We are planning on taking a Rick Steves tour in April 2016 that ends in Kusadasi. How can we get from there to Athens to spend 1-2 days in Athens and then return to the US from Athens?
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Easiest would be to travel to Izmir Airport with your tour bus (leaving early on the last morning of the tour) and fly from Izmir to Athens on Agean/Olympic Airways. Traveling by ferry takes much longer, with at least one connection at Samos island. See also the Itinerary and Pre Tour info for this route: http://www.ricksteves.com/tours/greece-turkey/turkey.
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We just finished the same tour in May with the same question. Most of the flights leave Izmir very early in the morning, but once a week there is an afternoon flight on Olympus Airlines. We stayed an extra day at Kusadasi, then took a shuttle to the airport for the afternoon flight. It worked for us.
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Hi
You can travel by ferry via Samos or by Chios - Cesme - Izmir.
Samos has a twice daily ferry to Kusadasi which is near Ephesus.