Local trains leave Mersin daily at , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Journey time from Mersin to Adana 45 to 68 minutes. To check current train times, go to the Turkish Railways website www. The information you need is not shown in the English version of their site, so you must leave it in Turkish, ideally using Google's Chrome browser with automatic translation.
A timetable will appear. For train connections from Ankara to Adana, see the Ankara-Adana section above. For train connections from Istanbul to Adana, see the Istanbul-Adana section above. Local trains leave Adana daily at arriving Iskenderun at and at arriving Iskenderun at The train consists of a diesel locomotive and several modern air-conditioned carriages, 2nd class only.
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Local train leave Iskenderun daily at arriving Adana at and arriving Adana at Adana to Iskenderun costs just TL Buy tickets at the station or even on board the train, no reservation necessary. To double-check current train times, go to the Turkish Railways website www. The Mediterranean sea became visible through the windows at times during the journey. The air-conditioning kept temperature in the wagons at a pleasant level all the time, even though the sun was shining strong when we arrived Mersin on schedule at I bought tickets from the ticket counter at Iskenderun station but it is also possible to buy tickets on board.
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The Iskenderun-Adana train Photo courtesy of Magnus Larsson Back to top. The line is closed for several years for a complete rebuild as from September First, we took the train from Amasya to Sivas, a leisurely journey through some very pretty unspoiled mountain scenery and lush valleys, arriving at Sivas bang on time at a few minutes past We then spent a nice evening in Sivas the centre of which is a minute walk from the train station , visiting its remarkable Seljuk remains, and having glasses of apple tea in the beautiful courtyards of former madrasas.
Then, around midnight, we boarded the Dogu Ekspresi, en route from Kars, to Ankara, arriving around the next morning. Much more relaxing than the 7-hour Ankara-Amasya bus journey we had endured a couple of days earlier! Scenery from the train from Sivas to Amasya.
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OK, so there are direct buses from Istanbul to Antalya, Marmaris and the Mediterranean coast, but this is a nightmarishly long bus journey, especially if done overnight slumped in a cramped bus seat. Here's how to travel in civilised style with a minimum of time spent in a bus It's a relaxing and enjoyable journey. Then take a local train from Izmir to Aydin railway station as shown here. Now take a bus from Aydin bus station to Bodrum or Marmaris.
Aydin to Bodrum takes 2 hours 40 minutes and costs around TL Aydin to Marmaris costs about TL28 and takes 2 hours 20 minutes.
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There's a range of buses daily, try www. For Fethiye , first travel from Istanbul to Denizli as shown here. Then take a bus from Denizli bus station to Fethiye. There are several buses daily, the bus costs around TL25 and takes 3 hours 45 minutes. Try www. Buy bus tickets at the bus station, as most Turkish bus websites will not accept non-Turkish credit cards. There are so many buses and companies, it's usually fairly easy to get a seat on the next bus. It's a civilised and enjoyable journey in your own cosy private sleeper.
There are no direct trains from Istanbul to Greece, but you can take the overnight train from Istanbul to Sofia, see the international trains from Istanbul page , then take the afternoon train from Sofia to Thessaloniki, see the international trains from Sofia page. Just buy tickets for these at the station, they cannot be booked online. Trains run regularly from Thessaloniki to Athens taking 5h or so, see www.
Journey time 1 hour by catamaran, 2 hours by car ferry. You may or may not need to overnight on the island, depending on schedules, but always allow several hours for connections at least. Piraeus is the port of Athens, 25 minutes from central Athens by metro. The port on Lesvos is called Mytilini. For Lesvos Mytilini to Piraeus, see www.
The voyage takes 9. For Kos-Piraeus or Rhodes-Piraeus see www. Ferries normally sail Rhodes-Piraeus overnight, with cabins available. For Samos-Piraeus, see www. A daily overnight train links Istanbul with Bucharest, with connections for all of Europe, see the London to Turkey page via Bucharest section for details. A daily overnight train links Istanbul with Sofia with connections for all of Europe, see the London to Turkey page via Belgrade section for details. You took the daily air-conditioned sleeper train through great scenery from Istanbul to Adana see above then a bus to Aleppo in Syria.
