Moda transfer and taxi on the Kadıköy peninsula

Moda occupies a small peninsula between central Kadıköy and the Kurbağalıdere creek. It became a smart residential area from the 1870s, when wealthy families built mansions here, and it keeps a mix of churches, old houses, cafés and fish restaurants.

The Süreyya Opera House opened in 1927, the restored Moda pier dates from 1917, and the Kadıköy–Moda nostalgic tram loops through the quarter. Paths around the point look across the water to the historic peninsula.

Moda is a good base for visitors who want quiet evenings and a short walk to the Kadıköy ferries.

The Moda Marine Club and several old mansions, among them one that was home to the rock musician Barış Manço and is now a house museum, show the quarter's late Ottoman past.

Moda's streets are narrow and often lined with parked cars, and the tram shares some of them. Several lanes near the waterfront are one-way or too tight for a van to stop.

Give the exact address of your hotel or apartment. The driver plans the approach around the one-way loop and stops as close to the door as the street allows.

The approach from Kadıköy centre often runs along the tram route. Where the tram and parked cars share a narrow street, the driver may stop around the corner and walk the bags the last few metres.

Parking is scarce at weekends, when visitors come for the cafés and the seafront. A short stop to unload is still possible on most streets.

Your driver waits right at the exit door you come out of at SAW or IST, holding a sign printed with your name. We track the flight, so a delay costs nothing extra.

Going home, Moda to Sabiha Gökçen measures about 35 km and 27 minutes in free traffic; Moda to Istanbul Airport about 52 km and 50 minutes. Leaving the peninsula can be slow in the evening, so add time.

From IST, the ride crosses the Bosphorus and then works south through Üsküdar or along the motorways before entering Kadıköy; expect the evening crossing to be the slowest part.

There is no prepayment. Pay the driver at the door in euros, pounds or lira, or by Visa or Mastercard on the card terminal in the car, contactless included.

Child seats and boosters are free; give the ages. An Eco Van return between SAW and Moda costs €100.

You can always ask first on WhatsApp with Moda as the destination; the booking needs the date, time and address.

Golf bags, pushchairs and folding wheelchairs ride free when they fit the vehicle; just mention them.