Practical guides for travellers passing through IST: visa rules, transfers, layover tips and city escapes — by Istanbul locals, aviation editors and frequent flyers.
Uber works at Istanbul Airport with a twist: the app sends a licensed yellow taxi on the official meter, and pickups happen on the Departures level. What it costs and when the taxi rank is simpler.
Stuck overnight at Istanbul Airport? Your options: the free Turkish Airlines Stopover hotel (20h+ layover), sleeping airside in a YOTELAIR cabin or IGA pod, or a paid city hotel.
With a 6-hour-plus layover at Istanbul Airport you can leave the terminal and see the old city: how to reach Sultanahmet, the historic-core route, costs, and getting back in time.
Touristanbul is Turkish Airlines' free guided city tour for transit passengers with a 6 to 24 hour layover at Istanbul Airport: who qualifies, tour times, what's included and how to register.
A practical guide to bars and drinks at Istanbul Airport: which pubs pour draft beer airside, where to find Turkish coffee, what a beer really costs in 2026, and why a lounge day pass often beats the bar bill.
YOTELAIR Istanbul Airport is the airside transit hotel inside the secure zone: book a cabin by the hour and sleep without passing Turkish immigration or needing a visa.
How to rent a car at Istanbul Airport (IST): where the 24/7 rental desks are, which companies operate there, what documents you need, and how Turkey's cashless HGS tolls work with a hire car.
The lokum shops locals actually respect, what to check before you buy, where to get Turkish delight inside Istanbul Airport, and how to carry it home.
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