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How to get from Cappadocia to Şanlıurfa
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 Şanlıurfa
PlaneFastestOur pick
8 hr 5 min door to door · $79–87 · checked Sept 2026
No direct ASR–GNY or NAV–GNY. Two sectors via SAW (Pegasus/AJet) or IST (THY): 4h20 airport-to-airport at best, 8–10 h on most days. Compare the overnight bus.
BusCheapest
9 hr 20 min door to door · $35 · checked Sept 2026
9 direct coaches daily from Nevşehir (Nevşehir Seyahat most; Metro, Enver Geçgel, Özlem Cizre Nuh) + 3 from Göreme (Metro, Kamil Koç), 07:30–22:45; ~9 h. Or via Kayseri: 29/day, 7.5 h.
Şanlıurfa to Cappadocia
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