Traveling to Turkey

This is a guide about how to reach from Ataturk airport to Besiktas/Ortakoy area if you are planing to stay in a hotel and enjoy the Bosphorus breeze at the same time. You will use exactly the same way as i explained in How to reach from Ataturk Airport to Sultanahmet area? You will use the M1-airport metro & T1 tram combination.But this time you will wait until the terminal station which is Kabatas.When you arrive at Kabatas,you will see a main bus station.Bus lines 25E-Kabatas-Sariyer and 22RE-Fatih Sultan Mehmet-Kabatas are passing from Besiktas (first station after Kabatas,15 minutes of walking distance) and Ortakoy station.And the frequency of the buses are every 20 minutes.Buying Istanbul Kart would be very useful in this case. Most popular hotels in this neighbourhood are Four Seasons Bosphorus (Besiktas station),Ciragan Palace Kempinski (Ciragan station) and Radisson Blu Bosphorus (Ortakoy station). There are also some places you might want to visit on weekend ev...

96T Airport-Taksim line How to get to Taksim from Ataturk Airport? by Emre Ozkiper. Taksim is one of the easiest destinations to reach by public transportation from any part of Istanbul. Despite all the chaos and protests happened in Gezi Park in 2013,Taksim is still the most popular tourist destination (both for locals and foreigners) with it's very central location and the reasonable priced hotels. At the airport,if you are the lucky one,you will manage to catch the public bus 96T Taksim-Ataturk Airport.It's using the coastal road and goes until Taksim.And the station is located in front of the exit door,opposite to taxi station.I f you miss it,you will have to wait 2 more hours until the next bus arrives.So calculate your arriving time and see if you can catch it.If not,there are always other options.Check Havatas Shuttle Buses and economic airport private shuttle services. See the 96T Taksim - Ataturk Airport schedule below Every day of the week 08:20 10...