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By Air...
The most modern, easiest and colourful gateway
to istanbul which has always been a mosaic of
cultures throughout history is Atatürk Airport
international terminal. this building which was
built in a very short time but with
state-of-the-art technology is ready to welcome
you with its large array of shopping areas and
experienced personnel.
Ataturk Airport is located in Yesilkoy, on
the European side of Istanbul. It is 28
kilometers to the city center (Sirkeci) and only
4 - 4 ½ kilometers from the sea.
In Istanbul there are two railway stations,
Sirkeci station, is also known as the last
stop of Orient express. Trains bound for
Thessaloniki, Athens, Sofia, Belgrade,
Bucharest and Budapest (with transfers to
Munich and Vienna) leave from Sirkeci.
Trains for Turkish destinations, Iran and
Syria leave from Haydarpasa Station on the
asian side.
There are trains to Istanbul from the
following destinations, From Europe;
Kishinev (Mol), Budapest (Hun), Beograd
(Ser), Bucharest (Rom), Athens, Thessalonica
(Gre) and Sofia (Bul); From Middle East;
Tehran, Tebriz (Irn), Aleppo (Syr) and
Baghdad (Irq). Baghdad line is temporarily
closed.
There are connections from Cologne to
Istanbul on the "Istanbul Express", which
also carries cars from several other
European cities. There is a weekly sleeper
from Moscow. InterRail tickets are available
in the European part of Turkey as far as
Istanbul.
By Road...
Istanbul has a quiet big bus terminal,
"International Istanbul Intercity Bus
Terminal", is at Esenler. (10 Km to
Sultanahmed). With 168 ticket offices and
gates, its own Metro station, shops,
restaurants, police station, clinic and
mosque, the Esenler Otogar is virtually a
town in itself. . Almost all international
buses first visit the Bus terminal. There
are regular Coach (Bus) services between
Turkey and Austria, France, Germany, Greece,
Bulgaria, Romania, Moldovia and Switzerland
as well as Jordan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and
Syria.
Buses from Europe are following the Greece
and Bulgaria routes mainly. The two main
routes are like this; Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria - Turkey and
Germany, Italy, Ferry to Greece - Turkey.
International Istanbul intercity Bus
terminal tel: +90-212 658 05 05 - 658 10 10
