Popular Airport | Athens Intl. Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 492 Miles |
There are many alternatives you can prefer such as HAVAŞ shuttle buses, airport or city taxis and car rental services, which will take a maximum of 1 hour to reach Gazipaşa Airport from Alanya center.
HAVAŞ Shuttle Buses
HAVAŞ shuttle buses are the easiest way to go directly to Gazipaşa Airport that is located in Alanya center. HAVAŞ shuttle services are arranged at certain hours of the day from Alanya Bus Terminal. The shuttle service departing from Alanya Bus Terminal passes through Tosmur Municipality and picks the airport passengers up at the stops on a route consisting of Kargıcak Dinler Otel, Tosmur Kavşağı, Metro Kavşağı, Tespo Önü, Ticaret Odası Önü and Mahmutlar Belediye Kavşağı and arrives at Gazipaşa Airport.
HAVAŞ shuttle buses, which serve 7 day a week, reach the airport in 60 minutes and the fare you need to pay for shuttle service is 17TL according to 2016 tariff. You can pay the fare to the HAVAŞ bus assistant when you board the bus.
Taxi
If you prefer to take a taxi to get to Gazipaşa Airport quickly from Alanya city center, you will probably get a city taxi. The city taxi drivers may sometimes claim high amounts of money from the tourists. For this reason, you can prefer the airport taxi services provided by the Gazipaşa Airport Taxi Drivers' Cooperative in order to avoid this confusion.
The taxi fare to reach Gazipaşa Airport by an airport taxi is 120TL based on the fixed price tariff. However, you can hardly get an airport taxi in the city. For this reason, it is a good idea to get detailed information from the cooperative's website (www.gazipasahavalimanitaxi.com). In addition, the airport taxi service is offered at the same fare 24 hours a day.
Rent a car
Compared to Gazipaşa Airport, there are many car rental companies in Alanya city center and in Antalya. When you are in Alanya city center, it would be quite convenient to get information about the car rental services provided by Rent Go (+902425827399), Garenta Rent a Car (4445478) and Aytucar (+902422470377) companies both at the airport and in the city center and to choose from these companies. It takes about 1 hour from Alanya city center to Gazipaşa Airport by car.
Airport Information
Gazipaşa Airport, also known as Alanya Gazipaşa, is 40 kilometers away from Alanya. Gazipaşa Airport, which is an international airport, also hosts the famous ATU duty free store. In addition, there are the places where you can eat snacks at the airport and they are the Canteen Cafe Bar and the Canteen Buffet run by the BTA Company. The facilities such as currency exchange, ATM machines, health center and free internet access are also available in Domestic and International terminals at Gazipaşa Airport.
The capital of Greece, Athens, is one of the cities that informs much of today with its history and culture, and for this reason attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Over 15 million visitors pass through the only airport of Athens, Elefterios Venizelos International Airport. It’s possible to reach Athens centre, located 20 km away from the airport by metro, train, taxi, rental car, and bus.
Elefterios Venizelos International Airport is one of the airports with the most convenient methods of reaching the city centre. You can reach the central locations of Sintagma Square, Athena Academy, and Agios Fanourious by taking the X95 from the bus stops located in front of the airport administration building. The journey to the city centre should take around an hour. Once you are at the 16th stop, Evangelismos Hospital, you can take either walk, or take the 732 bus for three stops, to reach Sintagma Square.
You can also reach various areas in Athens from the airport by taking buses 54, 608, 622, 732, and 815.
There’s been a recent switch in Athens from Greek to Latin alphabet for station names, however the Latin alphabet is not yet used everywhere. This is why it’s probably a good idea to keep an idea of how many stops you need to go when using public transport. You should pay attention to this detail is you take the train from Venizelos Airport to the centre.
The M3 line goes all the way to Sintagma from the airport. Sintagma is the 15th stop. Once you’ve reached Sintagma Square, the home of the Greek Parliament, then you can reach Omonia, another important centre, in just 3 stops by taking the metro. There is also a train line going directly to Port Pire from the airport.
It’s possible to reach everywhere in the city by taking a taxi from the airport, however the fixed fare is only applied to Sintagma, Monastiraki, and Omonia. The good conversation of Athenian taxi drivers can be an additional bonus.
You can explore the various areas of Athens and Greece by renting a car at Venizelos Airport. The airport does offer its own car rental service alongside the many car rental agencies. Once you’ve rented your car you should travel 9km along the A64 and then join up with the Attiki highway. This will take you directly to centre of Athens.