Turkey 14 (Travel Guide)
Lonely Planet, James Bainbridge
Language: English
Pages: 704
ISBN: 1743215770
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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high summer; check the website. Tickets for the 1¼-hour crossing cost €35 for a single, €40 for a same-day return and €55 for an open return (this includes port tax). Arrive one hour before departure for immigration formalities. If you are returning to Kuşadası, check your Turkish visa is multiple-entry. Bus & Dolmuş Kuşadası's otogar is at Kahramanlar Caddesi's southern end, on the bypass highway, with servises (free shuttles) running to and from the bus companies' offices on İsmet İnönü
southeast of the main roundabout is the İskele beach front area. Anemurium is 8.5km west while Mamure Castle is 7km east. oAnemurium Ancient CityARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (Anemurium Antik Kenti; GOOGLE MAP ; admission ₺5; h9am-7pm) Anemurium's sprawling and eerily quiet ruins stretch for 500m down to the pebble beach with mammoth city walls scaling the mountainside above. From Anemurium car park beside the huge necropolis area, walk southeast past a 4th-century basilica; look behind it for a pathway
and takeaway-food shops. On the leafy streets inland from the seafront highway are shoe shiners, barbers and a town going about its everyday business, seamlessly mixing old and new, headscarves and mobile-phone shops, in classic Turkish fashion. It's not worth overnighting here unless you arrive late en route to/from Georgia. There's a PTT, internet cafes and, near the pedestrian bridge, money changers and banks with ATMs. 4Sleeping Otel HuzurHOTEL (%351 4095; Cumhuriyet Caddesi 25; s
park, with a pictorial menu and helpful staff. 8Getting There & Away Hopa's otogar is on the old coastal road 1.5km west of town (₺1 by dolmuş). Ulusoy (www.ulusoy.com.tr) and Artvin Ekspres (www.yesilartvinekspres.com.tr) buses to Erzurum (₺40, eight hours) leave at 6.30am, 9am and 4pm. Artvin Ekspres regularly serves Artvin (₺14, 1½ hours), and Kars (₺40) at 10.30am. Ulusoy has hourly minibuses to Rize (₺14, 1½ hours) and Trabzon (₺20, three hours). For Georgia, Metro
international calls. Cards can be used on landlines, payphones and mobiles. As in other countries, you call the access number, key in the PIN on the card and dial away. Stick to reputable phonecards such as IPC (www.ipccard.com). With a ₺20 IPC card you can speak for over 200 minutes to landlines in the USA, UK, continental Europe, Australia and beyond. Cards are widely available in the tourist areas of major cities, but can be difficult to find elsewhere. Time Standard Turkish time