Requests for a Toroslar to Çukurova Airport transfer usually arrive in the middle of a goodbye. A family who spent the summer up in the hills is flying back abroad; a student is leaving the family home in one of the city neighbourhoods for another term away. In the cases there are jars of pepper paste, dried peppers and a bag of thyme. Planning the trip means handling the road on one side and that luggage, plus a crowd of relatives seeing you off, on the other. This page covers both.
Getting Home-Made Food Ready to Fly
People leaving Toroslar almost always travel heavier than they arrived. Supplies packed by a mother, herbs picked in the hills, a bottle of olive oil. All of it can fly if it is packed properly.
- Put liquids, oils and jars in hold luggage rather than the cabin, following your airline's rules, and seal them in leak-proof bags.
- Weigh your cases at home against the airline's allowance.
- Carry dried food in vacuum or tightly sealed packs, since smells and spills cause trouble.
- Flying abroad? Check the destination country's rules on bringing in food.
- Taking boxes? Note how many in the booking so the right vehicle gets chosen.
- Pack anything fragile in the middle of a case, wrapped in clothes.
Coming Down the Hillside Before Dawn
Leaving a summer house in the hills for an early flight is nothing like leaving the city. The road winds, street lighting is thin, and the last stretch is often a village lane. Treat the descent as its own item when you work out the pickup time. From the departure time, subtract the check-in window your airline recommends, allow for security, then add the drive down to the plain and across the city.
Houses can be hard to find in the dark. In the notes, give the neighbourhood or summer village name, a landmark near the house and a phone number that will be on at pickup. Leaving the porch light on is a small thing that helps.
Leaving From the City Side
If your address is in one of the city neighbourhoods of Toroslar, the drive runs from the northern side of Mersin onto the main road and east towards Tarsus. Weekday rush hours slow city traffic, so if your flight falls around them, bring the pickup forward a little. Late at night the roads are usually clear.
The Send-Off Party and Your Vehicle
Around here nobody goes to the airport alone. An uncle wants to come, so does a cousin. When choosing a vehicle, count the people seeing you off as well as the passengers. A couple with two cases fits a Business Sedan or Comfort Class car. A family with boxes of provisions is comfortable in a VIP Vito. If you reach eight with the send-off party, take the Mercedes Vito; more than that, the fifteen-seat Mercedes Sprinter. Prices are per vehicle, not per person. Relatives heading home afterwards can book a separate point-to-point transfer.
Making the Booking
In the form, choose your Toroslar address as the starting point and Çukurova Airport as the destination. Put the flight number, departure time, headcount and number of boxes in the notes. If the flight time changes, send a change request from the My Reservation page. For the city and hill sides of the district, see our Toroslar transfer page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I take olive oil and home-made paste on the plane?
Most airlines accept these in hold luggage, while cabin bags are subject to liquid limits. Wrap jars and bottles in leak-proof bags, put them in your checked case and weigh it at home. If you are flying abroad, check the destination country's food import rules in advance. Noting the number of boxes in the booking helps you pick a suitable vehicle class.
We have to leave our summer house very early. How does the pickup work?
You choose the pickup time by counting back from your flight, allowing for the drive down the hill and across the city, and you enter it in the form. In the notes, give the summer village name, a landmark near the house and a phone number that will be on. Turning on the porch light and bringing the cases to the door beforehand speeds things up.
Can relatives seeing us off ride with us?
Yes, as long as the vehicle class has enough seats. When booking, count the people coming to see you off alongside the passengers, and remember the luggage space. Up to eight people suit a Mercedes Vito, larger groups a Mercedes Sprinter. For the relatives' trip back home from the airport, you can book a separate point-to-point transfer.
Our flight time has changed. What should we do?
Open your booking on the My Reservation page and send a change request with the new departure time. Work out the new pickup time by allowing for the departure from the hills or the city neighbourhood, the drive and the steps at the airport. The earlier you send the request, the easier it is to rearrange.
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