There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Gatwick by plane, night train, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane IST - LGW
7h 11m£60–215Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
42h 44m£141–169Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
2d£252–438Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Gatwickcar
27h 4m£513–690Fly Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane IST - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to North Terminal Bus Stationbus
8h 6m£107–300Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SAW - LGW
7h 46m£105–175Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SAW - STN
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
9h 10m£91–428Fly Istanbul to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London City Airport (LCY)plane IST - LCY
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
9h 51m£149–629Fly Istanbul to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane IST - STN
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
8h 55m£156–448Fly Istanbul to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane IST - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
9h 31m£137–427Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to North Terminal Bus Stationbus 025 / ...
2d 1h£159–251Night train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Maidstonebusferry
- Take the bus from Royal Victoria Place to Bus Stationbus 291
3dDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Gatwickcar
28h 8m£423–650
Istanbul to Gatwick by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Gatwick is to fly which costs £55 - £220 and takes 7h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Gatwick is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs £55 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Gatwick station. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at North Terminal Bus Station via Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Gatwick. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Gatwick Airport via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Istanbul and Gatwick is 1566 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Gatwick without a car is to night train and bus and train which takes 42h 44m and costs £140 - £170.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Istanbul to Gatwick, including transfers.
Istanbul to Gatwick bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Gatwick train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Gatwick is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs £55 - £220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £150 - £260 and takes 2 days 1h.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Gatwick, England?
Turkish Airlines flies from Istanbul (IST) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to North Terminal Bus Station via Munich central bus station and London Victoria in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–130
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Istanbul to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–380
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–380
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–370
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £8–12
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £8–12
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £8–12
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £68–74
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–18
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to North Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to North Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to North Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Maidstone
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 1293 449191
- info@metrobus.co.uk
- Website
- Metrobus
Bus from Royal Victoria Place to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Metrobus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Istanbul to Gatwick bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Gatwick is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 11:56 AM in Istanbul and 9:56 AM in Gatwick.
Istanbul to Gatwick train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
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