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How to get from Bodrum to Marmaris
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Fastest checked option
Car
2 hr 26 min door to door · $21–44
Lowest starting fare
Bus
3 hr 10 min door to door · $10–16
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Bodrum to Marmaris
CarFastest
2 hr 26 min door to door · $21–44 · checked Sept 2026
Self-drive: rent a car, ~2 h 26 m (163 km by road, OSRM, no stops). Cost shown: fuel plus a share of one-way rental.
BusLowest starting fareOur pick
3 hr 10 min door to door · $10–16 · checked Aug 2026
Direct coaches ~3 h; the D330 winds - take a morning bus for the views.
Ferry
4 hr door to door · $23–24 · checked Sept 2026
No direct ferry, and the crossing is seasonal. The Bodrum–Datça car ferry takes about 1 h 45 m to Körmen pier (up to about 3 sailings a day in season; about one a day or none on some days from November to April). From Körmen continue to Datça, where minibuses reach Marmaris in about 1 h 30 m.
TrainNot available
Bodrum has no railway; the nearest active station, Soke, is over 80 km away; Marmaris has no railway; the nearest active stations, on the Aydin line, are over 110 km away. — verified Sept 2026
PlaneNo direct flight
No scheduled Milas-Bodrum (BJV)-Dalaman (DLM) flight exists; Marmaris's gateway Dalaman links only to Istanbul and Ankara. — verified Sept 2026
Marmaris to Bodrum
CarFastest
2 hr 26 min door to door · $21–44 · checked Sept 2026
Self-drive: rent a car, ~2 h 26 m (163 km by road, OSRM, no stops). Cost shown: fuel plus a share of one-way rental.
BusLowest starting fareOur pick
3 hr 10 min door to door · $10–16 · checked Aug 2026
Direct coaches ~3 h; the D330 winds - take a morning bus for the views.
Ferry
4 hr door to door · $23–24 · checked Sept 2026
No direct ferry, and the crossing is seasonal. Minibuses link Marmaris and Datça (about 1 h 30 m); from Körmen pier near Datça the car ferry reaches Bodrum in about 1 h 45 m (fewer sailings outside summer, about one a day or none on some days from November to April).
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