Originally Posted by
itfcfan
Thanks ISTFlyer. SAW is probably a bit too far from the city for me to spend the night.
Does anyone know what the going rate for taxis from the new airport to central Istanbul (say, Taksim) is? I'm trying to weigh up the cost of booking a private transfer online versus a taxi. Private transfers from the new airport to Taksim are around 50USD (~44km). A taxi from the old airport to Taksim would have been around 10USD from memory (~22km).
Well, SAW WILL a bit too far from the city to get your flight actually.
Your flight from SAW to TBS is TK380, right? it leaves at 7:15 pm, which means you have to arrive at SAW before 6 pm. This means, that you have to leave the city before 2 pm, otherwise you will stuck in the rush hour/traffic.
You will arrive from LHR at 10:15 pm, which means, you will be around 1 am in your hotel close to SAW - enough time to relax e. g. in the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Istanbul Tuzla.