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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 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 Istanbul-Izmir flight ticket, you will be met by Adnan Menderes Airport after a pleasant flight you will make with AnadoluJet. Even on your way from the airport to the city center, you can see how pleasant routes surround Izmir; Kordonboyu, ancient cities, holiday resorts are each more pleasant than the last, and natural beauties await you in Izmir. Do not come back without doing the following in Izmir each point of which will allow you to enjoy a full excursion tour.

• Explore the historical Kizlaragasi Inn in the 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 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.
• Swim to your heart’s content in the turquoise blue sea of Cesme Ilica Beach.
• Windsurf in Alacati.
• Enjoy the entertaining nightlife of Alsancak.
• Go on an exploration tour on the stone-paved streets of Sirince Village renowned for its nature. Do not forget to have a souvenir photograph taken in front of the historical stone houses.
• See the thousands of years old heritage like the ancient amphitheater and Celsus Library in Ephesus Ancient City.
• Go on a journey into the depths of history in Pergamon Ancient City and Agora Ancient City.
• Visit Alacati, one of the popular holiday destinations in Cesme. Drink a mastic-flavored Turkish coffee with a thick foam. Do not forget to eat the mastic-flavored Alacati cookie offered together with the coffee.
• Visit the windmills located in the center of Alacati.
• Taste the flavors of Izmir like boyoz, lokma, and kumru, each more famous than the last.
• Buy antique gifts full of life experiences in Kahramanlar Flea Market.
• Tour the historical streets of Seferihisar. Taste the fruits sold in the organic market.
• Take a walk on Kibris Sehitleri (Cyprus Martyrs) Avenue.
• Buy books in Alsancak Sevgi Yolu (Love Road). Buy Izmir souvenirs for yourself and your beloved ones.
• Ride a ferry from Goztepe Quay to Karsiyaka. Feed Turkish bagel to seagulls during this ferry ride.
• Enjoy the unique view of Izmir from Seyirtepe (Observation Hill).