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Çesme is at
the end of the peninsula extending
westward
from Izmir.
A fast otoyol (expressway)
goes from Izmir all
the way to Alaçati and Çesme,
making it possible to drive the distance
in less than an hour. The Alaçati exit
is the last one before the end of the
highway at Çesme.
Çesme's bus terminal (Otogar) is
inland a few blocks from the bay on
the Izmir road, about a 15- to 20-minute
walk from the main square or the Liman.
If your baggage is really heavy, you
can take a Çesme-Ilica-Alaçati minibus from the lot just
south of the Tourism Information Office
to the Otogar.
Bus
transportation between Çesme's
otogar and Izmir is
fast and frequent (every 15 minutes
from 6 am to 6 pm), so you can pass
through easily enough. From Izmir,
it's easy to catch onward buses north
to Bergama or south to Selçuk/Ephesus,
Kusadasi, Bodrum and other destinations.
Car-and-passenger ferryboats arrive
in Çesme from Italy and
the Greek
islands and
dock at the Liman (harbor),
easily visible across the bay from
the main square. It's only about a
15-minute walk around the bay from
the square to the Liman. More...
Distances & Travel
Times
Çesme
- Alaçati: 10
km (6 miles), 15 minutes
Istanbul: 700
km (435 miles), 8 hours
Izmir: 85
km (53 miles), 50 to 75 minutes
Izmir's
Adnan Menders Airport: 90
km (56 miles) SE, 60 to 85 minutes
by car, 2+ hours by bus
Selçuk
(Ephesus): 125 km
(78 miles), 2 hours by car, 3
hours by bus
Aegean
Turkey
Ferries
from Italy to Turkey
Greek
Island Ferries
Where
to Go
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