One passenger pays £18.65, every fee included. Services cover 130 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £18.65, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026
£18.65
- 15%Moves across the booking window
Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £20.08Wed7
- about £21.49Thu8
- about £21.49Fri9
- about £20.08Sat10
- about £18.66Sun11
- about £18.65Mon12
- about £18.65Tue13
- about £18.66Wed14
- about £18.65Thu15
- about £19.60Fri16
- about £18.66Sat17
- about £19.13Sun18
- about £18.65Mon19
- about £18.65Tue20
- about £18.65Wed21
- about £18.65Thu22
- about £18.65Fri23
- about £18.65Sat24
- about £18.65Sun25
- about £18.65Mon26
- about £18.65Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Aivali. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Aivali for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Izmir to Aivali
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £18.6590 days
- £18.6560 days
- £18.6545 days
- £18.6530 days
- £18.6521 days
- £18.6514 days
- £18.657 days
- £21.493 days
- £20.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £18.65.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 15 percent. The dearest point is £21.49, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Izmir to Aivali and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
130 km
108 km as the crow flies, 20% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
2,938,292 → 70,002
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 130 km against 108 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mytilene. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Aivali is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage near Ayvalık Otogarı
Most of the points near Ayvalık Otogarı open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Izmir to Aivali
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Izmir to Aivali?
Izmir to Aivali covers 130 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Izmir to Aivali?
The cheapest fare from Izmir to Aivali is £18.65, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £18.65. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Izmir to Aivali?
The cheapest way from Izmir to Aivali is by ferry, at £18.65 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Izmir to Aivali?
Fares from Izmir to Aivali bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £18.65. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 15 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Izmir to Aivali?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Izmir to Aivali, at £18.65. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Izmir to Aivali?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Izmir to Aivali, at £18.65 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Izmir to Aivali?
2 operators sell services from Izmir to Aivali across 1 mode: Ido, Jale Turizm. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Izmir to Aivali?
0 percent of the services we sell from Izmir to Aivali are direct. The rest connect at Mytilene, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Izmir to Aivali use?
Services from Izmir to Aivali by ferry leave from IZMIR (ALL PORTS) and arrive at AYVALIK. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Izmir to Aivali?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Izmir to Aivali allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Aivali a set of days out that do not start at a station.

Day trips out of Aivali and across Türkiye
Day trips that leave Aivali in the morning and cover a good part of Türkiye by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Izmir reaches 71 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 33 to 3,031 km. Aivali reaches 5 places in 2 countries, from 26 to 269 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Izmir
- 71Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 21Operators
Arriving in Aivali
Leaving Aivali
- 5Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 4Operators