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How to get to the SEFS Venue

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Access to Bolu

The 14ᵗʰ SEFS will be held at the main campus of the Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University (BAİBÜ), 14 km west of the city center. The location is very easy to find for participants, being close to hotels, dormitories, guest house, coffee houses, bars and restaurants.

Travel to Bolu

As the SEFS14 organizing committee, we are pleased to arrange shuttle bus services for participants. These buses will provide convenient transportation from the airports directly to your hotels in Bolu. To secure your spot, please complete the form below.

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Whether you come to Bolu by bus or another way, there will be guides at the SEFS14 information desk at the Bolu Bus Station. They will help you to reach your hotels.

There are three main routes to Bolu, we suggest taking one of the routes explained below:

Route 1

The best and fastest route to Bolu by air is via the International Esenboğa Airport in Ankara (IATA: ESB, ICAO: LTAC) (suggested). The airport is located in the capital city (Ankara) of Türkiye. 

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Our guides will be waiting at the exit of the airport from early morning to midnight (depending on delegate arrival times) and will help you find the bus and/or reach to the Ankara Bus Station (AŞTİ otogar or AŞTİ Bus station).

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If you want to go to Bolu by yourself, ask at the Airport Information Desk for the Ankara Bus Station (AŞTİ) where you can find buses to Bolu. There are many private bus companies from Ankara to Bolu. Once you are at the airport in Ankara, buses called HAVAŞ will be available in front of the exit of the airport. HAVAŞ will take you to the AŞTİ in about 45 minutes or so. The cost of HAVAŞ bus ticket from Esenboğa Airport to AŞTİ Bus station is about 150 TL (Turkish lira). From AŞTİ, you can take a direct bus to Bolu, and the average ticket price is 280 TL. You can pay for the bus ticket with either a credit card or cash.

Route 2

You can also reach Bolu via the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul. SEFS guides will wait at the gate/exit of the airport from early morning to midnight (depending on delegate arrival times) and will help you to reach the bus stations, such as Ataşehir Dudullu or Samandıra bus terminals, from the airport. Again, it is important for us to know your arrival time to the airport; details will be provided in our website in the second call. 

Route 3

There is a new airport in İstanbul called İstanbul International Airport (IST). This is the 7th largest airports in the world. It is ranked first in the list of Europe's busiest airports with an average of 1500 flights per day. If you prefer to take this route, we should remind you that it may take about 7-8 hours to reach Bolu from the airport. Destination from IIA to Bolu is possible in a couple of ways (Metro, Shuttles etc.) but three (1-3) are illustrated below.

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1. This way from the İstanbul Airport to Bolu via Alibeyköy Bus Station takes about 5h depending on the traffic time in İstanbul.

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2. This way from the İstanbul Airport (1) to Esenler Bus Station (Esenler Otogarı) (2) takes about 1h 11min depending on the traffic time in İstanbul. Similarly, once you reach to the Esenler Bus Station, there will be several different bus travel agencies (Kamil Koç, Metro, Düzce Güven etc.) for you to chose. Esenler-Bolu route is similar to Alibeyköy-Bolu route.

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3. By shuttle: There are several private shuttle travel agencies (Özmutlu Turizm, TTG Travel, İstanbul Shuttle). You can take one of them to reach Esenler Otogarı (Bus Staion) (2) from the IIA

  • Another option is to rent a car/vehicle from İstanbul or Ankara. Car rental companies are also available inside the airports and in the Bolu center. If you choose this option in Bolu, again please email sefs14bolu@gmail.com in advance. We can help.

  • Bolu is a very popular tourist destination; therefore, we suggest you make your travel and hotel reservations as early as possible. For detailed information about accommodation options, please visit the Accommodation tab. In the second call, there will be detailed information about the hotels and/or other possible places that you can stay. During your booking issues for the accommodation, please remind it that you are coming to Bolu for the SEFS 14 event.

  • Dormitory accommodation will also be available for students; details will be announced in December.

  • If you need travel advice, please contact us using the details on the Contact page, accessed via the ‘More’ tab. We will be glad to help you whenever and wherever possible.

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