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Once you are near Gebze, you are more likely to be dropped off on the highway, out of the city centre. Ask your driver to drop you off as near to Eskihisar as possible. At some part of the road, you’ll notice signs for Eskihisar, complete with a diagram for the ferry. Once on that corner of the road, you are about 30 minutes away from the ferry quay on foot.
This option is currently not working, the suburbian train is out of use COMPLEATLY now.((Another cheap way (involving payment) to reach Eskihisar from Istanbul may be to take a suburban train (''banliyö treni'') from Haydarpaşa Station near Kadıköy, the main district of Istanbul on Asian side (To get to Kadıköy from European side, you can take ferries from Eminönü near Sultanahmet; Karaköy near Beyoğlu/Galata; or Beşiktaş near Taksim. They all cost 1.40 TL/person). Suburban train costs around 1.50 TL/pessenger. Ride it until Gebze, the last station on its route. However Gebze ''the station'' is not exactly located in Gebze ''the city centre'' (about 3-4 km inbetween), so don’t confuse each other. Then, once you are in Gebze station, you are again about 30 min of walk away from Eskihisar jetty. Ask around for the way there.))
Useful Turkish words on this route are ''Feribot'' (pronounced ''fay-ree-baut'') and ''İskele'' (pronounced ''ees-kay-lay''), which mean “ferry” and “quay/jetty” respectively.
