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How to get from Istanbul 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.

Timetables checked · Fares are ranges, not live prices

Istanbul to Ephesus

  1. PlaneFastestCheapestOur pick

    5 hr 25 min door to door · $26–51 · checked Sept 2026

    IST–ADB ~16/day (THY, Pegasus) + SAW–ADB ~17/day (AJet, Pegasus): 30+ daily. Ephesus is 60 km on: İZBAN from the airport to Tepeköy, change for Selçuk, ~80 min, hourly — not turn-up-and-go.

  2. Bus

    8 hr door to door · $27–41 · checked Sept 2026

    ~100 coaches daily run straight through to Selçuk Otogar (Kamil Koç, Pamukkale, Metro, Varan, Didim Seyahat, İstanbul Kalesi Starı), most overnight; ~8 h. No change at İzmir needed.

Ephesus to Istanbul

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