessible from Abuse Europe (website: www.raileurope.co.uk/inter-rail).
Getting There by Road
There are access credibility by alley from Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, the Syrian Arab Republic and Iran. From London, drivers may either accept the arctic avenue via Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, or the southern avenue through Belgium, Austria, Italy with a car-ferry affiliation to Turkey.
Coach: There are approved casework amid Turkey and Austria, France, Germany, Greece and Switzerland, as able-bodied as Jordan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Syrian Arab Republic. It is accessible to biking by drillmaster from London to Istanbul, alteration in Frankfurt (journey time - about 70 hours). Tickets are accessible from Civic Express (tel: 0870 580 8080; website: www.nationalexpress.com).
