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By car from Izmir airport Drive south, following signs for AYDIN / EPHESUS. You may take the old highway (blue signs) or the motorway (green signs). Use the Selçuk Exit if you take the motorway.
Selçuk is located 56 km down the way. You will see the turn for Sirince on your left opposite the SECOND Shell station as you enter the town from the north.
Drive 8 km to Sirince. Note our totem pole at the entrance of the village just past the WELCOME TO SIRINCE sign. Turn right. Drive 1.2 km to Nisanyan House on our somewhat bumpy but perfectly safe road that goes around the village. DON'T drive into the village center and try to drive the shortcut from village square. You will almost certainly get stuck.
(Click here for a VERY thorough route desription).
Airport transfers
There is no convenient public transport from
the airport to Selçuk. You may take the airport shuttle to
Izmir Bus Terminal, then take a bus to Selçuk, and then the minibus
to Sirince. We'll send a car or minivan to pick you up at the airport at 90 YTL (about $70) per trip. Consult the Reservations page for details.
By car from Istanbul
Easiest is to take the super-fast ferry to Bandirma,
which runs three or four times a day and crosses the sea of Marmara
in two hours. From Bandirma it is a 365-km drive to Sirince via
Balikesir-Izmir-Selçuk. You can do it comfortably in less than 5
hours.
By car from the south
If you take the Aydin-Izmir motorway and use the Selçuk exit, you
will have to drive 10 km back south and actually enter the town
from the north. (The motorway was finished in 2001. That is an old
highway map on the left.)
Public transport
The public minibus between Selcuk and Sirince runs every
half hour from 8 am until about sunset. It leaves from the Selcuk
bus station. In summer the last minibus departs usually at 8 pm.
The journey takes 15 minutes and costs about 2 dollars. If you miss
the last minibus there are plenty of taxis which will bring you
up to the village for about 20 dollars.
Give us a call (898 3208) once you reach Sirince, and we will take care of the rest. Above all, DON'T try to walk uphill to the hotel with your luggage unless you are VERY fit and VERY determined to lose weight.
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| Turkish Airlines had a domestic monopoly until 2005. Private liners have proliferated since, and fares are down by more than half. Here's a list of Turkish domestic airlines for your convenience. You can buy your ticket online with each of them. Then you show up at the airport 40 minutes before flight time (make that 50 minutes in Istanbul), pick up your print ticket at the sales booth, and proceed to checkin. They are all reliable, courteous and almost always on time. The third column shows the average number of daily Istanbul-Izmir flights. | |||||||||||||||
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