Kusadasi Transportation

There is a daily ship to the Greek island of Samos every day. It is for the most pary ferrying daytripping tourists. You can certainly leave from Samos, just ensure you have your papers/passport etc ok. Daytrippers have their passports taken and left at the harbour immigration office and when getting back from shopping in Kusadasi or visiting Ephesus get their passports back upon departure from Kusadasi harbour.

A Dolmus leaves for Selcuk every half hour. This bus also takes you to the Water parks and to the Coastal Resorts. Lovely views to Kudasasi as you wind your way around hills. If you want to go to Ephesus, they will drop you off at the roadway that goes there, (tell the Driver when you get on, only a short walk) or......you can go into Selcuk (some good sites to look at here) and a catch a Taxi the short distance to Ephesus.
The dolmus station is just on the edge of the main shopping centre, only a short walk.
Location.........Kahramanlar Caddesi, the southern end.
Usually a map will show its location, or local people will be able to help, most can speak English.

The cost of a Dolmus to Selcuk in 2009 was 4 t/l (8t/l return trip)

We will be in Kusadasi for one day, and we wanted a private tour for our shore excursion; however, the cruise rates for a half-day private tour were a whopping $823 per vehicle (mini van), and a full-day tour was $2,265!!! Most of these tours mentioned ending your day by "sipping apple tea and watching a Turkish carpet demonstration."

We found a private, well-reputed tour agency called EKol tours that will take our family of 4 on a private tour suited to our own pace and with flexibility of where we want to go and how fast for 4 hours. We basically wanted their 4 hour tour of Ephesus (it's a way to get there before 8 a.m. when the busses arrive!), the Terrace Houses, and the Temple of Artemis which will cost us 80 EUR per person.

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Kusadasi lies at a distance of 90 km to the south from the region's largest metropolitan center of Izmir. Usually the most of excursions to Ephesus start from there. Great part of tourists get to Kusadasi by cruise ships.

But you can also reach Kusadasi by bus from Izmir (2 times an hour, 1.5 hours in a way), Pamukkale (12 times a day, 4 hours in a way), Istanbul (5 times a day, 10 hours in a way), Ankara (10 hours in a way), Antalia (2 times a day, 8 hours in a way).

Book your ferry at any tourist agency office in Samos. They all charge €30 one way so no need to shop around. At the Turkey side, they charge €10 for port tax + €15 for a tourist visa. Ferries leave twice a day 08:00 and 17:00 and take 1.5 hours. We booked our 17:00 ferry the morning of. You need to be at the ferry dock, at passport control 30 minutes before departure.

This one is highly recommended by many, one of their specialty is taking cruise people for tours to Ephesus.

They have Ephesus/Virgin Mary House/Sirince (combinations of 1 or 2 or all, from 3 hours to 6 hours, from a hundred euro for 1 pereson to 15 euro for 13-20 people, includes prof. english-speaking guide, transfers, water & insurance.

You may contact them here:

Anker Travel
Kusadasi, Aydin
Tel 90.256.612.4598
Fax 90.256.614.4035
ttplanner@ankertravel.net
www.ankertravel.net

Enjoy your trip!

Dolmus, btw, is a shared-taxi-van. One of the popular mode of public transport in Turkey.

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The nearest airport for Kusadasi is the Izmir airport which is 80Km away. If you have a daytime flight you can take a bus from Kusadasi otogar( bus station) to Izmir otogar and then a connecting bus to the airport. However for early morning flights there is a problem as taxi is the only way to go if your flight is before 9 . The usual taxi charges to airport are 90YTL but you can negotiate. I got it for 70 YTL..may be because of a off season. You can tell a taxi driver on any of the taxi stands in the city in advance to come to your hotel and give a little advance money.He ll come even at 4 in the morning.