Bodrum Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Bodrum has bus services to more or less anywhere you could wish to go. For Gökova, change at Muğla. For Pamukkale, change at Denizli and go from there (€2.75, 10 minutes, 14km).

Car

Major car-rental agencies can be found on Neyzen Tevfik Caddesi. Avis (316 2333; www.avis.com; Neyzen Tevfik Caddesi 92/A) rents compact cars without air-conditioning from €30 per day. Thrifty Car Rental (313 1802; www.thrifty.com; Neyzen Tevfik Caddesi 58/A) is another. Officially cars start at €40 per day, but shop around and you should be able to bring it down to €30 to €35 or less, depending on the season and length of hire.

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Air

The Bodrum international airport (523 0101), 60km away, is nearer to Milas than Bodrum. Check the charter-flight brochures for bargains, especially at the start and end of the season, but prepare to be disappointed as there are fewer flights than you might expect. Turkish Airlines (THY; 317 1203; fax 317 1211; Kıbrıs Şehitler Caddesi) is in the Oasis Shopping Centre, about 2km out of town off the Gümbet road. To get here, take a dolmuş (€0.55) from the otogar asking for ‘Oasis’.

To get to the airport, you can take the Havaş (airport) bus (523 0040; €7.25) run in conjunction with Turkish Airlines, which leaves two hours before all Turkish Airlines departures from the Turkish Airlines office. It also meets flights and drops passengers at the otogar. If you’re not flying with Turkish Airlines, an expensive taxi (€39 to €45 from the centre) is really your only option.

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