It was not crowded because it’s too early but if you’re going out tonight at nine, it was too crowded and you have you cannot find any parking place for your car
It's very well organized. A multi-level solution. One level is the road, the other level is the subway, and the car station itself is at the top. Which is also wonderfully organized. It goes around where people walk inside, shops and cafes are located in the center, and buses drive up outside. Minimum flow intersection. Ingeniously designed!
A very mixed impression. It's not difficult to find the location you need, unless it's your first time there, but after spending 10 hours at the bus station, you become an expert. 1) upon arrival from the airport, if this is your first time, do not be fooled by the kind Turks who want to escort you to the location you need, you will find it anyway, but they will charge you for it. 2) Each operator has waiting rooms on the 2nd floor, toilets too. 3) public toilets only on the istambul maps, you will not pass through the other ones. 4) It's not expensive to eat, the prices are the same as in the city. 5) If you have to wait a very long time for the bus, you can take the subway to the center in an hour and take a walk there. The entrance to the metro is in the central building of the bus station. Or walk to Ikea, where the meatballs are also the most delicious! 6) There is no luggage storage at the bus station. Therefore, if you change buses, but there is a lot of time, ask the operator, they are going to a meeting, you can leave your luggage with them. 7) A huge number of taxi drivers are very annoying, if you do not engage in dialogue with them, then they immediately fall behind. You can buy a souvenir or T-shirts at the bus station, I bought a suitcase, the prices are adequate.
You can leave all over Turkey and almost all over Europe: Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Germany, etc..
You can have a delicious meal. There is a metro station nearby and a huge new shopping center within walking distance. At the metro station in the shopping center building, there is a currency exchange at a Good rate in a jewelry store.
When buses depart, sellers walk around the salon, offering all sorts of useful little things.
Each bus company has a waiting room, usually also its own toilet and in some places free coffee or tea, all companies have free Internet via WiFi.. Tickets are bought immediately. There is a direct bus from the center to the new Airport.
Very big, spacious! A big plus is 2 steps from the metro! A small minus, if you are a tourist and you don't have an Istanbul transport card yet, then you can't get to the toilet, as far as I understand. However, I remind you in 2 steps of the subway, you can buy a card at the vending machine, top up and return to the WC.
I visited on my way to Bulgaria from Istanbul. I didn't like it. Although the bus arrived on schedule, boarding was easy. The waiting room was small... and there were a lot of people inside in December, it was difficult to charge the phone....
There is a good train station, buses run to a huge number of cities, everything is clear. There are plenty of places to eat and buy food and water for the trip.
The bus terminal where the connoisseur is very comfortable, the one who goes for the first time will suffer. Entrances and exits by car are paid, not to mention that cunning taxi drivers recognize first-time arrivals by their eyes and immediately stick them up to 5 times the normally written fee so that my brother / sister can help wherever you are going. So in short, if you are coming for the first time, you should definitely have someone you know from out of town, otherwise you are quite likely to get lost and cheated.
Ottogar railway Station is the only possibility of direct access to Bulgaria. There are buses from the airport, but they are only at the height of the season. It is a 30-minute drive from the new Istanbul Airport. You immediately fall into the arms of an obsessive Turkish service. Who offers you a perfume like a real one. Someone is luring you to eat. Menu without prices: only pictures. If something has confused you and you promise another time, then a monologue in Turkish sounds little like a declaration of love. I paid 40 euros for the bus to Sunny Beach. Promised for 6 hours. In fact, I was driving 10.Moreover, the intermediary who caught me also asked for a tip. Although the bus was quite comfortable. Only at the border for 2 hours. We have already been stopped twice in Bulgaria in order to find illegal immigrants in the trunk!
With the beginning of the special operation, I had to get out of BG through Istanbul. Nishikli's bus brought it here. A very large bus station. There are many offices of different companies. It is convenient to take the bus to the airport. I've been through it three times now. The Nişikli office has a free toilet, tea and coffee, and water on the second floor. The Turks will tell you where the bus stop to the airport is. I was taken straight away.
The huge Istanbul bus station. Buses all over Turkey and to neighboring countries, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Ukraine. Both the metro station and a small shopping center are here.
