There are 10 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 36m₺7,146–20,212Fly Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane GRX - SAW
11h 3m₺6,649–28,235Train, 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 Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
2d 5h₺19,075–35,015Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
2d 12h₺26,154–46,260Drive 3,638.1 km
- Drive from Granada to Istanbulcar 3,638.1 km
36h 35m₺31,361–45,299Train 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₺7,744–15,850Train to Seville Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Granada to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Istanbul (IST)plane SVQ - IST
10h 45m₺10,259–19,923Train to Seville Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Granada to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SVQ - SAW
11h 3m₺9,262–27,946Bus
- 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 18hBus, night train
- Take the bus from Granada to Bucureştibus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain Bosphor Express
2d 22h₺8,898–12,930
Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Granada to Istanbul is to bus and night train which costs 8.500 ₺ - 13.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 22h.
The fastest way to get from Granada to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 9h 13m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 16.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Granada to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Granada Estación de Autobuses and arriving at Istanbul via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Terminal B and Tiranë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
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 which takes 2 days 5h and costs 19.000 ₺ - 35.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 9h 36m 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 36m and costs 7.000 ₺ - 21.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 18h.
Granada to Istanbul bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Istanbul is 1h ahead of Granada. It is currently 11:29 PM in Granada and 12:29 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 via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Tirana, Terminal B, and Tiranë in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–39,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–41,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–39,000
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–28,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–30,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–18,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–29,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–34,000
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–28,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–23,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–19,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–20,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–18,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–17,000
- 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
- ₺7,500–39,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–8,500
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–8,500
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–6,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–12,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–6,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–11,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,400–3,600
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Granada to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,400–3,600
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–16,000
- 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
- ₺750–4,013
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,227
- Single Room
- ₺4,013
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,958
- 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
- ₺500–1,420
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Beograd
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–7,000
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
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
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–3,400
- 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
- ₺8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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