Top Places in Tunus

Gaga Mangero

Have you ever gaga?

Gaga Mangero is one of the best places in Ankara. Its owners are radio programmers on Radio O D T Ü (M E T U) and they define their concept according to their humor. The menus are very funny, the servers are friendly and the most important thing is the meals are so delicious that you will want to try all of them. Gaga Mangero is known for its Sangria and Cuceler (a kind of shot). The average meal (with drink) cost is TRY 25 – 30.

You can see the menu here.

Address: Tunus Caddesi  52/A  Kavaklıdere Çankaya / ANKARA

Contact Number: +90 545 609 31 31

Retrox

This place has a relaxing and beautiful music. Most of the time they prefer to play alternative music. It is an ideal place if you want to chat with your friends while sipping your beer. The average drink price is TRY 15 – 20.

Sometimes karaoke nights are also organized in Retrox.

Address: Tunus cad. no 53-A Kavaklıdere Çankaya / ANKARA 

Contact Number:  +90 312 465 00 53

Brasserie Bomonti Ankara

Brasserie Bomonti Ankara, was opened in Bestekar Street which is one of the busiest streets in Ankara on 24 August 2012.

Brasserie Bomonti offers a menu which is carefully prepared in order to you enjoy the delicious dishes of your every meal of the day as well as the Bomonti beer. Bomonti beer began to be produced in Anatolia 120 years ago, and it began to be reproduced again by the brand owner Anadolu Efes in 2010.  With its aromatic and soft taste, Bomonti beer is a classic and pure beer, with a formula that contains 100% malt produced.

Brasserie Bomonti’s concept is a project developed by Anadolu Efes in order to live French 'Beer House' concept in Turkey exclusively for clients who love beer.

Address: Bestekar Sokak 78-B Kavaklıdere Çankaya / ANKARA

Contact Number:  +90 312 428 69 06

Middle East Technical University: 

METU is a public university which takes part in the upper group of the world university rankings and also one of the top 5 universities in Turkey. It was placed in the 201-255 according to the results of Times Higher Education World University Rankings Top 400 in 2013. (click here for detailed information) 

There are 27,000 current students, 1,700 of them are exchange students from 95 different countries. Since the language of instruction is English, you don’t have difficulty to communicate with other students. 

Its campus is located in a large area (about 4500 hectares), and has great opportunities to study, live and socialize. However, sometimes some problems can occur in the campus because of the political issues between different political groups. Nevertheless, the education level is very high and it has lots of high-quality research centers. 

You can reach the campus by public transport as well as the university services.  It is very close to two large shopping centers named CEPA and Kentpark where you can go shopping; eat at the world famous fast-food chains such as McDonalds, Arby’s, Burger King etc., and go to the recent movies in your spare times. If you don’t have enough time, you can also eat a variety of meals in the restaurant building in the campus. The average meal price is TRY 5 – 10.

For the accommodation, you may prefer the dorms (accommodation prices at METU) or rent a house around Cukurambar, Bahcelievler or Tunali Street. Renting a house will cost you around TRY 1000. 

Rental Houses around Çukurambar
Rental Houses around Bahcelievler
Rental Houses around Tunalı Hilmi Street
(Note: Hurriyet Emlak is one of the most popular real estate website in Turkey that you can trust in.)

Rental home offers on erasmusu.com

For More Information:

Middle East Technical University

Website:www.metu.edu.tr/

Erasmus Programs: ico.metu.edu.tr/llp-erasmus

E-mail: co@metu.edu.tr

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Airport

Ankara has an only one airport which is Esenboga International Airport located 28 km from the city center. It has been welcoming the guests who come to Ankara since 1955. ESB serves about 7 million passengers per year, most of them are domestic passengers. If your departure is from the west, you will probably have a connecting flight between Istanbul and Ankara.

After landing in Ankara, the city center Kızılay Square can be reached by public transport. From 6 am to 11 pm, you may use EGO city bus number 442 to go to the city center and the intercity bus terminal AŞTİ. The ticket costs TRY 5,25. Another option, and the best one if you arrive at midnight, is Havaş bus line because you can find the shuttles for all arrivals throughout the day, for TRY 12,5 fee. If you are willing to pay about TRY 50, you can also take a cab in front of the exit gate.

Reaching to city center takes approximately 35 minutes. Since the airport is a little bit faraway from city, you need a good transportation plan. It is highly recommended that you arrive Ankara during the daytime otherwise you may have difficulty at night.

The route between the airport and the city center

 

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For More Information:

Esenboga International Airport

Web Site: www.esenbogaairport.com

Telephone:  +90 312 590 40 00

E-Mail: info_esb@tav.aero

Havaş Bus Services

Web Site: www.havas.net

Telephone:  +90 312 398 03 12

E-Mail: esbantrepo@havas.net

EGO City Bus (442)

Web Site: web.ego.gov.tr

Esenboga Taxi

Web Site: www.esenbogataksi.com

Telephone:  +90 312 398 00 00

                     +90 312 398 08 97 

                     +90 312 398 08 98

Coming Soon

This blog is being prepared for the exchange students who need more info about Ankara and exchange programs.

Stay tuned!