There are 15 ways to get from Europe to Turkey by train, plane, bus, night train, car, taxi, 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 Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)FRA - ADB
9h 4m₺6,698–17,402Train to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Fly from Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) to Antalya Airport (AYT)ERF - AYT
9h 35m₺3,573–11,774Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda BahnhofRb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenler
31h 19m₺7,315–8,519Train, night train
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda BahnhofRb5
- Take the night train from Fulda to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkali
39h 37m₺14,739–31,760Drive 2,172.8 km
- Drive from Europe to Istanbul2,172.8 km
21h 19m₺15,334–22,149Train to Frankfurt, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)FRA - SAW
9h 59m₺5,368–18,380Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)HAJ - SAW
9h 40m₺5,278–47,190Train to Frankfurt, fly to Istanbul, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul (IST)FRA - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Aksaray
10h 34m₺5,885–15,719Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)NUE - SAW
10h 7m₺8,448–13,600Train to Frankfurt, fly to Antalya Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Antalya Airport (AYT)FRA - AYT
10h 44m₺5,977–13,381Train, train to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, fly to Antalya Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Antalya Airport (AYT)PAD - AYT
11h 47m₺8,887–23,491Taxi, train, bus
- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof250
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda BahnhofRb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbf25 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbul
32h 45m₺8,454–10,919Train, bus via Montenegro Hotel
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda BahnhofRb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotel
35h 14m₺8,028–9,232Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf/Bbf to Edirne
- Drive from Edirne to Istanbul
40h 6m₺16,557–97,460Taxi, train, bus via Plovdiv
- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof250
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof WilhelmshöheRb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Wilhelmshohe Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Halkalı
43h 52m₺6,950–11,514
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 fly which costs 3.500 ₺ - 12.000 ₺ and takes 9h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Turkey is to train and fly which takes 9h 4m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 18.000 ₺.
The distance between Europe and Turkey is 2168 km. The road distance is 2172.8 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Turkey without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 19m and costs 7.000 ₺ - 8.500 ₺.
It takes approximately 9h 4m to get from Europe to Turkey, including transfers.
Turkey is 2h ahead of Europe. It is currently 2:03 PM in Europe and 4:03 PM in Turkey.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Turkey is 2173 km. It takes approximately 21h 19m to drive from Europe to Turkey.
There are 4554+ 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 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, 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 19m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–19,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–18,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–23,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–20,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–18,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–30,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Antalya Airport via İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–12,000
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–17,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–24,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–24,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–7,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–12,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–11,000
- Website
- freebirdairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–12,000
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–13,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–20,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–14,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–43,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–11,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–11,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–2,600
- 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 Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺750–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–3,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–3,500
- 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 Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺600–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺600–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Fulda to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–13,500
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺13,100–13,500
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺7,000–8,500
- Seating Carriage
- ₺3,000–3,700
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
- ₺900–1,600
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺900–1,300
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,600
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺600–850
- 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
- ₺550–900
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- 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
- +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
- ₺5,000–40,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- ₺19,000–22,000
- Car Compartment
- ₺36,000–40,000
- Phone
- +49 89 54880111
- info@optimatours.de
- Website
- optimatours.de
Car train from Villach Hbf/Bbf to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,444–51,913
- Schedules at
- optimatours.de
- Couch Wagon BC-4
- ₺10,444
- Couch Wagon BC-1
- ₺28,252
- Sleeper Wagon
- ₺32,288
- Couch Wagon BC-4 Car
- ₺30,068
- Couch Wagon BC-1 Car
- ₺47,877
- Sleeper Wagon Car
- ₺51,913
- 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
- ₺470–2,929
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺1,626
- Single Room
- ₺2,929
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,429
- 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
- ₺4,600–5,500
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- ₺4,600–5,500
- 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
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Istanbul Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺130–360
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- 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/
- 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
- ₺2,573
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
- 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
- ₺4,800–6,500
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- ₺450–600
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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