There are 13 ways to get from Barcelona to Turkey by plane, train, bus, car ferry or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly to Istanbul Ataturk • 6 h 14 min
$93 - $608
12 alternative options
Fly to Izmir • 8 h 20 min
$113 - $208
Fly to Sabiha Gokcen • 7 h 44 min
$100 - $712
Fly to Antalya • 8 h 19 min
$106 - $183
Fly to Ankara • 9 h 12 min
$94 - $239
Fly to Konya • 9 h 24 min
$153 - $559
Train, bus • 43 h 50 min
$359 - $406
Train, bus via Paris Nord RER • 45 h 13 min
$426 - $553
Bus Yubim • 45 h 30 min
$165 - $232
Bus Georg • 2 days 1 h
$303 - $386
Bus Dary Commerce • 2 days 2 h
$145 - $157
Carferry, drive • 41 h 35 min
$404 - $598
Drive • 27 h 51 min
$370 - $550
Questions & Answers
No, there is no direct bus from Barcelona to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Barcelona and arriving at Istanbul via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45 h 30 min.
The distance between Barcelona and Turkey is 2784 km. The road distance is 2939.3 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Turkey without a car is to train and bus which takes 43 h 50 min and costs .
It takes approximately 6 h 14 min to get from Barcelona to Turkey, including transfers.
Barcelona to Turkey bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Barcelona station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Turkey is to fly which takes 6 h 14 min and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 45 h 30 min.
The quickest flight from Barcelona Airport to Istanbul Ataturk Airport is the direct flight which takes 3 h 15 min.
Barcelona to Turkey bus services, operated by Metro Plus, arrive at Istanbul station.
Turkey is 2 h ahead of Barcelona. It is currently 4:34 AM in Barcelona and 5:34 AM in Turkey.
Yes, the driving distance between Barcelona to Turkey is 2939 km. It takes approximately 27 h 51 min to drive from Barcelona to Turkey.
- Distance: 1740.1 miles
- Duration: 6 h 14 min
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Turkey?
Turkish Airlines, Tarom and six other airlines fly from Barcelona to Istanbul every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Barcelona to Istanbul via Sofia in around 45 h 30 min.
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Barcelona to Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 23 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,200
Flights from Barcelona to Izmir via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $430
Flights from Barcelona to Izmir via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $430
Flights from Barcelona to Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $1,100
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $330
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $330
Flights from Barcelona to Ankara via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 6 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $750
Flights from Barcelona to Ankara via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $750
Flights from Barcelona to Konya via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 51 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $950
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Barcelona to Izmir via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $330
Flights from Barcelona to Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $700
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $370
Flights from Barcelona to Ankara via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $850
Flights from Barcelona to Konya via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 8 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Barcelona to Sabiha Gokcen via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 23 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 10 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480 - $3,300
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 25 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $3,400
Flights from Barcelona to Ankara via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 5 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $700
- Website
- flyuia.com
Flights from Barcelona to Istanbul Ataturk via Boryspil
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $800
Flights from Barcelona to Ankara via Boryspil
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $650
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Barcelona to Sabiha Gokcen via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230 - $900
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 10 min
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $950
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Barcelona to Istanbul Ataturk via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $1,000
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Barcelona to Istanbul Ataturk via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360 - $1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Barcelona to Istanbul Ataturk via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $1,200
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Barcelona to Izmir via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Cologne/Bonn Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 5 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $850
- Website
- csa.cz
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $650
- Website
- travelservice.aero
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $650
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Barcelona to Antalya via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 12 h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $430
Based in Madrid, Renfe is a state-owned train operator, that connects cities across Spain and neighbouring countries including Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. Renfe’s extensive network means most destinations offer multiple trains a day, with the most popular routes normally offering a train each hour. Locally known as AVE, the high-speed trains can reach speeds of up to 350km/h, making travel between major cities very efficient. Comfort is key in a Renfe train, with seats with footrests in all three classes of travel: Standard, Club and First. Each seat has an individual light, a pull-down table and an electrical outlet for in Club and First classes. There is free WiFi for first class passengers and for those with a + Renfe card.
Rome2rio's guide to Spanish Railways (RENFE)
Contact Details
- Phone
- 902 320 320
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona Sants Station to Montpellier St. Roch Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40 - $55
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona Sants Station to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120 - $150
- Website
- renfe.com
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150 - $170
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $150 - $170
- 1st Class
- $200 - $300
Train from Strasbourg to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $90
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $75 - $90
- 1st Class
- $110 - $150
Train from Paris Est to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75 - $85
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $75 - $85
- 1st Class
- $100 - $150
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paris Est to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150 - $220
- Website
- bahn.de
- Phone
- 0090 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $92
- Schedules at
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Graz to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $73
- Schedules at
- alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- metrotransport.bg
Bus from Sofia to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29 - $65
- Schedules at
- metrotransport.bg
Bus from Burgas to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Schedules at
- metrotransport.bg
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Barcelona to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 37 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270 - $350
- Schedules at
- georg-bg.com
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +3592917400
- info@darytravel.com
- Website
- dary.bg
Bus from Barcelona to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 42 h 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $122
- Schedules at
- dary.bg
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Barcelona to Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 20 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70 - $110
- Schedules at
- grimaldi-lines.com
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Tarom, Air Algérie, Air France and two other airlines offer flights from Barcelona Airport to Istanbul Ataturk Airport.
There are three+ hotels available in Turkey. Prices start at $100 USD per night.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Barcelona Airport is to train which takes 24 min and costs .