There are 11 ways to get from Ascona to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
best- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Istanbul (IST)MXP - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
9h 36m₺4,031–12,902Train to Basel, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)BSL - SAW
10h 53m₺3,834–17,893Bus
- Take the bus from Bellinzona to Ferizaj
- Take the bus from Ferizaj to Esenler Otogar
30h 26mDrive, car train
- Drive from Ascona to Villach Hbf/Bbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf/Bbf to Edirne
- Drive from Edirne to Istanbul
40h 7m₺15,895–63,627Drive 2,017.3 km
- Drive from Ascona to Istanbul2,017.3 km
19h 12m₺17,279–24,958Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)BGY - SAW
9h 33m₺4,554–14,543Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)ZRH - SAW
9h 55m₺5,214–21,263Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Istanbul (IST)ZRH - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
10h 26m₺7,331–18,462Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Istanbul (IST)TRN - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
11h 7m₺5,071–16,312Bus via Kraljevo
- Take the bus from Lugano, Stazione to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Kraljevo to Istanbul Hotel MontenegroCitylines 85 / ...
36h 46m₺9,062–10,823Train, bus
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalı
37h 52m₺5,561–8,748
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ascona to Istanbul is to train and bus and fly which costs 4.500 ₺ - 15.000 ₺ and takes 9h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Ascona to Istanbul is to train and bus and fly which takes 9h 33m and costs 4.500 ₺ - 15.000 ₺.
The distance between Ascona and Istanbul is 1844 km. The road distance is 2017.3 km.
The best way to get from Ascona to Istanbul without a car is to bus which takes 30h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 36m to get from Ascona to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 2h ahead of Ascona. It is currently 5:52 AM in Ascona and 7:52 AM in Istanbul.
Yes, the driving distance between Ascona to Istanbul is 2017 km. It takes approximately 19h 12m to drive from Ascona to Istanbul.
There are 4432+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Ascona, Switzerland and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Ascona, Centro to Esenler Otogar via Locarno, Piazza Stazione, Locarno, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, and Ferizaj in around 30h 26m.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–11,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–10,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–13,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–14,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–16,000
Flights from Basel to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–17,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–10,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–10,000
Flights from Basel to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–9,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–15,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–10,000
- Website
- airalbania.com.al
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Istanbul via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–13,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,000–3,700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–4,800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺230–290
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺240–310
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺400–500
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 89 54880111
- info@optimatours.de
- Website
- optimatours.de
Car train from Villach Hbf/Bbf to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,199–50,698
- Schedules at
- optimatours.de
- Couch Wagon BC-4
- ₺10,199
- Couch Wagon BC-1
- ₺27,591
- Sleeper Wagon
- ₺31,533
- Couch Wagon BC-4 Car
- ₺29,365
- Couch Wagon BC-1 Car
- ₺46,757
- Sleeper Wagon Car
- ₺50,698
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900–4,100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ₺2,900–4,100
- 2nd Class
- ₺1,900–2,500
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–4,900
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ₺3,500–4,900
- 2nd Class
- ₺2,600–3,500
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,200
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺460–700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺800–2,200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺650–3,676
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,040
- Single Room
- ₺3,676
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,794
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺130–220
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- sr-rs.facebook.com
Bus from Bellinzona to Ferizaj
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–3,100
- Schedules at
- ardititours.com
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺390–500
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺210–850
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- ₺600–850
- Phone
- +381 020 313101
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lugano, Stazione to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,351
- Schedules at
- svajcarska.ch
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kraljevo to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900–3,200
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,435
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Want to know more about travelling around Türkiye
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Italian Lakes: Getting around by train
Read the travel guide
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
Italy Travel Guides
Read the travel guide






















































