Çeşme Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Water

Ferry

Many travellers visit Çeşme on their way to or from the nearby Greek island of Chios. Ferries sail between Çesme and Chios (one way €25, day return €40, open day return €50, car €70 to €90, 50 to 60 minutes) at least five times weekly in high season and twice a week in low season (usually Tuesday and Saturday), generally leaving Çesme at 9.30am and returning from Chios at 5pm. You don’t need to buy your ticket in advance unless you have a car.

During the summer (and sporadically throughout the rest of the year) ferries also leave at least once a week to one or more of the Italian ports of Ancona (low season from €77 to €102, high season €255 to €306, car high/low season €158/122, 36 to 40 hours), Brindisi or Bari. Prices and journey durations to Brindisi and Bari are similar to Ancona. As times (and destinations) change every year, check the current timetables. Note that the ferries to Italy do not currently stop off in Greece.

Buy tickets direct from the ferry companies along Turgut Özal Bulvarı such as Marmara Lines (712 2223; www.marmaralines.com; Turgut Özal Bulvarı) as travel agents usually charge commission. Tickets to Chios can be bought from Ertürk Travel Agency (712 6768, www.erturk.com.tr; Beyazıt Caddesi 6/7).

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Land

Bus

Unfortunately, you have to transit İzmir to get to Çeşme (and from Çeşme to most other places) as there’s no longer any onward public transport from Urla to Çeşme.

Buses from Çeşme’s otogar run at least every 45 minutes to İzmir’s main otogar (€4.45, two hours) and its smaller, western Üçkuyular terminal (€4.15, 1¼ hours, 85km).

There are daily direct buses to İstanbul (€25, nine hours) and to Ankara (€45, seven hours).

Dolmuşes for Ilıca and Alaçati leave from a spot 200m northeast of the town centre; minibuses to Dalyan from near the Hükümet Konağı (Government Building) on Dalyan Caddesi. Minibuses to Altınkum leave from near the tourist office.

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