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'''Izmir''' is the third biggest city in [[Turkey]], situated on Aegean (western) coast.
=== From the north, [[Çanakkale]] ===
From the ''Aliağa'' and ''Menemen'' ilçes of Izmir (70 and 40 km north of downtown) there is a suburban train (subway actually) to most locations in the center, including Alsancak. You need to ask somebody who has a kentkart to pay for you and give him the money. The price may vary, however full ticket is like 1.95 TL. Otherwise you can buy a ticket for 3 passes for 6.5 TL.
Turkish drivers will likely not have an issue with dropping you off on the highway and might even demand it, however the highway is fenced off in İzmir, so you will need to climb or walk off of it. This is usually a bad idea and is definitely scary, but I can imagine this being useful if you wanted to go to Bornova or similar outskirts of the city. Just don't do anything stupid like walking across the lanes.
== Hitchhiking out ==
Update (2017): The metro has been extended now until a station called '''''Evka 3'''''. From here, you can walk a few minutes until you reach Istanbul caddesi, with an overpass. Turn right and you'll find a petrol station. After the petrol station, where the overpass ends, is a hitchhiking spot also very much used by students going to Manisa.
From Kasiyaka can take minibus (Dolmuş) to evka3
=== North towards [[Bulgaria]] ===
== Public Transport ==
Check Izmir website for more details: http://www.izmir.bel.tr/en/Ulasim.asp
Find out a bus stop on a map on a web-map then go to the nearest bus stop and ask people which bus goes there. Or ask directly from drivers.
One full fare is 3.00 50 TL and you will have free transfers for next 90 min from your first beep, this includes ferries(I think as of 2020, the transfers are not free anymore, but cost 0.50 TL).
Note that for ''İZBAN'' (fast train) your card will be charged 8 TL so you have to have at least that much in your card (because this train also goes to suburbs far outside of İzmir), but if you just go a few stops inside İzmir, most money will return to your card when exiting the station (fare is calculated by distance you traveled). So don't forget to beep also at exiting.
== Sleeping ==
Ege University has a large campus in Bornova. Either try the benches or put up a tent in a discrete spot hidden with bushes. Also, there are many members of hospitality networks.
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