There are 15 ways to get from Europe to Turkey by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane FRA - ADB
8h 38m₺5,742–18,740Train to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Fly from Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane ERF - AYT
9h 37m₺5,029–16,781Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenlerbus
31h 20m₺7,225–8,266Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Bad Hersfeld to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Nuremberg Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
42h 29mDrive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Istanbulcar
19h 44m₺18,468–60,676Train to Frankfurt, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul (IST)plane FRA - IST
9h 15m₺6,398–16,696Train to Frankfurt, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane FRA - SAW
9h 33m₺5,111–19,717Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Istanbul (IST)plane NUE - IST
10h 3m₺8,345–19,436Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane NUE - SAW
10h 11m₺7,358–18,457Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane HAJ - SAW
10h 19mTrain, train to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbftrain
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane PAD - AYT
11h 45m₺10,740–33,215Train, bus via Montenegro Hotel
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotelbus
35h 14m₺8,007–9,048Train, bus via Kraljevo
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Kraljevo to Istanbul Hotel Montenegrobus
36h 57m₺5,976–7,017Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Wilhelmshohe Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Halkalıtrain
43h 24m₺6,764–11,038Drive 2,172.6 km
- Drive from Europe to Istanbulcar 2,172.6 km
21h 28m₺15,697–22,673
Frankfurt (FRA) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Turkey is to train and bus via Kraljevo which costs 6.000 ₺ - 7.000 ₺ and takes 36h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Turkey is to train and fly which takes 8h 38m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 19.000 ₺.
The distance between Europe and Turkey is 2168 km. The road distance is 2172.6 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Turkey without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 20m and costs 7.000 ₺ - 8.500 ₺.
It takes approximately 8h 38m to get from Europe to Turkey, including transfers.
Turkey is 2h ahead of Europe. It is currently 6:19 PM in Europe and 8:19 PM in Turkey.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Turkey is 2173 km. It takes approximately 21h 28m to drive from Europe to Turkey.
There are 4286+ hotels available in Turkey.
What companies run services between Europe and Turkey?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Turkey. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB), walk to Adnan Menderes, then take the train to Kemer. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Aksaray via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof, Fulda, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, İstanbul Esenler, and Esenler Otogar in around 31h 20m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–20,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–19,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–22,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–25,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–35,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–17,000
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–20,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–8,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–8,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–28,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–17,000
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–15,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–30,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–11,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–23,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–8,500
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–15,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,300–15,000
- Website
- freebirdairlines.com
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–31,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–17,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–2,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺600–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺600–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–14,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺3,900–6,000
- 1st Class
- ₺8,000–14,000
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺950–1,400
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–41,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- ₺20,000–23,000
- Car Compartment
- ₺37,000–41,000
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–900
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺600–950
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,300–2,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,400
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Plovdiv to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺470–3,007
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺1,669
- Single Room
- ₺3,007
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,467
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Fulda to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–5,500
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- ₺4,700–5,500
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Bad Hersfeld to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Nuremberg Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,100
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- office@balbuss.rs
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,642
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
- Phone
- +381 20 314 545
- info@pejictours.com
- Website
- pejictours.com
Bus from Fulda to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,851
- Schedules at
- pejictours.com
- Book at
- pejictours.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kraljevo to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,000–3,300
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Kassel Wilhelmshohe Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
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