Weekend getaways from Istanbul by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 80–380 km from Istanbul: what to see, where to stay at a campsite and how far it is. Built from CAMPLY sights and campsites, not from someone else's lists.
Weekend getaways from Istanbul by car: 12 two-day trips 80–380 km from the city. Each has its main sights close together, the straight-line distance from the city and a campsite within 30 km for the night. Sights are picked by the CAMPLY attractions ranking, campsites by ratings; the planner turns any idea into a day-by-day route.
- Updated 15 October
- 80–380 km from Istanbul
Within 150 km
Doable as a day trip, no overnight stop needed.
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.
Lapseki
1915 Çanakkale Bridge
211 km from IstanbulStay: Kömür LimanıPhoto: Glabb · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Çanakkale
Lone Pine Cemetery · Gallipoli Peninsula Historic Site
243 km from IstanbulStay: Kum Hotel Karavan ParkıPhoto: GaryBlakeley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Akhisar
Thyatira
252 km from IstanbulStay: Akhisar Belediyesi Karavan Park Alanı
Tevfikiye
Hisarlik Hill · HMS Majestic · HMS Triumph · Kilitbahir Castle
260 km from IstanbulStay: Troia CampingPhoto: CherryX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.
Manisa
Mount Sipylus · Karabel relief
301 km from IstanbulNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Mr. V. Yuksel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
İzmir
Agora of Smyrna
328 km from IstanbulNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Agora_vue_générale.jpg : Didier Laroche derivative work: IgnisFatuus ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Pamukkale
Ploutonion at Hierapolis · Hierapolis
343 km from IstanbulStay: Bağbaşı Yaylası Çadırlı Kamp Alanı
Ankara
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations · Ankara Castle · Military Cemetery of Cebeci · Anıtkabir · and 4 more
349 km from IstanbulStay: بيت امينPhoto: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Selçuk
Temple of Ephesian Artemis · Güvercinada Castle · Basilica of St. John · House of the Virgin Mary · and 4 more
367 km from IstanbulStay: Dereli Motel & CampingPhoto: Philip Galle · Public domain · source
Eğirdir
Lake Eğirdir
373 km from IstanbulNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
What every idea has
What to see
Places from the attractions ranking, not a random list: the main one comes first.
Where to stay
The best-rated campsite within 30 km; tent pitches and rest areas are on the map.
How far
Distance from the city centre; the planner works out the road and driving time.
Plan the route
The planner turns an idea into a day-by-day route with overnight stops that you can edit and save.