and another airport, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is one of the two international airports serving İstanbul, the largest city in Turkey.
This airport is new to AllansAbroad and, although airports the world over are predictable places, we were a bit wary about actually stepping outside the door until we could see our hotel shuttle bus. Which wasn't possible, because it wasn't there. Nobody's fault just one of the glitches that occur when travelling that require cool heads and meticulous attention to detail, which we have in MGM & Tony.
After a bit of phone-calling we determined a taxi was the way to go. Now you must understand one of the AllansAbroad rules is: avoid airport taxis. They can be very spendy and in an unfamiliar country you have to be careful you're actually getting into a taxi rather than a car that looks like a taxi and might in fact be a ticket to disaster. Rob gave us some great information about what to look for here so we found an actual taxi and, it turns out, this airport taxi was really competitive price-wise.
So today was a travelling day.
Driving from Vienna hotel to airport, leaving in time to arrive at the airport 2.5 hours before the fight.
Flying time: 2 hours.
Time-zone difference 1 hour.
Driving to the hotel: 45 mins
Yes a long travelling day and you might think we've lost a day of our holiday in all this travelling but I prefer to think of it as adventure. Today's travelling is, after all, both new to us and slightly out of our comfort zone. I guess everyone has a different idea of adventure but this is mine and I feel so lucky to have this opportunity.
Plus this is what greeted us at the end of the day ...
Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Istanbul Tuzla.
We've stayed at Radisson Blu all over the world and have decided ... Radisson Blu we love you!
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