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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 Malatya

Malatya, which has become virtually a brand city with apricot, is one of the rare centers of the Eastern Anatolia Region for its serenity and nature. Bearing the traces of numerous civilizations it had hosted, the history of this city goes back to circa 6000 B.C. Malatya, which hosts numerous historical structures that are worth seeing, has come to life on a rough terrain between the Euphrates River and the Taurus Mountains.

One of the most unique cities of the Eastern Anatolia Region, Malatya is an ideal travel route with its apricot, rich cuisine, historical texture it has preserved until today, cultural diversity, vast highlands, and dam lakes. Malatya, which is an important commercial center for the Eastern Anatolia Region for its apricot production and continuously increasing export, is one of the cities that must be explored.

How to go to the City Center from Malatya Erhac Airport?

One of the first airports of Turkey, Malatya Erhac Airport has been giving service since 1941. It is possible to find direct or connecting flights to numerous places in Turkey from Malatya Erhac Airport that is 34 km to the city center. There are numerous alternatives to go to the city center from Malatya Erhac Airport.

Taxi

You can select the taxi option to go to the city center from Malatya Erhac Airport rapidly and comfortably. You can go anywhere in the city by taxi you can find easily at the terminal exit of the airport 24 hours a day. Although it may vary by traffic and weather conditions, you can go to the city center in 40 minutes on average.

Havas

You can go to the city center and certain other districts by riding Havas shuttle buses departing from Malatya Erhac Airport terminal exit. With services organized separately for each flight performed at Malatya Erhac Airport, you can go to the city center in 45 minutes on average.

Car Rental

If you want to select a comfortable and private option for going to the city center from Malatya Erhac Airport, you can use the car rental option. There are numerous firms that give car rental service at the airport. You can go to any point in the city and also the neighboring cities with pleasure by selecting a car in any segment you want by utilizing the rent-a-car service. You can ensure that your car is made ready for you before you arrive at the airport by making an online reservation.

What to eat in Malatya?

In Malatya, which offers the local tastes of the Eastern Anatolia Region in its distinguished cuisine, many different types of meals are cooked in the special days like vow-making, celebration, and engagement ceremony. On the “Hidrellez” day especially, the meals called “Hizir kombe” and “sehen kesmesi” are cooked and distributed to minimum seven neighbors. The meals offered to the guests in wedding celebrations are divided into three different groups. The bulgur pilaf with meat, meal with tirit, and the seasonal fruits and salads are most favored ones.

In Malatya cuisine that includes considerable varieties of meatballs and patties, some of the ones most frequently cooked by the local people are as follows: “sikma meatballs”, “polat meatballs”, “cigleme”, “cigkofte (steak tartar a la turca) with lentil”, “sour meatballs with sumac”, “stuffed meatballs”, “gidirikli meatballs”, “pumpkin patty with yogurt”, “cigkofte with meat”, “pat meatballs”, “cabbage patty”, “yavandan patlicanli meatballs”, “bulama meatballs”, “yumru meatballs”, “kursungeçmez meatballs”. When you are in Malatya, you must taste minimum four or five of them. Malatya also has numerous famous meals other than meatballs and patties. “Sour bread”, “tandoor bread”, “bazlama”, “gendime soup”, “pirpirim soup”, “dogme soup”, and “anali kizli” top the list of the meals you must try absolutely.

Malatya, which is Turkey’s most important apricot production center, is called the matchless land for its delicious apricots. The apricot gardens you can see everywhere in Malatya satisfy the visitors in terms of both visuality and taste. You can also eat this delicious fruit in its homeland by timing your Malatya visit to the ripening period of apricots. Besides, you can also try a delicious match by inserting walnut, almond, hazelnut, or the other dried nuts in dried apricot.

Where to stay in Malatya?

Composed of 13 districts called Arapgir, Arguvan, Battalgazi, Akcadag, Darende, Dogansehir, Doganyol, Hekimhan, Kale, Kuluncak, Puturge, Yazihan and Yesilyurt, Malatya province is suitable for visits in certain periods of the year only, as it has harsh continental climate. The visitors who want to travel and have a holiday here are suggested to stay in the city center, Darende, and Yesilyurt, which are more touristic. In Malatya that has rather busy seasons in terms of visitors, there are numerous different hotel or guest house options for accommodation.

Must-Do's in Malatya

AnadoluJet takes you to a unique city with Ankara-Malatya flight ticket. Malatya, the city of Battalgazi, is admired by its visitors for its streets surrounded with historical texture, its bazaars renowned for apricot, and its lush green nature. With its natural wonder waterfalls, lush green forests, ancient heritage, and rich culture, Malatya awaits you.

• Visit Aslantepe Ruins to experience history in the present day.
• Visit Malatya Museum to feel the historical texture of the city and know Malatya culture better.
• Visit the Grand Mosque, which is one of the icons of Malatya.
• Go to Turgut Ozal Natural Park and have some private time in nature.
• If you want to have a pleasant and interesting experience, visit Malatya Camera Museum.
• Tour Arapgir district in the streets of which you can feel the history of Malatya.
• Go to Sanat Sokagi (Art Street) and meet the most colorful face of Malatya.
• Go to Kernek Waterfall to witness a miracle of nature and also enjoy the view of the city.
• Go to Silahtar Mustafa Pasha Caravanserai and explore the most beautiful historical building of the city.
• Go to Malatya Fortress and explore the deep-rooted history of the city.
• Go to Tohma Creek Canyon and relax your spirit in this natural beauty.