Selçuk Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Local transport

Taxi

Taxis charge €5.60 per carload to Ephesus. For a day’s tour from Selçuk to Meryemana, then Ephesus and back, count on €33.

One good plan is to take a taxi to Meryemana for a short visit, then have it drop you at the southern entrance to Ephesus (€28). You can spend as long as you like at Ephesus, then walk the 3km back to Selçuk or flag a passing minibus.

Taxi rides around town usually cost €2.80 and to İzmir airport €100 (though many pensions can organise it for less). You can usually find taxis around the bus station.

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Bus & tram

Bus & dolmuş

Selçuk’s otogar is across the road from the tourist office. While it’s easy enough to get to Selçuk direct from İzmir (€2.10, one hour, 80km), coming from the south or east you generally have to change at Aydın, from where buses leave almost hourly to other destinations (such as Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye, Denizli and Antalya). Dolmuşes to Aydın (€2.25, one hour) leave every 40 minutes from Selçuk.

There are direct buses from Selçuk nightly for İstanbul (€20, 11 hours) via Bursa, and in summer at least one bus daily to Pamukkale (€8.35).

Dolmuşes run to Kuşadası every 20 minutes (€1.65, 30 minutes) and Pamucak (€1.10, 10 minutes). There are no buses or dolmuşes to Söke; either change at Kuşadası or take a train.

If you’re going to Priene, Mila or Didyma, the easiest way is to go to Söke and get one of the many buses from there.

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Train

Six trains run daily from Selçuk train station (892 6006) to İzmir (adult/child €1.65/1.10, two hours), the first at 6.25am and the last 7pm year-round. Trains also leave every evening to Söke (one hour) – the first at 7am, the last at 6pm – and five leave daily to Denizli (four hours) : the first at 9.39am, the last at 11.05pm.

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