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How to go to Ankara Esenboga Airport from the City Center?

One of Turkey's doors opening to the world, Ankara Esenboga Airport has a rather heavy air traffic. At Ankara Esenboga Airport that has been serving since 1955, you can realize your domestic and international travels by the flights of the leading airline companies.

One of Turkey's biggest airports, Ankara Esenboga Airport is also known as our country's most modern and environment-friendly airport. Ankara Esenboga Airport is 28 km to the city center. Located on the border of Akyurt and Cubuk districts, restaurants, cafés, and lounges in Ankara Esenboga Airport give uninterrupted service for 24 hours a day.

Taxi

Taxi is the most comfortable and fastest means of transport to Ankara Esenboga Airport from the city center. You can find the taxis that charge the same price 24 hours a day almost everywhere in the city. Although it may vary by traffic and weather conditions, it takes 40-50 minutes on average to go to Ankara Esenboga Airport from the city center by taxi.

Havas

Havas shuttle buses constitute one of the most preferred alternatives to go to the airport easily. By the services performed for all flights from Ankara Esenboga Airport, the journey to airport takes 60 minutes on average. You can use Havas shuttle buses that depart from points such as ASTI Bus Terminal Arrivals Floor platform no. 129-130, Station Avenue Eryaman High-Speed Train Station, and Pursaklar. For more information, please click here.

Bus

Public transport is one of the alternative means of transport to airport from the city center. Belko Air buses give service under the control of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality. For information on the service times, routes, and fares of the buses number 442K, 442A, and 442B that depart from points such as Kizilay, ASTI, Batikent, please click here.

Car Rental

You can go to the airport through a private travel by benefiting from the options of renting a car meeting your needs from the car rental offices available in Ankara.

General Information on Izmir

Known to be Turkey’s third most developed and most crowded city, Izmir is one of Turkey’s most livable places with its warm people, dynamic city life, and the Mediterranean climate.

In this city that was cradle to numerous civilizations throughout its history that goes back to circa 6500 B.C., it is possible to follow the traces of history. One of the biggest features that makes Izmir unique is that numerous different cultures, beliefs, and life styles are lived side by side.

Izmir that has an energetic urban life with its young population hosts millions of tourists every year with its deep blue sea and holiday resorts that meet all your expectations from a summer holiday. The entertainment life that is always dynamic in both holiday resorts and the city center every season offers you numerous options so that you can have fun as you wish.

Renowned for the seafood and olive oil dishes as well as the agricultural products like fig, olive, and grape, Izmir is indispensable for gourmets also with its many street tastes like kumru, boyoz, bomba, and gevrek. With its deep-rooted history of thousands of years, fascinating nature, and cultural heritages, Izmir is the right address for domestic and foreign visitors who have different areas of interest.

How to go to the City Center from Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport?

Active since 1987, Adnan Menderes Airport is located in Gaziemir district of Izmir. The airport that provides domestic and international flights is 14 km to the city center. There are numerous options for transfer between the city center and Adnan Menderes Airport, which is one of Turkey's busiest airports in the summer months especially.

Taxi

You can use the taxi option for a fast and comfortable transfer from the airport to the city center. The taxis you can find 24/7 in front of the arrivals exit charge the same rate every hour of the day.

Bus

The public transport alternative for transfer from Adnan Menderes Airport to the city center is the municipality buses. You can go to certain parts of the city by riding the buses you can find easily in front of the airport terminal exit. You can get to Mavisehir by the bus number 200, or Alsancak - Republic Square by the bus number 202, or Bornova - metro - bus terminal region by the bus number 204, all three of which depart from the airport.

IZBAN

One of the fastest options for those who want to go from Adnan Menderes Airport to the city center by public transportation is train.

IZBAN, which operates between Halkapinar - Cumaovasi and Aliaga - Salhane, provides transfer to almost everywhere in the city with its numerous connecting stops. IZBAN that serves from Adnan Menderes Airport accepts passengers with urban transportation cards.

Havas

You can prefer Havas shuttle buses for an easy transfer to the city center and the neighboring cities from Adnan Menderes Airport. Havas shuttle buses you can find in front of the airport terminal exit depart for each aircraft that lands at Adnan Menderes Airport. There are shuttle buses going from the airport to Alsancak-Karsiyaka-Mavisehir, Cesme-Alacati, Aydin-Nazilli, Kusadasi-Soke, and Manisa.