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Then a mph air-conditioned train from Aleppo to Damascus. You might be inspired by a blog about travel from the UK to Egypt this way, www. Of course, for obvious reasons the Foreign Office currently advises against all travel to Syria. I hope the situation is resolved soon. You can travel by air-conditioned sleeper train across Turkey through great scenery, then bus to the Georgian border, then train to Tbilisi. See the Caucasus page for details. However, you can easily travel from Turkey to Armenia by first travelling from Istanbul or Ankara to Tbilisi in Georgia , then travelling from Tbilisi to Yerevan in Armenia by direct overnight train.
You can travel by air-conditioned sleeper train across Turkey through great scenery, then by bus to the Georgian border, then train to Tbilisi, then by overnight train from Tbilisi to Baku. In February , a new weekly train started between Gaziantep in south eastern Turkey and Mosul in northern Iraq, restoring train service between Turkey and Iraq.
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But unsurprisingly it's now cancelled. A weekly passenger ship and twice-weekly truck ferry used to link Istanbul with Odessa in Ukraine across the Black Sea, taking about 36 hours. For details of the current situation see the Ukraine page, ferry section. For onwards train times to Kiev and Moscow, see www. It is essential for regular European train travellers and an inspiration for armchair travellers. Published since , it had just celebrated years of publication when Thomas Cook decided to pull the plug on their entire publishing department, but the dedicated ex-Thomas Cook team set up a private venture and resumed publication of the famous European Rail Timetable in March You can buy it online with worldwide shipping at either www.
More information on what the European Rail Timetable contains. The Turkish Railways website has a good online booking facility, revamped in and available in English. The system will book most long distance domestic trains within Turkey, including seats, couchettes and sleepers. Go to ebilet. On the next page, click Online Ticket Sales Reservation Buy tickets online in English Remember that reservations for Turkish trains open 30 days before departure for some trains, 15 days ahead for others, and 10 days ahead for YHT high-speed trains.
You won't see any trains if you look too far ahead. Here's a direct link to TCDD's online ticket sales system: ebilet. Click English top right. Alternatively, go to www. Now click English again, top right and you're ready to start booking Use the online system to buy Turkish domestic train tickets, it's pretty straightforward. It even allows you to select specific seats or sleeper berths from a plan. For Ankara, select Ankara Gar.
Remember it can only book one train at a time, it cannot book journeys involving multiple connecting trains. So book each train you want individually. If you book 1 person, you get a whole 2-berth compartment. If you book 1 person, you get 1 berth in a shared compartment.
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If you're not Turkish, you can leave it blank, or if you like you can enter your passport number. This field only accepts numbers not letters, so if you have an alpha-numeric passport number, leave this field blank. Turkish mobile phone number? You won't have one of these of course, and it doesn't matter as no-one is going to call you on it, so just leave this bit alone, it doesn't need filling in.
Remember that Google language tools will help with anything not fully translated, see www. To check train times in Turkish Go to www. Feedback from travellers who have used this system is always welcome. To get the most out of your trip, you'll need a good guidebook - I'd recommend the Lonely Planets guides as about the best out there. Recommended hotels in Istanbul It wasn't that expensive, by grand hotel standards, although prices have risen after its recent complete refurbishment.
The nearby Grand Hotel de Londres offers similar affordable grandeur, www. It's apparently a favourite with archaeologists working in Turkey! Alternatively, the Yasmak Sultan is a good choice. For a good cheap hotel in the Sultanahmet travellers' area, try the Park Hotel. If you are on a tight budget and want a backpacker hostel room or dorm bed at a rock-bottom price, see www. For independent reviews of Istanbul hotels, see www.
Easily the most famous and historic hotel in Istanbul is the Pera Palas, built in by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits to accommodate the passengers arriving by train on the Orient Express from London and Paris. It was closed for refurbishment for several years, but reopened in with its delightfully faded grandeur fully restored. One of it's rooms has been kept as a museum to Turkish leader Ataturk, another room was regularly used by Agatha Christie, and can actually be booked by guests. Book the Pera Palace online It's a special place for my wife and I, it just happens to be where I told my wife she was pregnant with our first child, after the hotel's duty manager translated a certain Turkish word The Pera Palas hotel, after its recent refurbishment.
Pera Palace Hotel, lobby The main lounge The old lift Bedrooms have been elegantly refurbished.