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How to go to Sabiha Gokcen Airport from the City Center?

Put into service in the year 2001 together with its elegant architecture, functional means of transport, and airport services, Sabiha Gokcen Airport has been named after Sabiha Gokcen, Turkey's first female pilot and the world's first female fighter pilot. Sabiha Gokcen Airport is the only airport of Istanbul Anatolian side and Turkey's second highest capacity airport.

In addition to the easiness of transportation to the centers like Pendik, Kartal, Bostanci, Kadıkoy, Taksim, Besiktas, Levent, it also provides the cities like Kocaeli, Sakarya, Yalova, Duzce, Bolu, and Bursa with transportation opportunity. Having a strategic position in Turkey's air traffic, approximately 30 million domestic and international passenger flights are performed at Sabiha Gokcen Airport every year.

Taxi

Although the factors like traffic density, weather conditions, work start and finish times can be determinant, taxi is a transportation option you can prefer to go to Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

By taxi you can find almost everywhere in Istanbul, you can go up to the departing passenger gate easily. You can use various taxi fare calculation applications to calculate the cost of a taxi journey in Istanbul.

Havabus

Havabus that provides shuttle bus service from certain points in European and Anatolian sides for a direct transfer to Sabiha Gokcen Airport from the city center is one of the alternatives preferred for fast transportation.

Serving from Taksim, Kadıkoy, and Yenisahra, Havabus provides a practical service by departing at brief intervals. For detailed information on Havabus services and fares, please click here.

Marmaray-Metro

You can benefit from the developed public transport system of the city to go to the airport. You can come to Ayrilik Cesmesi by riding the Marmaray trains, where you can change to Kadikoy-Kartal metro. After getting to Kartal, you can get on E-9 buses that go to Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

Bus

There are bus services that will enable you to get to Sabiha Gokcen Airport from numerous points in Anatolian and European sides.

You can ride the buses number E11and E10 departing from Kadıkoy, E9 from Bostanci, E18 from Altunizade and Umraniye and KM20 from Pendik. If you will go to the airport from 4. Levent, the bus number E3 will help you.

Car Rental

You can use the car rental firms that have branches at the airport to go to Sabiha Gokcen Airport.

You can visit the national and international car rental offices in Istanbul. Besides, you can ensure that your car is prepared in advance by booking one online.

General Information on Gaziantep

One of the Southeastern Anatolia Region cities that attract most tourists, Gaziantep, a home to Mesopotamian and numerous Mediterranean civilizations, has been used as a settlement since the Paleolithic Age. It is flooded by domestic and foreign tourists for its wide-ranging culture shaped by its rich history, fertile lands, fascinating nature, and world-renowned cuisine.

Gaziantep, which has been granted the title of “Ghazi” for the struggle and heroism displayed by its citizens during the War of Independence, is also the city Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had adopted as his hometown and been awarded the honorary citizenship during his visit.

Its rich cuisine culture, world-renowned tastes, and baklava for which Gaziantep has become a brand name make Gaziantep an indispensable flavor stop. Gaziantep, which has a considerable production power in the area of handicrafts, is the city where the trades in copperware and textile products are at their highest levels. One of the biggest cities of the Southeastern Anatolia Region with its crowded population and developed urbanization understanding, Gaziantep is also on the way to becoming one of the most important fortresses of Turkish economy with its industrial enterprises that produce for both domestic and foreign markets.

How to go to the City Center from Gaziantep Airport?

Serving with a terminal building that occupies an area of 22,800 square meters, Gaziantep Airport is located in Oguzeli district. Gaziantep Airport, where domestic and international flights are performed, has a car park for 520 vehicles to serve the visitors. There are transportation options to numerous points in the city from Gaziantep Airport that has been serving as renewed since 2006.

Taxi

You can prefer the taxi alternative for a comfortable transfer from Gaziantep Airport to the city center. You can go to the city center by taxi you can find 24/7 easily in front of the exit gates of the domestic flights and international flights terminals. The distance between Gaziantep Airport and the city center is 30 km.

Havas

One of the most comfortable and economical options to go to the city center is Havas shuttle buses. The shuttle buses depart from Gaziantep Airport 25 minutes after the landing of aircraft.

