Bergama (Pergamum) Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Buses run to İzmir (€4.45, two hours, 110km) every 45 minutes, to Ayvalık (€3.35, 1¼ hours, 60km) at least every hour, to Ankara (€21, eight to nine hours, 916km). For İstanbul, there are nightly (and daily too in high season) buses, but it’s cheaper and quicker, surprisingly, to go to İzmir first and take an express bus from there. For Bursa, take the Ayvalık bus.

A new otogar is currently under construction at a junction 7km from town. It should be ready by the end of 2007 (though wrangling between the municipality and bus compan­ies are holding things up). A dolmuş service should shuttle regularly between the new otogar and town (€1 to €1.50). A taxi should cost around €8 during the day, €12 at night. Dolmuşes to Dikili, Ayvalık and Çandarli also leave from here at least every half hour.