There are 11 ways to get from Ascona to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Istanbul (IST)plane MXP - IST
8h 46m₺5,669–22,876Train to Basel, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BSL - SAW
10h 36m₺5,182–34,654Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Bellinzona to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus N1920
31h 42mDrive 2,018.4 km
- Drive from Ascona to Istanbulcar 2,018.4 km
19h 23m₺19,711–28,472Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Istanbul (IST)plane ZRH - IST
9h 3m₺8,439–21,876Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane ZRH - SAW
9h 16m₺6,542–24,899Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BGY - SAW
9h 59m₺7,712–30,199Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Istanbul (IST)plane TRN - IST
10h 49m₺10,049–30,976Bus
- Take the bus from Bellinzona to Ferizajbus
- Take the bus from Ferizaj to Esenler Otogarbus
32h 35m₺5,830–6,621Train, bus via Sofia
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
38h 25m₺6,438–10,101Train, bus
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Lindau to Istanbulbus
39h 22m₺11,279–26,297
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ascona to Istanbul is to bus which costs 5.500 ₺ - 7.000 ₺ and takes 32h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Ascona to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 8h 46m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 23.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Ascona to Istanbul station. However, there are services departing from Ascona, Centro and arriving at İstanbul Esenler bus station via Bellinzona and Belgrade bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 42m.
The distance between Ascona and Istanbul is 1841 km. The road distance is 2018.4 km.
The best way to get from Ascona to Istanbul without a car is to bus via Belgrade which takes 31h 42m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 46m to get from Ascona to Istanbul, including transfers.
Ascona to Istanbul bus services, operated by Belegija Prevoz, depart from Bellinzona station.
Ascona to Istanbul bus services, operated by Belegija Prevoz, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Istanbul is 1h ahead of Ascona. It is currently 9:56 PM in Ascona and 10:56 PM in Istanbul.
Yes, the driving distance between Ascona to Istanbul is 2018 km. It takes approximately 19h 23m to drive from Ascona to Istanbul.
What companies run services between Ascona, Switzerland and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Ascona, Centro to İstanbul Esenler bus station via Locarno, Debarcadero, Locarno, Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, and Belgrade bus station in around 31h 42m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–18,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–15,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Istanbul via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–15,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–21,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–20,000
Flights from Basel to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–21,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–11,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–20,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Istanbul via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–15,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–13,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–21,000
Flights from Basel to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–15,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–33,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Istanbul via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–18,000
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–3,100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–3,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–6,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–14,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–6,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–12,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–6,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺260–330
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺280–350
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺450–600
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–4,700
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- ₺3,300–4,700
- 2nd Class
- ₺2,100–2,900
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–4,700
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- ₺3,300–4,700
- 2nd Class
- ₺2,100–2,900
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–6,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- ₺4,000–6,000
- 2nd Class
- ₺3,000–4,000
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–5,500
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–5,500
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,300
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,197
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Double Room
- ₺2,330
- Single Room
- ₺4,197
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,048
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bellinzona to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–7,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺280–1,400
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- +383 49 871 234
- ardititours@hotmail.com
- Website
- Arditi Tours
Bus from Bellinzona to Ferizaj
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–3,600
- Website
- Arditi Tours
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- lukstempotur@gmail.com
Bus from Ferizaj to Esenler Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,251
- Schedules at
- Luks Tempo Turizm
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,064
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Lindau to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–7,000
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
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