Car Rental

You can also prefer the rent-a-car option to go from Gaziantep Airport to the city center and the neighboring cities as well as traveling in the city. You can rent the right car for you from numerous car rental firms at Gaziantep Airport.

What to eat in Gaziantep?

For the reasons such as its historical connections, its location on the Silk Road, and its position as a commercial center, Gaziantep has hosted different civilizations of numerous cultures. Therefore, Gaziantep cuisine is Turkey’s biggest cuisine with almost 300 different meals. When it comes to Gaziantep, the first things that spring to mind are baklava and kebab. Gaziantep baklava has been preserving its taste and flavor for long years thanks to its preparation and baking techniques handed down from master to apprentice. Gaziantep baklava has a special place in the global cuisine thanks to its special ingredients and preparation and baking techniques. In addition to baklava, the kebab varieties also reflect Gaziantep’s peculiar food culture. Gaziantep, which hosts 32 different kebab types such as quince, apple, frank, bagel, eggplant, cauldron, and bowl in addition to the well-known types, deserves the reputation it has gained for its cuisine.

Gaziantep cuisine is a blended and diversified cuisine for being in touch with different cultures for long years. It is virtually a paradise for food lovers for its different meatball varieties, pilaf types, delicious stuffed vegetables, and many other meat dishes in addition to kebab and baklava. Gaziantep is a cuisine and gourmet city with its dried food and spice varieties in addition to the abundance of its meal varieties. In the city where the tens of dinner meals, each one more delicious than the others, are added more flavor with different spices and cooking techniques, you can also try the tastes like stuffed meatballs, liver kebab, sheep’s head and foot soup, stuffed pepper, cigkofte, and lahmacun.

Where to stay in Gaziantep?

In Gaziantep, which is one of the most crowded and busiest cities of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, there are numerous accommodation options that meet the visitors’ budgets and tastes.

Those who want to see the culture, cuisine, and traditional bazaars of Gaziantep can prefer the hotels in the city center. You can make your holiday and visit more pleasant with the hotel you will select in line with your budget and the region where you want to stay. Those who want to stay under a clear sky and in fresh air inhaling plenty of oxygen may stay in the permitted places in the national parks, highlands, and forests, and add some thrill to their vacations.

Must-Do's in Gaziantep

With Istanbul-Gaziantep flight ticket, a city that impresses people with the most beautiful flavors of the world and its history will meet you. The rich culture, crowded tables, and deep-rooted history of Gaziantep make this city peculiar. You can see something related to flavor everywhere in Gaziantep. However, Gaziantep is a city that has many more than its already known features. Its historical heritage, rich texture bearing the marks of different cultures, natural beauties, and many more will be waiting for you in Gaziantep. Here are the things you must make sure to do to explore Gaziantep:

• Tour Gaziantep Coppersmiths Bazaar. Purchase copper coffeepots, cups, and trays handcrafted by the masters for yourself or your beloved ones.
• Witness the magnificence of history in the Gaziantep Zeugma Museum. Make sure to see the Statue of Mars and the Gypsy Girl Mosaic.
• Buy some spice in Zincirli Bedesten Bazaar.
• Drink a relaxing coffee in Gumruk Inn.
• Visit the “Museum of Gaziantep Defense and Heroism Panorama” in Gaziantep Fortress.
• Taste the famous mortar-ground coffee of Tahmis Kahvesi.
• Watch the unique nature of the Euphrates River and Merzimen Creek from Rumkale.
• Observe the historical adventure of the local cuisine of the city in Emine Gogus Gaziantep Culinary Museum.
• Taste famous Gaziantep baklava made with lots of pistachios.
• Visit the historical Antep houses in Bey Neighborhood.
• Examine the ancient heritage in Gorgo Medusa Archeological Glass Museum.
• Enjoy a lush green park in Gaziantep Botanical Garden.
• See the ancient statues displayed in Yesemek Open-Air Museum.
• Take a nature walk in Kokluce Canyon.
• Taste the famous flavors like simit kebab, kebab with eggplant, and lahmacun.
• Buy Kahke pastry, watermelon seeds, pistachio, and hemp seed snacks.