page_title: Balıkesir
section_title: Transportation and accommodation
hierarchical_section_title: Balıkesir / Transportation and accommodation
caption_attribution_description: English: A campus bus in Balıkesir‎. University students use these campus buses.
context_page_description: Balıkesir is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi.
context_section_description: Balıkesir is a city that has shores on the Aegean and Marmara Seas. It is easy to reach from Ankara, İstanbul, Bursa and İzmir by motorway or railway. There are regular coaches from İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir.
  Balıkesir has many small coastal towns. To make transportation comfortable, railway transport is done between Ankara-Balıkesir and İzmir-Balikesir at specific hours.
  Balıkesir is joined to Bursa and İzmir by a quality motorway. Also, there is the Körfez Airport. On account of the Körfez Airport, Balıkesir Coach Terminal is out of the city so that there is servicing by the municipality to the city centre.
  On the other hand, the Railway Station is at Republica Square. Directly, from Ankara to Balıkesir, there are three flights per week.
  In Balıkesir city, there are ten hotels with one five-star hotel.
caption: A campus bus in Balıkesir. University students use these buses.