It was the year 2024, the month of December
You can't go from the bus station 200 mt road to the exit in 45 minutes
Whether it is the management of the bus station or the authorities of the municipality
With what service understanding do you do asphalt work at 5 in the evening
Moreover, two workers are sweating with shovels in their hands
the effort to reduce the 4 box office to 2 is also
There is a parking problem, it is too crowded. Traffic is getting very congested due to those who can't find a place and stop on the way to land their passenger. Despite this, the place is a bus station that you can reach. It is necessary to separate the entrance to the vehicle and the location of the buses. Unfortunately, the toilets are terrible
A huge bus station!
From here, you can take a bus to almost anywhere on the continent!
Carefully choose the company through which you will go, prices may vary quite a lot.
The buses are all great!
A regular bus with a luggage compartment is coming here from the airport! The ticket price in the summer of 23 was less than 500 rubles, the duration of the trip was an hour.
There is a paid toilet in the central building or in each office on the second floor there is a free one.
And each office has its own WI-FI somewhere on the counter there is usually a password and the name of the network attached.
The negative aspects are a little traffic density, there is a parking problem, the fact that it is in the city is also a separate problem, the positive aspect is that there is no problem at the entrances that are easy to reach, 15 minutes is free, after 15 minutes there is a fee
Nice, they used to take money from the people like tribute, even if you did it in and out, but now the lighting of the cleared road, etc., two of the few things you did well, Mr. Imamoglu, thank you
Very large bus station (Otogara) in various directions of Turkey and a number of countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine.....A bus departs from it to the new Istanbul Airport. There are cafes, shops, a hotel. You can pass the time. But it is desirable to modernize facades and interiors.
Convenient location, as it is located right at the exit of the metro (red line). There are toilets, the entrance to which is only by the Istanbul card (1 lira). There are various cafes. The buses are clean and comfortable enough. We were driving to Canakkale and Stuart was delivering food and drinks to us. The staff is neat and polite.
Convenient geolocation, you can go in a variety of directions. Just find a Havaist stop. There are many inexpensive cafes, but there are also those that have no prices on the menu)) In general, it does not differ in cleanliness.
It was very good that the final arrangements and the entrance and exit were free. We can cheer up our guest with peace of mind and say goodbye to our passenger. There is no trace of that house of horrors.
While there is no charge for cars in short-term parks, the bench is based on a ridiculous system such as taking 40 ₺ from doblo-like vehicles. Moreover, donlo and similar vehicles pass through the 15th bridge . (Commercial vehicle ) So this is a valuable business from the bridge ISPARK ?
It can't be called magnificent, but it can't be called bad either, as a system, it's very nice that the entrances of buses happen during the hours of their exits, Jul, that's good, just the restaurants are not clean.
Specific location. Quite reasonable prices for food and bus tickets. Cleanliness of the premises for a C grade. The staff of different carriers is friendly.
It is the largest and most comprehensive intercity bus terminal in Istanbul. Dec.
It is easy to reach many areas of Istanbul with the metro passing under it.
A large international bus station, more than 300 boarding platforms. There are many Russian speakers or at least those who understand Russian. There are many who are ready to help, especially not for free.
In my opinion, the old Topkapi Bus Station should be re-established with its authentic atmosphere, and if Esenler Bus Station is used as a bus garage, the traffic problem will also be solved.
It is very old, especially where the buses enter, and the traffic problem is being experienced a lot, it needs to be restored, and the traffic problem needs to be solved
An old and popular bus station. Flights go to all parts of the republic, the main thing is to know which company you are eating and from which platform (the numbers are indicated on the facade). There is also a subway where to eat, exchange well-known currencies. The ticket indicates the place and time of departure.
Again, it is a place where there are few people who have been to Istanbul, which has a mixed and dated image from the cold war years
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Александр Гершевич
Level 14 Local Expert
November 12, 2024
Turkish bazaar with buses. You can't get a taxi from here. Bitaxi is not working. Fortunately, the metro is nearby. The best option. Arrived. I got on the bus and left. If you are going to Bulgaria, tell me right away. What's in Burgas. It will be easier to find.
From my youth to today, wherever it is has never changed, the ideal stores can be made a little more festive with restaurants, toilets and metro transportation
It used to be bad, now it's a little better again, get a very complex input, the output should be a separate bad different design. The police and the police have to travel constantly, it's full of cannibals and crooks
A very large bus station with a large number of cafes and various offices for sending buses along various routes. It is quite easy for a foreign tourist to figure it out, and if it is not clear, then the very friendly staff will tell you, sometimes on their fingers, where it is better to turn.