There are 12 ways to get from Germany to Istanbul (State) by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane STR - SAW
5h 53m₺3,943–15,339Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BER - SAW
6h 16m₺3,408–11,520Train, bus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
33h 48m₺10,676–27,204Train, night train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.train
- Take the train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
39h 41m₺14,744–28,752Drive 2,111.2 km
- Drive from Berlin to Istanbulcar 2,111.2 km
21h 2m₺16,262–23,489Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Marienplatz to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane MUC - SAW
6h 6m₺3,990–21,703Fly Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane FRA - SAW
5h 59m₺3,885–14,254Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Marienplatz to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Istanbul (IST)plane MUC - IST
6h 26m₺5,432–15,745Fly 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
6h 15m₺4,337–15,310Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus Citylines 40 / ...
33h 51m₺4,850–6,694Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Sad Bulevar Jaše Tomić to Istanbul Hotel Montenegrobus Citylines 87 / ...
37h 11m₺7,668–13,309Bus, train
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dimitrovgrad Bus Stationbus Arda-Tur
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to Halkalıtrain
38h 3m₺7,657–12,904
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Istanbul (State) is to bus via Sofia which costs 4.800 ₺ - 7.000 ₺ and takes 33h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Istanbul (State) is to fly which takes 5h 53m and costs 3.900 ₺ - 16.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Istanbul (State). However, there are services departing from U Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz and arriving at İskenderpaşa via Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Istanbul (State). However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Yenikapi via Berlin Hbf, Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 41m.
The distance between Germany and Istanbul (State) is 1837 km. The road distance is 2111.2 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Istanbul (State) without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 48m and costs 10.000 ₺ - 28.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Germany to Istanbul (State), including transfers.
Germany to Istanbul (State) bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Berlin Hauptbahnhof station.
Germany to Istanbul (State) train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Istanbul (State) is to fly which takes 5h 53m and costs 3.900 ₺ - 16.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus via Sofia, which costs 4.800 ₺ - 7.000 ₺ and takes 33h 51m.
What companies run services between Germany and Istanbul (State), Turkey?
AJet and Pegasus Airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from U Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz to İskenderpaşa via S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofia Serdica Bus Station, Istanbul Büyük Otogari, and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi in around 33h 51m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–22,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–20,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–19,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–15,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–13,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–14,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–11,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–15,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–15,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–16,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–13,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–30,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–15,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Marienplatz to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺440–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Berlin Hbf to Pardubice hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,800
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once 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
- ₺500–1,412
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺460–650
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/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/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–5,000
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,700–2,300
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Novi Sad Bulevar Jaše Tomić to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–4,100
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–3,400
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dimitrovgrad Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–12,000
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–3,600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,500
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +381 25 424577
- office@severtrans.rs
- Website
- severtrans.rs
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–9,000
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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Germany to Istanbul (State) bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Germany to Istanbul (State) train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), arrive at Pardubice hl.n. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Germany to Istanbul (State) is 2111 km. It takes approximately 21h 2m to drive from Germany to Istanbul (State).
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