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How to get from Cappadocia to Ephesus
Every way we could verify, sorted by door-to-door time. Airport and terminal transfers are inside the figures — the number you see is the number you live.
Cappadocia to Ephesus
PlaneFastestOur pick
5 hr 35 min door to door · $45–68 · checked Sept 2026
ASR–ADB direct, Pegasus + SunExpress, 12/week (6 each) — NOT daily, several are red-eyes. Kayseri–Göreme shuttle 60–75 min; ADB–Selçuk is İZBAN plus a change at Tepeköy, ~80 min.
BusCheapest
13 hr 20 min door to door · $27–29 · checked Sept 2026
3–4 direct overnight coaches daily to Selçuk (Metro, Kamil Koç, Beydağı; dep. 20:10–22:45, arr. 09:00–12:30), or ~34 daily to İzmir then a 45-min hop; ~13 h.
Ephesus to Cappadocia
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