How can I get to Turkey?

It used to be said that Turkey would think of hot air balloons, but now it is said that Turkey would think of a song. Only you know how romantic Turkey is, but the traffic in this place must be known in advance.

Intercity bus Intercity bus is the main means of transportation between every city and tourist area in Turkey, and it is also the most convenient and fast way. Because Turkish highways extend in all directions, mainly expressway and national highways, the road conditions are generally good.

The Turkish government's management of intercity buses is also very strict. Every bus is comfortable and clean, and snacks and drinks are provided free of charge. Some vehicles will also put a small TV in the front seat for passengers to kill time, and will have a short rest at the service station on the way.

The online booking of the above companies is mainly for inter-city communication. You can't choose between scenic spots and tourist towns.

If we want to go directly from the tourist town to the next stop, we need to buy tickets at the local bus company office. When you buy a ticket, you should specify where you want to go, and the ticket seller will arrange it for you. Most bus companies can provide shuttle buses to the bus terminal-scenic spots. As shown in the figure below:

Advantages: you can enjoy the scenery along the way by taking the daytime bus; Tickets are convenient for direct access to scenic spots; Price close to the people

Disadvantages: poor time control; Far away cities often go by bus at night, which has poor comfort and high risk factor; The service staff on the bus can only speak Turkish, and everything needs English &; Body language reconfirmation (such as rest stop time).

Tips:

0 1. The principle of bus seating arrangement is that the opposite sex cannot sit next to each other unless it is with family and friends. So when booking tickets, we can write the name wrong, but the gender must not be wrong.

02. Support seat selection. Many vehicles have single-row seats. If you want to choose a good seat, you need to book as early as possible, on a first-come-first-served basis:)

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A must for lazy people: When you arrive in a city, please ask the staff at the front desk of the hotel or go to a tourist shop near the hotel to book tickets. The price is the same as the face price or slightly higher than 10 lira, which is still affordable. If we are on the road, we will be arranged to get on the bus at the nearest place to save ourselves the trouble of going to the bus stop.

Turkish domestic airlines have a wide choice and reasonable prices. Except Istanbul, there are no direct flights between most tourist cities, and it is often necessary to transfer in first-tier cities such as Istanbul. Therefore, we must make a good travel plan and implement airport-hotel transportation before going out.

Advantages: short time; High safety factor; Everyone has rich flying experience and is practical.

Disadvantages: the fare is higher near the date; Airport-hotels need to book shuttle buses separately.

Tips:

0 1. If you book tickets in advance and avoid holidays, the prices of some flights are similar to those of economy class tickets.

02. On domestic flights, each person can check 15 ~ 20kg of luggage (depending on the location) and carry 5kg of luggage on board.

Trains The railways in Turkey are too underdeveloped, with few trains, small popularization, slow speed and long time. It is not recommended to travel to Turkey by train, because many places we like can't be reached. As for the high-speed rail, there are only two, Istanbul-Ankara and Ankara-Konya. Turkey's railway network is also sparse, and most places that tourists like cannot be reached.

Turkey is surrounded by the sea on three sides, but most cities are located inland, mainly relying on land transportation. Only Marmara, an inland coastal city, often uses sea ferries.

Traffic allocation scheme between major tourist cities (taking clockwise route as an example)

Turkey's famous scenic spots are scattered in different areas, and the tour methods can be roughly divided into clockwise and counterclockwise routes.

Clockwise route: Istanbul-Cappadocia-Antalya-Cotton Castle-Ephesus-Istanbul.

Istanbul-Capadocia

The vehicle can be an airplane or a bus.

Plane: 1.5 hours or so. There are two airports near Cappadocia Scenic Area, Nevsehir (Nev? Ehir) and Kaiseli Airport. Nevsehir airport is closer to Capadocia, but there are few planes. Generally speaking, I suggest you choose the open Cherie airport, which has many flights and a wide range of choices. It's about 1 hour drive from the airport to Capadocia, and you need to book a pick-up service separately.

Bus: Depart from Otoga, Istanbul at around 20: 00 pm, with a duration of 1 1 hour, and arrive at Otoga, Graeme at around 7: 00 the next morning.

Capadocia Antalya

The means of transportation can be buses and planes.

Bus: There are many flights every day, about 10.5 hours. You can choose flights according to your itinerary.

Plane: There are not many direct flights from Capadocia to Antalya, only Pegasus and Sun Express.

There are direct flights, and the flight time is about 1 hour, which can basically guarantee one flight a day. But if it is in the off-season, it is ok to reduce flights. In this case, most of them need to transfer in Istanbul.

Antalya-Cotton Castle

Buses are the main means of transportation, and the journey takes about 3.5 hours.

Note: The bus goes to the bus terminal in Denise Li.

Otogar), and then you need to find the same company minibus to go to cotton fort. Usually someone will ask you to get on the minibus after you get off the bus. Be sure to confirm the address with the driver before getting on the bus.

Plane: There is no direct flight.

Cotton Castle-Ephesus (Accommodation: Selcuk/Kusadasi)

Buses are the main means of transportation, and the journey takes about 4 hours.

When buying a ticket, tell us the information of the town and hotel we are going to. Sometimes the driver will put us near the hotel. Both Selcuk and Kusadasi have buses to the ancient city of Ephesus, and they can also take part in local day trips.

Plane: There is no direct flight.

Ephesus-Istanbul

Airplanes are the main means of transportation.