Car Rental

You can go anywhere you want through a private travel by benefiting from the options of renting a car meeting your needs from the car rental offices available at Adnan Menderes Airport.

You can ensure that your car is prepared in advance by booking one online before arriving at Adnan Menderes Airport where you can find the offices of numerous national and international car rental firms, and when you have completed your travels, you can deliver your vehicle to the car rental office from which you have received service.

What to eat in Izmir?

Although the salads and the olive oil vegetable dishes are the first meals that spring to mind when it comes to the Aegean cuisine, there are different types of meals in Izmir cuisine. “Boyoz” is the first one of them springing to mind, and this pastry is a taste that belongs to Izmir. Although you can find this taste in many other cities, too, the best “boyoz” is eaten in Izmir. It is one of the tastes you must try absolutely when you are in Izmir.

Likewise, another food special to Izmir, “kumru” is a kind of sandwich, and it is the delicious form of cheese, tomato, and green pepper placed into a low-salt chickpea yeast bread. “Izmir tulum cheese” that is one of the tastes that belong to Izmir and rather hard to find in other places is one of the most important tastes in the region. Remember to buy these products, which you can find easily in the local markets, for your beloved ones, too.

The papaz stew made by cooking the veal until it becomes very soft as well as the green beans in olive oil, kol filo pastry generally made with spinach, and tomato soup with rice are also among the foodstuffs to be tasted in Izmir. Made by roasting the meatballs together with potatoes, tomatoes, and pepper in the oven, “Izmir meatball” is famous across the country. Besides, tarhana soup and tomato soup with rice are also the delicious meals in the city. “Gerdan dessert”, which is a meat dessert made of sacrificed animal’s meat especially in the feast of sacrifice, shredded kadaifi, and vanilla ice-cream are some of the delicious tastes you can try from their masters in this city. We also suggest you try the “chicory salad” made of the chicory herb growing in Izmir and its surroundings.

Where to stay in Izmir?

Since there is a dynamic life in numerous different parts of the city, you can find hotels, boarding houses, and apart-hotel rooms almost everywhere in the city. In Izmir where there are many options that meet your budget and tastes you can enjoy a comfortable Aegean holiday in any hotel you want.

You can find easily the luxurious hotels, wooden houses, bungalows, apart-hotel rooms, and many other accommodation options in Cesme, Alacati, Foca, Urla and Bergama that are famous for their coastlines.

If you want to have a holiday in touch with nature, make trekking, mountain climbing, nature walks, and stay under the unique view of the sky, you can use the campsites in Bozdag and the permitted regions in the national parks. In the chalets in Sirince district, you can enjoy sleeping in nature in company with a marvelous natural landscape.

Must-Do's in Izmir

After booking the Ankara-Izmir flight ticket, you will land at Adnan Menderes Airport after a pleasant flight you will make with AnadoluJet. From the moment you set your foot in Izmir, you can feel how pleasant routes the city hosts. When you are in Izmir, you must make sure to add the most famous tour points of the city to your exploration list. Do not come back without doing the following in Izmir that stands out with its ancient cities, holiday resorts, museums, and natural beauties!

• Explore the historical Kizlaragasi Inn in Konak district. Remember to taste various sorbets as well as Turkish coffee in the famous cafés.
• Enjoy the most beautiful view of the city from the Historical Elevator in Karatas. You can take a coffee break in the Dario Moreno street which the exit door of the Historical Elevator opens to.
• Go on a pleasant walk in Kordon by breathing fresh sea air.
• Visit the historical Clock Tower in Konak Square.
• Go for a shopping tour in Kemeralti Bazaar.
• Enjoy the sea in the holiday destinations renowned for their coves like Cesme, Urla, and Foca.
• Enjoy the entertaining nightlife of Alsancak.
• Go on an exploration tour on the stone paved streets of Sirince Village renowned for its nature.
• Go on a journey into the depths of history in Ephesus Ancient City, Pergamon Ancient City, and Agora Ancient City.
• Visit Alacati, one of the popular holiday destinations in Cesme.
• Taste the flavors of Izmir like boyoz, lokma, and kumru, each more famous than the last.