Flights to Ankara: travel for cheap and take-off for the best price

How to find cheap flights to Ankara

Many tourists visit Ankara regularly to enjoy attractions, archaeological digs and many other events around the city. Ankara is Turkey’s second most populated city as well as the capital. Find cheap flights to Ankara from London and other UK departure cities with British Airways, Turkish Airlines or Pegasus Airlines, among others. While many tourists visit Istanbul before Ankara, there is still a peak season. If you want to find the cheapest flights to Turkey, avoid the summertime when the country is crowded with Western travellers. Consider flying low cost. EasyJet flights to/from London Luton to Istanbul year-round, from there you can travel by train or bus to the capital city. To reach the city centre from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) you will need to take a bus or a taxi, but you may as well rent a car at any of the agencies operating there.

Ancient ruins, Turkish cuisine, shopping

Ruins from Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Hittite civilizations are reminders of the history of the city as well as Turkey. You can find these ancient ruins scattered all over the city but this is not to suggest that Ankara is in ruins! Quite the contrary, cheap flights to Ankara will give you a first-hand look that the city’s universities, government buildings and shopping complexes are all quite modern. Some of the must-see attractions of Ankara are the Ethnographic Museum, Ankara Citadel, Haci Bayram Mosque, Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Aslanhane Mosque, Ataturk Mausoleum, the Temple of Augustus, Kocatepe Mosque, Karagol – Black Lake, and Turkish Hammams (thermal baths and spas).

You can also take advantage of cheap flights to Ankara to enjoy family holidays (Turkey is extremely family-friendly), sports and active excursions and a little retail therapy. There's nothing like shopping in Turkey. We recommend bringing an empty suitcase with you for all the souvenirs you'll bring home! Shop for carpets, leather goods, spices, antiques and handicrafts at Ankara castle (Kale), it has been a trading centre for centuries.

Practical information

There are plenty of cheap hotels and cheap car rental deals to make your holiday itinerary complete. Ankara enjoys a wonderfully mild climate year-round although in winter the city can get the occasional snowfall. In summer it's much cooler here than along the coast and warm clothes are necessary in the evenings. Cheap flights to Ankara are easy to find, even last-minute. Ankara is the administrative centre of Turkey so you'll find it easy to communicated with the locals in English but it's always useful to bring a Turkish phrasebook with you just in case.