There are 13 ways to get from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane EDI - SAW
7h 23m₺4,951–10,551Fly Edinburgh Airport to Istanbul
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Istanbul (IST)plane EDI - IST
7h 53m₺4,751–15,551Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
38h 24m₺5,056–7,695Train, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 4h₺22,033–50,862Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Istanbulcar
33h 47mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane GLA - SAW
10h 3m₺5,512–20,352Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Istanbul (IST)plane GLA - IST
10h 38m₺5,412–24,352Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane MAN - SAW
10h 17m₺5,256–14,849Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Istanbul (IST)plane MAN - IST
10h 42m₺5,756–19,349Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbftrain 83
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
42h 1m₺14,505–34,717Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
2d 5h₺10,225–15,313Train, bus and ferry, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
3d 8h₺7,156–14,695Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Istanbulcar
34h 54m₺29,092–43,289
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) is to train and bus and night train which costs 5.000 ₺ - 8.000 ₺ and takes 38h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs 4.900 ₺ - 11.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Istanbul (State). However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at İskenderpaşa via London Victoria, Gara Basarab, București, Autogara Militari and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State). However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley 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 4h.
The distance between Edinburgh and Istanbul (State) is 2920 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 38h 24m and costs 5.000 ₺ - 8.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State), including transfers.
Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs 4.900 ₺ - 11.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 10.000 ₺ - 16.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 5h.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Istanbul (State), Turkey?
Pegasus Airlines flies from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to İskenderpaşa via London Victoria, Bucharest, Gara Basarab, Complex Apusului, București, Autogara Militari, İstanbul Esenler bus station, and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–22,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–21,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–21,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–15,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–26,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–25,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–26,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–17,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–20,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–16,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–21,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–11,000
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–4,100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–6,500
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,600
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺900–1,300
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,600
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–6,500
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–14,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–14,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–14,500
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺13,000–14,500
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺8,000–10,000
- Seating Carriage
- ₺4,500–6,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,010–1,030
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,010–1,030
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–4,400
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- ₺12,000–13,000
- Sleeper Seat
- ₺3,400–4,400
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- ₺13,000–16,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–8,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,000
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–4,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,000–3,800
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,955
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–9,000
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,200
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- ₺3,900–9,500
- On Foot
- ₺1,800–2,200
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Istanbul (State) is 3h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:10 PM in Edinburgh and 7:10 PM in Istanbul (State).
Edinburgh to Istanbul (State) train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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