Buy an air ticket from the vicinity of Selcuk/kusadasi Hotel to Izmir Airport (please make a reservation at the front desk of the hotel or at a nearby tourist shop). It takes about 1 hour to reach Izmir airport. Flights to Istanbul run almost every hour, with a wide range of choices.

The bus is usually a night bus, with a duration of 10 hour. It's very hard. I suggest flying.

The above is the traffic guide for the main tourist cities on the clockwise route, so the counterclockwise route means going backwards: Istanbul-Ephesus-Cotton Castle-Antalya-Capadocia-Istanbul.

These two ways are exactly the same. If you ask me which way is the best, I personally think it is clockwise. As far as transportation is concerned, there are few night buses and fewer flights between Istanbul and Capadocia, so you have to cross here first. In the last paragraph, whether you take the night bus back to Istanbul or fly back from Izmir airport, you have a wide choice and can arrange your time at will. Make our journey very flexible.

China Southern Airlines' direct flight from Beijing to Istanbul stops in Urumqi. This means that parents who go through the exit formalities from Urumqi and care about shopping in the duty-free shop at the Capital Airport will have to wait until they return to Beijing!

Turkish Pegasus Airlines takes about 1 hour 15 minutes from Istanbul to Kaiseri. Pegasus Airlines is a local low-cost airline in Turkey, and its price is naturally reasonable. You can log on to the airline website in advance to book tickets, and the fare is about 300 RMB. Kesseli Airport is for two or two airports that can go to Capadocia. Goreme Town can be reached in about one hour by car from Kesseli Airport. The other is Nevsehir airport, which takes about 40 minutes by car to Goreme. If you choose to fly, you need to inform the hotel in advance by email to arrange pick-up at a price of 25 lira/person.

It should be noted that there are two airports in Istanbul, Ataturk (Istanbul), which is located in the European part.

ATATURK) international airport, the three-character IST and Gokchen in Asia.

South GOKCEN) international airport, the three-character code is SAW. Airport buses are all operated by a company called HAVATAS, which goes from the airport to Taksim Square, and the station is located at POINT on the northwest side of the square.

Next to the hotel, every half hour. Before boarding the plane, ask which airport you are going to. Never take the wrong seat. Among them, the access to Ataturk International Airport can be reached by subway, and the rail transit to Gokchen Airport is still under construction.

Local transportation I think the most important thing for urban tourism is to learn how to use local public transportation, but it is not easy to understand the scattered transportation network and complex urban roads in a short time in a strange city, which requires everyone to do their homework and consult a lot of information before going out to get ready for travel. I think this is the charm of city tour. It's so exciting to imagine being able to travel freely in a strange city by local means of transportation.

Because each player chooses different scenic spots and tourist routes online, there are great differences in the choice of transportation. I also made a travel route for my travel planning after consulting a lot of online materials and books. Here is a brief introduction of several important Istanbul means of transportation that I often take, hoping to help my friends who are going to Istanbul. It is impossible to have a thorough understanding of the city's traffic during a few days' trip, so it is inevitable that there will be some theory on paper!

ISTANBULKART transportation card When you come to Istanbul, you should buy this kind of city transportation card, which can be used by rail transit, bus and ferry. There is a recharge machine next to each station, which is very convenient to use. The fare is charged on a per-trip basis, and you don't need to swipe your card when you leave the station. You can enjoy the discount by using the iSTANBULKART transportation card, so it is more economical for two people to buy one card.

The most commonly used means of transportation in Istanbul is rail transit, including subway and tram.

Tram) and tunnel cable car, you can use iSTANBULKART transportation card, and the transfer is very convenient. Basically, all the famous tourist attractions in the city can be visited by these means of transportation. The subway is marked with the letter m plus the number. Among them, hikers should take the M 1 line from Ataturk International Airport to the urban area. At Zeytinbumu station, you can transfer to the tram line T 1 (trams are usually represented by the letter T plus numbers). T 1 runs through the old city, and all famous scenic spots in Istanbul can take this route. At Sultanahmet Station, you can go to the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapa Palace, Grand Bazaar, Underground Water Palace and many other museums. At Eminonu Station, you can take a cruise to visit the Bosphorus, Galata Bridge, New Mosque, Rustan Pasha Mosque, Suleiman Mosque, Spice Market and other attractions. You can transfer to the cable car at Carracoi Station to go to Independence Street, and the terminal is Kabatas Station in Gru District, Peyo. You can go to the new palace, Doma Bahce Palace, or transfer to the tunnel cable car to Taksim Square.

It is worth mentioning that there are two distinctive tunnel cable cars here. In fact, the Peyo Gru District of the new town is built on a mountain. In order to solve the inconvenience caused by residents climbing steep slopes, the local government invested in the construction of a tunnel cable car at the end of 19, and the entrance of the cable car was marked with obvious tunnel signs. The design of the cable car is very unique, and the intersection of the ascending and descending trains in the middle of the tunnel is very interesting. It is suggested that travelers choose to take the first carriage, the train runs every three minutes, and the journey time is only three minutes.

Taxis can be clearly marked and charged, but the price can also be agreed with the driver to go to the scenic spots. Before taking a taxi, it is best to ask the hotel staff the reasonable price of taking a taxi to the scenic spot or ask the hotel to help the taxi hotel negotiate the price to avoid being slaughtered.

There are buses and water ferries. If you want to go around Istanbul or beyond, taking buses and ferries is a necessary choice. We didn't experience these two means of transportation on this trip, which is somewhat regrettable.