There are 8 ways to get from Istanbul to Belfast by plane, night train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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Fly Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)IST - BHD
7h 1m£185–359Night train, bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
46h 15m£76–149Fly Istanbul to Belfast International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)IST - BFS
7h 41m£95–318Fly Istanbul to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Dublin Airport (DUB)IST - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
7h 38m£115–284Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)SAW - BHD
10h 9m£93–323Bus, bus and ferry via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
2d 16hBus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Pomorie Festa Hotel
- Take the bus from Pomorie to Byala
- Take the bus from Byala to Brăila
- Take the busferry from Brăila to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
3d 12h£131–306Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Birmingham West Bromwich
- Take the bus from Navigation St to Buchanan Bus StationM11
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
3d 17h
Istanbul (IST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Belfast is to night train and bus and car ferry which costs £75 - £150 and takes 46h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Belfast is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs £180 - £360.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Munich central bus station, London Victoria and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Istanbul and Belfast is 1861 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Belfast without a car is to night train and bus and car ferry which takes 46h 15m and costs £75 - £150.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Istanbul to Belfast, including transfers.
Istanbul to Belfast bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Belfast bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Belfast is 3h behind Istanbul. It is currently 11:20 PM in Istanbul and 8:20 PM in Belfast.
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What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
KLM, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Istanbul to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Istanbul to Belfast International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Istanbul to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–430
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Istanbul to Belfast International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £16–23
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Bus from Navigation St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Pomorie Festa Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18–25
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 056 844 966
- office@mbus-bg.com
- Website
- mbus-bg.com
Bus from Pomorie to Byala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–5
- Schedules at
- mbus-bg.com
- Phone
- +359 52 757 044
- info@autogaravn.com
- Website
- autogaravn.com
Bus from Pomorie to Byala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–6
- Website
- https://autogaravn.com/en
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Pomorie to Byala
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- sudmsc@yahoo.com
- Website
- mercado-sud.ro
Bus from Byala to Brăila
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Brăila to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–120
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Birmingham West Bromwich
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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