Visitor Information
In addition to offices at the airport (tel. 0212/663-0793) and in Sirkeci Train Station (tel. 0212/511-5888), you may stumble upon a tourist information office in one of the many tourist hubs around town. The location in Sultanahmet Meydani (tel. 0212/518-1802) is pretty handy, as are the ones in the Hilton Hotel Arcade (tel. 0212/233-0592), in Beyazit Meydani (near the Grand Bazaar; tel. 0212/522-4902), and at the Karaköy Seaport (tel. 0212/249-5776). If you're out and about and need help, contact the passably multilingual Tourism Police at tel. 0212/527-4503.
All of the airlines with a presence in Turkey can be found on Cumhuriyet Caddesi in Taksim, except for the odd exceptions such as KLM or El Al, which have offices in Nisantasi. Contact numbers in Istanbul for the major airlines are: Air Canada (tel. 0212/334-2920 or 0212/252-6544), American Airlines (tel. 0212/219-8223), British Airways (tel. 0212/234-1300), Delta Airlines (tel. 0212/310-2000), KLM (tel. 0212/368-3333), Qantas (tel. 0212/219-8223), and Turkish Airlines (tel. 444-0849 toll-free or 0212/663-6300 at the airport, tel. 0212/252-1106 in Taksim).
