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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 Giresun

Giresun, which hosts the only island of Eastern Black Sea, is literally the meeting point of blue and green. Giresun, which is an important coastal city of the Black Sea for having large beaches in addition to its unique nature, also stands out with its highlands.

One of the leading points in hazelnut trade for Turkey and the world, Giresun is a dynamic agriculture and trade city.

The settlement in this city, which was ruled by the Romans, Byzantines, and the Ottomans in the past, goes back to before the Common Era. In addition to its deep-rooted history and the historical textures of the civilizations it has hosted, you can also see the traces of its cultural diversity in Giresun cuisine. With its cool highlands, fresh air, lush green nature, enchanting views, and local cuisine, Giresun is a city worth exploring.

How to go to the City Center from Ordu-Giresun Airport?

Serving since 2015, Ordu-Giresun Airport is the only airport built on the sea in Turkey and Europe. Used as a common airport of two cities, Ordu-Giresun Airport constitutes an air bridge for numerous cities in the Central Black Sea, Ordu and Giresun in particular.

Located between the districts of Gulyali and Piraziz, Ordu-Giresun Airport is 45 km to Giresun city center, 62 km to Espiye, and 74 km to Tirebolu. There are numerous transportation options to Giresun city center from Ordu-Giresun Airport that has both domestic flights and international flights terminals and 3-km-long runway.

Taxi

You can use taxis to go to the city center from Ordu-Giresun Airport. You can go to Giresun city center and many other points of the city by taxi you can find easily at the exit gate of the airport terminal. You can go to the city center from Ordu-Giresun Airport in 60 minutes.

Havas

Havas, which provides shuttle bus service for direct transfer from Ordu-Giresun Airport to the city center and certain points of the city, is a fast and comfortable alternative. Havas buses that serve on the routes of Ordu, Kumbasi, Fatsa, and Unye depart separately for each aircraft landing at the airport.

Car Rental

You can make a private travel by benefiting from the options of renting a car meeting your needs from the car rental offices available at Ordu-Giresun Airport.

You can have your car prepared by booking it online before arriving at Ordu-Giresun Airport and go to the city center and the neighboring cities as you like.

What to eat in Giresun?

Giresun is very rich in terms of local tastes. While touring this city where the delicious hazelnuts admired by the world especially are produced, you will want to take more of the roasted hazelnuts you have tasted with you. In addition to many desserts and meals made by using hazelnut, you can also enjoy the taste of the fish to your heart's content in this city that can be described as a literal maritime city. In Giresun, you can try the most delicious meals of anchovy, which offers a unique taste which you cannot find anywhere else, ranging from fried to steamed anchovies.

While tasting the matchless tastes created with butter produced from the high-quality milks of the region, you can encounter different meal types you have never tasted before. The honey of the region will mesmerize you with its aroma while the tastes of the special recipes like the black cabbage soup or cornbread linger in your mouth. The meals made by cooking the seafood in different ways, such as rice covered with anchovies, enrich the tables visually, while the pickles bring the characteristic naturalness of the region to your tables. You can also eat the pita and stuffed filo pastry varieties in which Giresun has added some difference with its peculiar touches together with a glass of delicious Black Sea tea during your breaks from the city tour.

Where to stay in Giresun?

Under the influence of tourism accelerated thanks to Ordu-Giresun Airport, the accommodation facilities of the city have also been improved. In the high-quality hotels and boarding houses you can find at the best points in Giresun city center, you can enjoy the comfort. By selecting the accommodation facilities with sea view, you can enjoy the pleasure of the Black Sea that offers a marvelous visuality every hour of the day. In addition to numerous hotels in the city center, the highlands also have accommodation facilities.

If you want to be closer to nature, you can enjoy naturalness to your heart's content in the uptown hotels and boarding houses. In Giresun where numerous outdoor sports can be played, the accommodation facilities that offer you the warmth of your home away from the noise of the city await you.

Must-Do's in Giresun

With Istanbul-Giresun flight ticket, you will arrive in one of Turkey’s cities that have the most oxygen. If you like nature excursions, you might want to stay there forever when you are in Giresun. If you are ready to explore places you can never forget and to breathe fresh air to your heart’s content in the highlands in your Giresun travel, let’s have a look at the things you must make sure to do.

• Visit Giresun Castle, which is one of the most famous points of Giresun. Discover the deep-rooted past of the castle that goes back to the 2nd century B.C.
• The best way to know a city better is to visit its museums. Visit Giresun Museum to know the city thoroughly.
• Visit Virgin Mary Rock Monastery and witness its deep-rooted history.
• Make sure to see Kuzalan Waterfall that is one of the wonders of nature.
• If you want to see more natural beauties, go on a pleasant morning walk around Mavi Lake.
• Enjoy the view of the magnificent Sis Mountain.
• Visit Giresun Island that hosts mythological legends.
• When Giresun’s oxygen-rich air makes you feel hungry, meet the flavors of black cabbage soup and Giresun pita.