Government offices and banks are open Monday thru Friday between 9:00 and 17:30 and have lunch break between 12:30 and 13:30. Major credit cards like VISA, Mastercard, are accepted at almost all vendors.
Amex and Dinners Club and traveler's checks are accepted in only few vendors. However, make sure to ask before you purchase a product or service. You will get a lower price on most of the goods when paid by cash for two reasons: 1. Shops pay 5 % commission on credit card sales to banks 2. Tax.
5 km (3 miles) north of Kusadasi lies Kustur Beach, probably one of the most preferred beach area around Kusadasi.
This area consist of 1 km long sandy shore.
The beach and the surroundings were reorganized and rebuilt by the local government and has become more attractive in 2000.
Weather | Getting Around | Beaches | Money | Shopping | Nightlife | Food In Kusadasi there are two hospitals, private hospital and the public hospital. Both of them has all kind of equipments with different needs. There are also dispansaries to help you in case of your health problems. Most of the 3-4-5 star hotels has the sickbay and a private doctor. Most of the medical centers and hospitals may assist you, if you have medical insurance. The official hospital in Kusadasi also assist at emergency. Pharmacies in Turkey are open during the week- except Sundays. If you are in need of pharmacy after hours in Kusadasi, you can find a list of night time and Sunday pharmacies on the window of any pharmacy. Security in Kusadasi Penalty for possession, use or trafficking in illegal drugs in Turkey is very strict. So do not bring or use any kind of drugs in Kusadasi .
Kusadasi Downtown beach has got the blue flag since 2002.
Government of Kusadasi is still working for the arrangements in surrounding area.
In Kusadasi downtown beach tests about cleanness already made by the government but we do recommend you to use the downtown beach only to have a sunbath.
Long Beach is 15 minutes drive away from Kusadasi is a 6 km long beach area south of Kusadasi.
The coastal area is occupied by hotels and Turkish summer house complexes.
Long Beach offers deck chairs, showers, toilets, cafes, restaurants and especially water sports like water skiing, parasailing and jet skiing.
Kusadasi Cruise Port is the busiest cruise port in Turkey among the others in Istanbul, Izmir, Marmaris, Bodrum, Dikili and Trabzon on the Black Sea Region.
Kusadasi Cruise Port is considered as the Gateway to Ephesus, so most of the private ephesus tours from Kusadasi port are organized at right here.
See Cruise Port Calendar & Schedule
Since the last decade the numbers of visitors rapidly increased in 2004 the numbers of calls to Kusadasi Cruise Port was 347 with 215.000 passengers,
in 2005 it was 444 with 295.219 Cruisers, in 2006 499 with 368.696 Cruisers, in 2007 it was 613 with 466.639 Cruisers , in 2008 646 Ships with 557.515 Cruise Passengers , in 2009 616 with 568.179 Cruise Passengers , and with a bit of a decrease in 2010 it was 530 Cruise Ships with 491.796 Cruise Passengers called Kusadasi Cruise Port. In 2011 There were 568 Calls and 634.687 Cruise Passangers In 2012 There were 464 Calls and 545.148 Passengers In 2013 428 Calls and 538.917 Passengers In 2014 448 Calls and 518.320 Passengers In 2015 506 Calls and 528.023 Passengers In 2016 278 Calls and 329.186 Passengers In 2017 130 Calls 99.297 Passengers
There are 2 wharfs, where Cruise ships are docking .
Passenger motor voyages are regularly organized from Kusadasi port to Greek Island Samos during spring and summer months (Every day between 1st April and 20th October), and during winter months these voyages are turned as charters. There are daily and hourly picnic touring passenger motors in the port, and Blue Tour, Boat Trip organizing yachts are also in the yacht port. |
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