There are 6 ways to get from Athlone to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from Athlone to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Istanbul (IST)plane DUB - IST
10h 2m₺5,458–13,319Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Arcadia to Liffey Valley SCbus 763
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Constantabus
- Take the bus from Constanța to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
3d 2h₺5,168–17,228Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athlone to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Istanbulcar
2d 3h₺31,710–58,469Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Athlone to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DUB - SAW
10h 4m₺5,871–12,340Train to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Athlone to Claremorristrain
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Istanbul (IST)plane NOC - IST
12h 46m₺5,446–17,429Train, train to Shannon Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Athlone to Athenrytrain
- Take the train from Athenry to Ennistrain
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Istanbul (IST)plane SNN - IST
13h 12m₺9,674–16,674
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athlone to Istanbul is to train and fly which costs 5.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺ and takes 10h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Athlone to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 10h 2m and costs 5.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺.
The distance between Athlone and Istanbul is 3107 km.
The best way to get from Athlone to Istanbul without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 2h and costs 5.000 ₺ - 18.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Athlone to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 3h ahead of Athlone. It is currently 11:44 PM in Athlone and 2:44 AM in Istanbul.
There are 4444+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Athlone, Ireland and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Arcadia to İstanbul Esenler bus station via Liffey Valley SC, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, and Constanța in around 3d 2h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–13,000
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Istanbul via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–32,000
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Istanbul via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–31,000
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Istanbul via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–31,000
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Istanbul via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–31,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–30,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–30,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–30,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–20,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–20,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–26,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Istanbul via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–29,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–28,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Istanbul via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–16,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–15,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–23,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–19,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Istanbul via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–19,000
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Athlone to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺600–850
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- ₺600–850
Train from Athlone to Claremorris
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺450–650
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- ₺450–650
Train from Athlone to Athenry
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺310–440
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- ₺310–440
Train from Athenry to Ennis
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺310–440
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- ₺310–440
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Arcadia to Liffey Valley SC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,000
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0231 519 925
- Website
- trans-dor.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,050–1,150
- Schedules at
- trans-dor.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Constanța to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,590–1,620
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.autogari.ro
Bus from Constanța to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–3,100
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–23,087
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- ₺23,087
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