There are 11 ways to get from Granada to Istanbul by plane, train, bus, car, or night train
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Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Istanbul (IST)plane GRX - IST
9h 31m₺6,645–26,210Bus, night train
cheapest- Take the bus from Granada to Bucureştibus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain Bosphor Express
2d 22h₺4,679–10,036Train, bus via Belgrade
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenlerbus
2d 2h₺17,227–40,232Drive 3,638.1 km
- Drive from Granada to Istanbulcar 3,638.1 km
36h 35m₺30,371–43,868Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane GRX - SAW
11h 4m₺7,148–32,233Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Istanbul (IST)plane AGP - IST
9h 13m₺6,643–16,793Train, train to Seville Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Granada to Cordoba-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Istanbul (IST)plane SVQ - IST
10h 28m₺7,405–20,260Train, train to Seville Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Granada to Cordoba-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SVQ - SAW
10h 46m₺7,908–26,283Train, bus
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
2d 9h₺15,606–34,377Bus
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Lorcabus
- Take the bus from Lorca to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Istanbul Esenlerbus
2d 10h₺8,067–10,974Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tiranë to Istanbulbus
2d 17h
Granada to Istanbul by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Granada to Istanbul is to bus which costs 8.000 ₺ - 11.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 10h.
The fastest way to get from Granada to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 9h 13m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 17.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Granada to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Granada Estación de Autobuses and arriving at Istanbul Esenler via Lorca and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Granada and Istanbul is 2878 km. The road distance is 3638.1 km.
The best way to get from Granada to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus via Belgrade which takes 2 days 2h and costs 17.000 ₺ - 41.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Granada to Istanbul, including transfers.
Granada to Istanbul bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Granada Estación de Autobuses station.
The best way to get from Granada to Istanbul is to fly which takes 9h 31m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 27.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 8.000 ₺ - 11.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 10h.
Granada to Istanbul bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Lorca station.
Istanbul is 1h ahead of Granada. It is currently 4:35 AM in Granada and 5:35 AM in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Granada, Spain and Istanbul, Turkey?
Vueling Airlines, Iberia, and four other airlines fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Istanbul (IST) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Istanbul Esenler via Lorca and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 2d 10h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–40,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–39,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–45,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–43,000
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–29,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–11,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–33,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–32,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–40,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–26,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–20,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–21,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–31,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–8,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–8,500
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–3,100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,800
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–6,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–3,400
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Cordoba-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–2,300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–6,500
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,400
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–4,800
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Cordoba-Central to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,000
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–6,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–3,969
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,203
- Single Room
- ₺3,969
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,937
- 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
- ₺1,300–1,700
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Montpellier to Beograd
- 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
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Montpellier to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Lorca to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Lorca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,800
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–8,000
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Tiranë to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–3,400
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Granada to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–8,500
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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