There are 8 ways to get from Istanbul to Bastia by plane, bus, shuttle, ferry, car, train, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA)plane IST - BIA
10h 1m€208–535Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Nice Airportbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Port of Bastiaferry
45h 37m€161–300Bus, shuttle, ferry
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Firenze Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Florence Piazza Montelungo to Livorno via Cogorano
- Take the ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Bastiaferry
39h 27m€193–259Drive, ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Port of Livornocar
- Take the ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Bastiaferry Livourne - Bastia
23h 44m€358–564Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA)plane SAW - BIA
9h 17m€214–520Fly Istanbul to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY)plane IST - CLY
- Take the bus from Calvi piazza trasputadore d'acqua to Bastia a gara di busbus
11h 53m€300–962Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia to Firenze Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Piombino Marittimatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Bastiaferry
47h 14m€164–243Night train, bus, ferry
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Livornobus
- Take the ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Bastiaferry
2d 7h
Istanbul (IST) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Bastia is to train and bus and ferry which costs €160 - €250 and takes 47h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Bastia is to fly which takes 9h 17m and costs €210 - €550.
The distance between Istanbul and Bastia is 1660 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Bastia without a car is to bus and shuttle and ferry which takes 39h 27m and costs €190 - €260.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Istanbul to Bastia, including transfers.
Bastia is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 3:44 PM in Istanbul and 1:44 PM in Bastia.
There are 1052+ hotels available in Bastia.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Bastia, France?
Turkish Airlines, Air Corsica, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aircorsica.com
Flights from Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Istanbul to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Istanbul to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Istanbul to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Istanbul to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Halkalı to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Piombino Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €18–26
- 1st Class
- €24–35
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +39 05861888623, +39 339 628 1382
- info@tuscanybus.com
- Website
- tuscanybus.com
Shuttle from Florence Piazza Montelungo to Livorno via Cogorano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–30
- Schedules at
- tuscanybus.com
- transports@isula.corsica
- Website
- corsicabus.org
Bus from Calvi piazza trasputadore d'acqua to Bastia a gara di bus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–28
- Schedules at
- corsicabus.org
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bucharest to Livorno
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Livorno to Port of Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
- Passenger Flex Fare
- €45–65
- Passenger & Vehicle Flex Fare
- €80–110
Ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Port of Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
- Passenger Flex Fare
- €50–65
- Passenger & Vehicle Flex Fare
- €85–120
Ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
- Passenger Flex Fare
- €45–60
- Passenger & Vehicle Flex Fare
- €75–110
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