Bodrum Guide & Info Center

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By Plane — Visitors to Bodrum actually fly into Milas, about 32km (20 miles) away and reachable in under a half-hour by way of the coastal road. Turkish Airlines (tel. 0252/536-6597 at the Bodrum airport) has five daily direct flights from Istanbul, as well as one direct flight from Ankara, and connecting flights from other major domestic cities. With airfares on the rise in Turkey, a flight from Istanbul should run you around $150 in high season (slightly less in winter). There are also several charter companies arriving from Germany and England; check with your local travel agent for information on when these are operating.

Turkish Airlines provides transfer service by bus into Bodrum while a taxi from the airport to Bodrum city center costs around $16.

By Bus — Buses provide the cheapest and most comprehensive service into Bodrum, from pretty much everywhere in Turkey. The major bus companies serving Bodrum are Pamukkale (tel. 0252/315-1369), Varan (tel. 0252/316-7849), and Kamil Koç (tel. 0252/313-0468), but remember that rates vary widely from company to company. Aydin Turizm (tel. 0252/316-3250) runs service along the Mediterranean coast to Ortaca, Dalyan, Dalaman, Fethiye, Olüdeniz, and Kas.

By Ferry — Visitors traveling to Bodrum from the Greek island of Kos need only spend 50 minutes and about $23 for a one-way ticket (plus the $100 price of a Turkish visa and a Greek port tax of $14); $31 will get you a same-day excursion and $39 an open return. Ferries depart in either direction daily. (There is no visa required for entry into Greece or for excursions from Turkey with duration under 3 months.) The faster hydrofoils cost slightly more and make the trip in 20 minutes.

The narrow and one-way streets of Bodrum discourage the use of a car. Although the waterfront spreads out over two harbors, downtown Bodrum is easy to cover with a pair of comfortable shoes and a bit of stamina. A scooter is a good option, because aside from solving the parking problem, you can get away with tooling around aimlessly down side streets or weaving unexpectedly through the pedestrian traffic on the waterfront promenade. For those lodging outside the city center, dolmuses provide regular service along all of the major thoroughfares through the otogar to the city center, and from the otogar, you’re connected to all of the bays and villages of Bodrum’s scenic peninsula, all for about 40¢ per ride.

Bodrum Express Lines (tel. 0252/316-1087; www.bodrumexpresslines.com) runs a daily hydrofoil service to the Greek island of Kos (15 min.) for $29 one-way, $35 same-day return. Hydrofoil service to Rhodes is twice weekly (Mon and Sat; 2 hr. 10 min.) for $58 one-way; $81 return with an open ticket. Daily hydrofoils run to Körmen on the Datça Peninsula (50 min.) for $9.20 one-way; $14 same-day return; $16 with an open ticket. Bodrum Express Lines also runs hydrofoils between Bodrum and Marmaris (1 hr. 50 min.; $29 one-way), departing on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The Bodrum Ferryboat Association (tel. 0252/316-0882) runs hydrofoil service (20 min.) to Kos, with service running once daily in July and August, and departing on an alternating schedule of 8 and 9:30am. By ferry the same journey takes 1 hour, also with a 9am departure; the fare on either boat is $21 one-way; $28 round-trip.

BFA also runs passenger and car ferry service to Datça (2 hr.) for $15 with a bus transfer from Korman landing to Datça town; the ferry departs in summer daily at 9am, and less frequently in winter, possibly twice a week. All tickets for ferries and hydrofoils can be purchased either at the dock, or through any travel agent in town.