TRANSFER TIME & DISTANCEİstanbul Airport to Alzer: distance and transfer time
The drive from İstanbul Airport to Alzer is about 49.7 km and usually takes around 44 minutes. Traffic, terminal conditions and the hotel entrance can affect the journey time. See route prices and vehicles →
Your stay at Alzer will be in the Binbirdirek / Sultanahmet, Istanbul area. Binbirdirek is in the Fatih district, on the historic peninsula close to Sultanahmet Square and Hagia Sophia.
Airport and meeting: Istanbul has two major airports: Istanbul Airport (IST) on the European side and Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) on the Asian side. Enter the flight number in full; if you are connecting, the number of the last flight into Türkiye is what is needed. Before booking, check the airport code on your ticket (IST or SAW); the two airports are on opposite sides of the city, so choosing wrongly costs a lot of time. Enter your phone number with the country code and make sure it will be switched on when you land; contact may be needed at the meeting.
At the property: Pavements on the historic peninsula are cobbled and in places sloping, and wheeled suitcases can be hard work. Ask the hotel beforehand whether they help with luggage. The T1 tram line runs through the area, so vehicle traffic may be restricted on some streets; the safest approach is to agree with hotel reception where the car can drop you. Sultanahmet Square and the streets around it are pedestrianised or closed to vehicles, so for most hotels here the car may not reach the door and the driver may drop you at the nearest suitable point.
Return transfer: On the return from Sultanahmet to the airport, Istanbul traffic varies a lot during the day; plan the pick-up with a wide margin counted back from departure, and ask reception for the nearest vehicle point and tell the driver. For the return, check on your ticket which airport you fly from (IST or SAW) and plan the pick-up counted back from departure with a wide margin. On the morning of the pick-up, settle checkout beforehand, keep your luggage ready and make sure the phone number on your booking is switched on.
In short: the right airport, the right property name and area, the right flight number, a reachable phone. If these four are correct, the rest of the transfer usually goes smoothly. The property's full address is not in our records; writing the address the hotel gave you, or its Google Maps location, in the booking notes makes the driver's job easier. The name is short and common, so it is easy to mix up; verify by address or map location, not only by name.