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| Izmir | ||
| province | Izmir | |
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| Residents | 4.320.519 (2018) | |
| height | 2 m | |
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Izmir (also written İzmir) is a big city on the TurkishAegean coast.
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getting there
By plane
About 18 km south of the city is the 1 Adnan Menderes Airport
(IATA: ADB). The new, airy terminal is particularly busy in summer, when many charter flights from all over Europe land here every day. There are also numerous connections to other Turkish cities and the Turkish part of Cyprus.
The following airlines will be flying to Izmir in the winter 2008/09 from the German-speaking area:
- Lufthansa. Up to twice a day from Munich.
- SunExpress. Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Frankfurt am Main daily, other destinations less frequented.
A shuttle bus runs from the city center Havaş Ground Handling to the airport, there are also some train connections from the main train station Basmans. Good hotels also offer a pick-up service. If you drive to the airport yourself (about 30 minutes drive), follow the signs for the direction Havalimanı (Airport in Turkish). There are also many taxis in Izmir, but a ride to the airport is not cheap and is said to cost up to 40 euros.
By train
- From the train station 2 Basmane Garı there are connections after Ankara nd after Konya
- railway station 3 Alsancak Garı
By bus
In the street
By boat
- From 4 Ferry terminal there are ferry connections to the nearby Greek islands and occasionally to Italy.
- The 5 Alsancak Port is one of the largest Turkish ports, it is located in the north of the Alsancak district, where cruise ships also dock.
mobility
Transportation
Izmir has a local public transport system that combines different modes of transport with one ticket. Basically, every trip up to 90 minutes in duration with any means of transport costs the same (1.85 TRL in February 2013), which makes short trips relatively expensive and long trips relatively cheap. The public transport consists of the Izban, the metro, the ferry lines and the buses.
There are no single trip tickets, but a three- or five-trip ticket (Üç Beş) or a Kentkart, to which a credit can be paid in cash or from the EC card. When entering the first means of transport, the journey is released with the card on a reader in the vehicle or on the platform / quay. You can switch to other modes of transport for another 90 minutes. The corresponding readers have to be operated, but do not charge any additional fees.
Izban
The Izban (http://www.izban.com.tr) is an S-Bahn line from Cumovası via the airport through the city to the northern urban neighbors to Aliağa. It crosses the metro (subway) at Halkapınar station.
metro
The subway (http://www.izmirmetro.com.tr/) currently has a line from Üçyol via the ferry station to the eastern part of Bornova and on to Evka3.
Ferries
The bay of Izmir is served by numerous passenger ferries (http://www.izdeniz.com.tr/Standart.aspx) and crossed by a car ferry.
By bus
The small-scale passenger traffic is handled via numerous bus lines, which are not always as easy to use as the train and ferry lines.
Dolmuş
Say: Dolmus. An on-demand bus that you can stop and leave at any point on your route, but which only leaves when there are enough passengers on board. You rarely have to wait long.
taxi
There are numerous taxis, mostly yellow Dacia Logans, with license plates corresponding to their taxi number. Taximeters are mandatory. The driver is already happy about a slight rounding up. If the taximeter shows "Serbest" (usually at night) the driver is no longer bound by it and it is worthwhile to agree on the price beforehand.
Taking a taxi is cheap by German standards, but you have to expect 80TRL from the airport to the city.
Drive yourself
Izmir is a Mediterranean city with a correspondingly relaxed attitude towards traffic rules, which are sometimes seen as a recommendation rather than a rigid regulation. Because local drivers do not necessarily rely on other drivers to comply with the rules, there is an overall higher level of rule violations as well as of paying attention to the behavior of others.
To walk
There are zebra crossings and pedestrian lights. But you shouldn't rely on them, you should see for yourself whether drivers obey the rules.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Konak Meydanı (Square in the city center), downtown. Other attractions: Clock Tower, Konak Yali Mosque and Kemeraltı Bazaar.
- 2 Ataturk Monument
- 3 Agora Park (formerly the Greek market place)
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kitchen
Cheap
- 1 İzmir Girit Lokantası, Ali Rıza Avni Bulvarı 372/1 Sk. No: 2 Bahçelievler Karabağlar, İzmir. Tel.: 90 232 2500731. Tasty Cretan home cooking.Open: Mon-Sun 0900-2300.
- 2 Can doner kebab, Milli Kütüphane Caddesi 6 B-C, Konak, Izmir (Close to the Konak metro station). Tel.: 90 232 4841313. Long-established kebab restaurant (since 1981).Open: Mon-Sat 1100--1900, closed on Sundays.
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trips
An excursion to the ruined cities of Pergamon or Ephesus There are also day trips to the Greek islands Chios and Samos A very popular destination (especially on weekends) is that which can be reached directly via a toll motorway Çeşme.
