There are 13 ways to get from Essen to Turkey by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul (IST)plane DUS - IST
6h 42m₺6,551–17,454Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Antalya Airport
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane DUS - AYT
7h 49m₺3,501–15,404Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
33h 32m₺11,003–29,791Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
40h 31m₺23,853–51,574Night train, train
- Take the night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
42h 20m₺15,779–31,422Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane DUS - ESB
6h 51m₺4,597–14,500Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane DUS - ADB
6h 39m₺5,122–17,450Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DUS - SAW
7h₺4,654–18,477Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane CGN - ADB
7h 19m₺5,515–18,241Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus stationbus 037 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
38h 27m₺7,049–11,004Bus via Novi Sad
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Sad Bulevar Jaše Tomić to Istanbul Hotel Montenegrobus Citylines 87 / ...
42h 55m₺10,160–17,414Drive 2,468 km
- Drive from Essen to Istanbulcar 2,468 km
21h 50m₺19,148–27,658Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Istanbulcar
24h 57m₺22,238–32,733
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Turkey is to fly which costs 3.500 ₺ - 16.000 ₺ and takes 7h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Turkey is to fly which takes 6h 39m and costs 5.000 ₺ - 18.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at İskenderpaşa via Munich and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Yenikapi via Stuttgart Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 31m.
The distance between Essen and Turkey is 2090 km. The road distance is 2468 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Turkey without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 32m and costs 11.000 ₺ - 30.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Essen to Turkey, including transfers.
Essen to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Turkey train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Turkey is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 18.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 7.000 ₺ - 11.000 ₺ and takes 38h 27m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Turkey?
Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and Air Serbia fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul (IST) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to İskenderpaşa via Munich, Istanbul, and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi in around 38h 27m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–25,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–19,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–8,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–18,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–15,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–12,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–12,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–17,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–11,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–31,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–16,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–16,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–32,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–11,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–23,000
- Website
- freebirdairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–19,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–24,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–15,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺800–2,900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–12,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,423
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,423
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–8,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺6,000–8,000
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺4,700–5,500
- Seating Carriage
- ₺3,200–3,800
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–4,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Essen Hbf to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Novi Sad Bulevar Jaše Tomić to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–4,200
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Turkey is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 10:35 AM in Essen and 11:35 AM in Turkey.
Essen to Turkey train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Turkey is 2468 km. It takes approximately 21h 50m to drive from Essen to Turkey.
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