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Adnan
Menderes Airport is
18 km (11 miles) south of İzmir on
the way to Selçuk, Ephesus,
Şirince and Pamukkale. Here's
my İzmir
Region Transport Map.
TRAIN
The rail line from İzmir (Basmane)
south through Adnan
Menderes Airport
to Selçuk,
Aydın and
Nazilli has been modernized and electrified,
and now includes İZBANsuburban
trains to the airport and beyond
to Cumaovası, making it fast, easy
and cheap to go between the airport
and the center of İzmir. More...
You
can also use Turkish
State Railways trains
from İzmir and the Havalimanı (airport)
station to go south to Selçuk and Ephesus. More...
BUS
Another easy way to go from
the airport to Izmir is
by Havaş airport
bus (HAH-vahsh, TL10,
50- to 60-minute trip) from the Swissotel Grand
Ephesus Hotel (Büyük
Efes Oteli) on Cumhuriyet Meydanı (Republic
Square) in Izmir.
Havaş buses
meet every domestic flight by Atlasjet,
Pegasus
Air, Onur
Air, Sun
Express, and Turkish
Airlines. If you arrive on
some other flight, you can ride
the bus if there
is a seat available.
Izmir ESHOT city bus (EGM)
200 departs
the airport hourly on the half hour
following about the same route
for less money (TL6)
than the Havaş bus, and ESHOT
bus 240 goes
from the airport right to Izmir's Otogar (main
bus terminal).
Selçuk and Ephesus are
60 km (37 miles) south of the airport,
and Kuşadası only
a dozen kilometers further, but there
are no airport buses to
those places, so you go by train,
car, or taxi and minibus. Train is
the cheapest and most comfortable,
car is the fastest. Here's
how to drive there.
To go by minibus you
must either walk out of the airport
compound to the highway, cross the
highway, and wait
for a southbound Selçuk Minibus;
or you can take a taxi to the Gaziemir
Semt Garajı (the minibus station
in the nearby town of Gaziemir) and
take a Selçuk minibus from there. The
taxi fare should be TL10 to TL12, the
minibus fare TL8, for a total of about TL20.
TAXI or
HOTEL CAR
It costs about TL100 to
go by taxi from Adnan
Menderes Airport to Selçuk,
TL120
to go to Şirince or Kuşadası.
Instead of an airport taxi, you can
arrange in advance for your Selçuk,
Şirince or Kuşadası hotel to send
a car to the airport to meet
you and
transfer you to the hotel. This better
service usually costs about the same
as a taxi, and is a better choice.
CAR
RENTAL
Renting a car, taking a taxi or having a hotel
car pick you up all tend to cost about the same, so
if you're planning to rent
a car in the Ephesus
area,
you can pick it up at the airport and save yourself
that high taxi fare. Here's
how to drive from the airport to Selçuk, Şirince,
Ephesus and Kuşadası.
Trains
Airport to Izmir or Ephesus
Izmir
Region Transport Map
Airport Car Hire/Rental
Adnan
Menderes Airport
Bodrum: 265
km (164 miles) S, 3 hours
Ephesus
(Selçuk): 65
km (41 miles) S, 45 minutes (More...)
Izmir: 18
km (11 miles) N, 25 minutes
Kuşadası: 80
km (50 miles) SW, 1-1/4 hours (More...)
Marmaris: 300
km (187 miles) SE, 4 hours
Pamukkale: 265
km (165 miles) E, 3-1/2 hours
Selçuk
(Ephesus): 62 km (39
miles) S, 1-1/4 hours
Şirince: 69
km (45 miles) S, 1 hour
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