Muğla, Turkey

Getting around Muğla

How to travel around Muğla — 5 options, what they cost, and which booking apps fix the fare before you go.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Dolmuş

Shared minibuses between the coastal towns, cheap and constant in season.

2. Rented car

The peninsulas and the inland gorges are impractical without one.

Watch outDamage claimed at return with no signed condition report.

3. Boat transfers and water taxis

Often faster than the road between coves and beaches.

4. Dalaman and Bodrum airports

Two airports serving the region, with transfer coaches to the resort towns.

5. Ferries to the Greek islands

Bodrum to Kos and Marmaris to Rhodes, in about an hour.

Booking apps in Turkey

Agreeing the fare in an app before you travel removes the argument at the end of the journey, which is where most transport scams happen. Links go to each app's official page — lookalike apps are themselves a scam.

BiTaksi

Hails licensed metered taxis, the standard Turkish taxi app.

Coverage: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya.
Why it helps: The meter is recorded in the app, defusing the higher night-tariff and 'broken meter' routines.

Uber

In Turkey this dispatches licensed taxis rather than private cars.

Coverage: Istanbul mainly.
Why it helps: Fare is agreed in the app before the trip, and the route is recorded — which removes the refused meter, the tampered meter and the fixed 'foreigner price' in one move.

Istanbulkart

Stored-value card for metro, tram, bus, funicular and the public ferries.

Coverage: Istanbul.
Why it helps: The public ferry on this card costs a fraction of a tourist cruise on nearly the same route.