Bus terminal
Istanbul's mammoth Buyuk Otogar (Main Bus Terminal) serves all of Turkey, plus Greece, Bulgaria and the Balkans, and central Europe.
The International
Istanbul Intercity Bus Terminal (Uluslararasi
Istanbul Otogari) is 10 km (6 miles) northwest of
Sultanahmet Square on the
European side of
Istanbul near the district of Esenler.
You can travel between the Otogar and
Sultanahmet via tram and Metro.
You can also get there from
Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport by Metro. .
With 168 ticket offices and gates, its own Metro station, shops, restaurants, hotel, police station, clinic and mosque, the Buyuk Otogar is virtually a town in itself. You can catch a bus to Berlin or Baghdad, though you're more likely to be looking for one to Edirne, Ephesus, Gallipoli or Cappadocia.
You can usually just show up at the Buyuk Otogar and catch the next coach to your destination in less than an hour, except at holiday times, when many buses may be fully booked in advance.
Hundreds of companies run thousands of buses, mostly big, comfortable and new, day and night. Dozens of companies connect
Istanbul and Ankara, with a bus leaving at least every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day. More on bus travel in Turkey...
There is also another bus terminal on the
Asian side of
Istanbul,in
Uskudar district,it is called
Harem Bus Terminal.It is situated near
BosphorusBut it has smaller capacity than Buyuk Otogar.
Source: http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com
