There are 15 ways to get from Dover to Turkey by train, plane, bus, night train, car ferry, car, busferry, or car train
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Istanbul (IST)plane LHR - IST
8h 20m₺8,428–24,744Bus and ferry, night train
cheapest- Take the busferry from Dover to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain Bosphor Express
2d 17h₺4,451–11,129Train, bus
- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
39h 11m₺21,806–62,552Train, night train
- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 1h₺24,674–50,600Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Istanbulcar
26h 47m₺24,546–38,028Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Istanbul (IST)plane LGW - IST
8h 45m₺7,498–21,994Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Dover Priory to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane STN - SAW
8h 57m₺7,205–22,134Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Take the train from Dover Priory to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane STN - ADB
8h 36m₺7,673–23,107Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane LGW - AYT
9h 42m₺6,748–18,944Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane LGW - SAW
9h 7m₺9,101–16,517Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
- Take the train from Dover Priory to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane STN - AYT
9h 41m₺8,152–22,061Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Take the train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane LGW - ADB
8h 52m₺7,469–23,990Bus
- Take the bus from Dover to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus N1998
42h 17m₺10,858–12,778Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Dover to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain Bosphor Express
2d 6hEurotunnel, drive
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Istanbulcar
26h 8m₺31,848–42,936
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dover to Turkey is to bus and ferry and night train which costs 4.400 ₺ - 12.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 17h.
The fastest way to get from Dover to Turkey is to train and fly which takes 8h 20m and costs 8.000 ₺ - 25.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Dover to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Dover and arriving at İskenderpaşa via Gara de Nord, București, Autogara Militari and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Dover to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Dover Priory and arriving at Yenikapi via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Dover and Turkey is 2683 km.
The best way to get from Dover to Turkey without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 11m and costs 21.000 ₺ - 65.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Dover to Turkey, including transfers.
Dover to Turkey bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Dover station.
Dover to Turkey train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Dover Priory station.
Dover to Turkey bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
What companies run services between Dover, England and Turkey?
You can take a bus from Dover to İskenderpaşa via Bucharest, Gara de Nord, Complex Apusului, București, Autogara Militari, İstanbul Esenler bus station, and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi in around 42h 17m.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–23,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–21,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–22,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–14,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–28,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–26,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–22,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–25,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–16,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–27,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,300–13,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–9,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–20,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Antalya Airport via İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–20,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–11,000
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–27,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–29,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,000–16,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–10,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–11,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–9,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–18,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–40,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–33,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–19,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–25,000
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,300–4,700
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,300–4,700
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,300–4,700
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Dover Priory to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–5,000
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–13,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–11,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–11,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–4,300
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–27,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,400–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–3,100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–9,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺6,500–9,000
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺5,000–6,000
- Seating Carriage
- ₺3,500–4,200
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–24,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,481
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,481
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,481
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,900
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,900
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,900
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,900
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺7,651
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- ₺7,651
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Dover to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺7,865
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–4,800
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Dover to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Dover to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–10,000
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺500–3,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Turkey is 2h ahead of Dover. It is currently 8:12 AM in Dover and 10:12 AM in Turkey.
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