By plane
Turkish Airlines has flights from Istanbul three days a week.
By ship
Of the possibilities to cross the straits, the 24-hr Eceabat–Ãanakkale ferry line, with 20-min intervals during busy morning to midnight hours, is likely to be the most convenient choice to get to the city from European mainland. It costs 2 TL for foot passengers, and 20 TL for cars flat fare, i.e. not dependent on how many people are occupating the car.
Passengers from Istanbul must be aware that, under bad weather conditions, the sea-traffic in the strait is limited or cancelled, and crossing the strait may become impossible.
By car
Ãanakkale is linked to north, east, and south by well-paved highways numbered E87/E90/D550, E90/D200, and E87/D550 respectively. However, as there is no bridge crossing the Straits of Dardanelles yet, you will have to take either Gelibolu–Lapseki, Gelibolu–Ãardak, Eceabat–Ãanakkale or Kilitbahir–Ãanakkale ferry crossings when arriving from north.
Ãanakkale is 320 km from Istanbul, 325 km from Izmir, and 653 km from Ankara.
By bus
There are buses from Istanbul at any time, day or night. Just go to Istanbul's otogar, and look for 'Ãanakkale' signs on the windowpanes of bus company offices. It takes five and a half to six hours to get from Istanbul to Ãanakkale. Kamil Koç Ä°stanbul Otogar, BayrampaÅa-Esenler, â 444-0-562 (non-prefixed country-wide except cell-phones from which you should dial +90 212 444-0-562; +90 212 658-20-00 [email protected], . ) is one of the bus companies transporting passengers for 50 TL pp between Istanbul and Ãanakkale. Truva Turizm Ä°stanbul Otogar no: 137, BayrampaÅa-Esenler, â +90 212 658-33-86 ([email protected], fax: +90 212 658-33-89, . ) covers the same route for 45 TL pp might be a few liras cheaper if the ticket is bought online through their website, but you will need Turkish language skills for that. The busy Ãanakkale bus station also has several daily connections with most major Turkish destinations, such as Edirne and Izmir.
Most buses drop their passengers off just next to ferry harbour—which is conveniently located in the city centre—after crossing the Straits by ferry.