Travel Report Izmir - Kusadasi

Traveled from Amsterdam to Izmir (Kusadasi) April 2026

Adnan menderes airport is very small , everything here is pretty expensive , make sure that before you travel back to , buy Tobacco and snacks inside the city or other shops and not at the airport of Adnan Menderes , when you land you can buy cigarettes for like 19€ for a full carton but if you are gonna departure from here it doubles in price to 40€.

Same with food a simple bagel or single donut can quickly cost up to 8-14€ which I think is ridiculous prices. I already knew airport prices were expensive but never had this yet , I can’t imagine how a local must feel about these prices.

Best to order a uber or make sure your taxi has a taximeter , will cost you around 62€ to Kusadasi.

(Uber is not available in Kusadasi)

Also when you wanna make a trip from Kusadasi to Ephesus they are gonna push you to pay 70€ so you’ll visit Ephesus and they will wait for you for 2 hours.

Don’t do this, you can pay for a one way trip for 20€ and back for 15€ and just pay for a new taxi to go back. Still our taxi pushed this and we fell for it (we payed less but still 60€) maybe this is normal , don’t know for sure.

We stayed at the Ramada resort Kusadasi & Golf and had a amazing time there , apparently one of the only hotels in the area that serves alcohol after midnight.

Great animation team and activities, although the hotel is a little bit rundown , loads of damaged things , dust and could use a makeover.