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INFORMATION
Airport Bus
Havas Services 0252 523 00 40 Havas has bus service from the Bodrum Milas airport to the Bodrum Main Bus terminal and from centrally located bus terminal to the airport. The drive which covers 30 kilometers distance in nearly 40 minutes costs 15 TL. The buses make stops at International Airport. Departures from bus terminal in the town are arranged two hours before the departure of THY flights. As to departures from the airport, those busses depart after the arrival of THY flights.
Taxis
Taxies in Bodrum peninsula is rather expensive comparing to taxi fares in the big towns where you have different taxi fares. The fee from the airport to the city is nearly 80 YTL.
Here is the telephone numbers of the major taxi stations in Bodrum.
CAR RENTALS
There are may car rental companies in Bodrum. some of them rent also motorcycles and bicycles. Check the contract and insurance policies before you rent a car. Taxi stops Minibuses Minibuses staring form the main bus terminal provide transportation from the bus terminal to the center or bus terminal of almost every single town and village on the bodrum peninsula. These very reasonably priced privately run minibuses depart only when they are full. They run very efficiently till late hours of the day. One can stop these minibuses anywhere on the main roads.
DRIVING IN BODRUM
Bodrum is a peaceful place to drive in winter months. But arrival of construction season makes the roads quite interesting. The trucks carrying construction material, cement vehicles and vehicles of the companies connected with construction business make the roads quite dangerous. during the summer months, roads are filled with holiday makers. Beware of those driving drunk or novice drivers driving in holiday sprit. The road at Bodrum peninsula are narrow and have only one lane. Many roads have hair pin bends in this mountainous region. Do not exceed 70 kms per hour. Do not drive drunk and try to protect you from some drunk drivers.
TIPPING
Restaurants At the fine restaurants tipping and VAT are often included. So check the bill. If it is not included %10 is the proper percentage for tipping. You can of course tip more if you are extremely happy with the service. Taxis you do not tip the taxi drivers unless he helps you with your luggage. Hotels You tip the porters at the hotels.
MONEY MATTERS CURRENCY
Turkish Currency is Lira. After suffering very high inflation rate, as part of economical measures 6 zeros were thrown from the Turkish currency an now New Turkish lira is used. Smallest unit at the TL is kurus. 1 lira is 100 kurus there are 5 kurus 10 kurus 25 kurus 50 kurus 1 lira 1lira banknote 10 TL 20 YTL 50 YTL 100 TL For the time being 1 dollar equal to 1.46 TL In Turkey, shops accept all kind of foreign currencies and credit cards. If you like to have some Turkish lira. You can change it at the Doviz Burosu or at the banks.
VOLTAGE
The voltage is 220 Volts and visitors from USA need conventors.
DRUGS
The use or sale or trade of al kind of drugs are strictly prohibited in Turkey and heavily punished. So try to stay away from those.
Antiquities
Turkey has strick rule for antiquities. You are not allowed to take antiquities out of the country. Especially antiquities coming from the soil belong to state. Visitors to Turkey should stay away buying old coins artefacts in the ancient sites because of two reasons: 1.Because of strict rules about antiquities 2. Most of the artifacts sold illegally are fake antiquities anyway.
PHONING IN TURKEY
Dialling international you should put 00 Dialling inter cities 0 Code for Turkey 90 Each city in Turkey has 3 digit code number code for Bodrum is 252
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