There are 14 ways to get from Istanbul to Granada by plane, bus, train, car, night train, or car 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 Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)SAW - GRX
10h 36m€111–492Night train, bus
cheapest- Take the night train from Halkali to BucharestBosphor Express
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Granada
2d 23h€89–196Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Pogradec
- Take the bus from Pogradec to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to GranadaAve
47h 56mDrive 3,637.2 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Granada3,637.2 km
36h 19m€565–816Bus to Istanbul, fly to Málaga Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Málaga Airport (AGP)IST - AGP
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
10h 35m€128–343Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Seville Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Seville Airport (SVQ)SAW - SVQ
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Granada
11h 53m€134–399Bus to Istanbul, fly to Seville Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Seville Airport (SVQ)IST - SVQ
- Take the train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Granada
12h 11m€142–365Bus to Istanbul, fly to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)IST - GRX
11h 25m€124–308Bus to Istanbul, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)IST - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
12h 19m€126–331Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Málaga Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Málaga Airport (AGP)SAW - AGP
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
11h 57m€95–337Bus, train via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Take the train from München Hbf to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
2d 2h€356–829Bus via Lorca
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Lorca
- Take the bus from Lorca to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
2d 10h€155–214Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Almeria Bus Station
- Take the bus from Almeria to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
2d 15h€162–243Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Granada
37h 52m€666–953
Istanbul to Granada by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Granada is to bus via Lorca which costs €150 - €220 and takes 2 days 10h.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Granada is to bus and fly and train which takes 10h 35m and costs €120 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Granada. However, there are services departing from Istanbul Esenler and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Granada via Sofia and Lorca. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Istanbul and Granada is 2925 km. The road distance is 3637.2 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Granada without a car is to bus and train which takes 47h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 36m to get from Istanbul to Granada, including transfers.
Istanbul to Granada bus services, operated by Luks Yonca, depart from Istanbul Esenler station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Granada is to fly which takes 10h 36m and costs €110 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus via Lorca, which costs €150 - €220 and takes 2 days 10h.
Istanbul to Granada bus services, operated by Luks Yonca, arrive at Sofia station.
Granada is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 2:17 PM in Istanbul and 12:17 PM in Granada.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Granada, Spain?
Pegasus Airlines, Iberia, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul Esenler to Estación de Autobuses de Granada via Sofia and Lorca in around 2d 10h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Istanbul to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Seville Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Istanbul to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Istanbul to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Istanbul to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Istanbul to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Istanbul to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Istanbul to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Istanbul to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Málaga Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Istanbul to Federico García Lorca Granada-Jaén Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Seville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Málaga Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Sevilla-Santa Justa to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Pogradec to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–6
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Lorca
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lorca to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Almeria to Estación de Autobuses de Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- +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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Almeria Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Granada
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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