There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Inverness by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane SAW - INV
10h 59m£102–420Bus, train
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
43h 16m£103–335Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train 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 King's Cross to Invernesstrain
2d 10h£346–734Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Invernesscar
36h 22mFly Istanbul to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane IST - INV
10h 50m£115–423Fly Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane IST - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
13h£110–458Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SAW - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
13h 5m£136–275Fly Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IST - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Streetbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
12h 23mFly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SAW - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Streetbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
12h 38mNight train, bus, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Euston to Invernesstrain
2d 6h£197–282Bus
- 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 Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Streetbus E8
2d 13hNight train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Invernesstrain
3d 14h£145–282Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Invernesscar
37h 24m£545–802
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Inverness is to bus and train which costs £100 - £340 and takes 43h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Inverness is to fly which takes 10h 50m and costs £110 - £430.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Inverness. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Union Street via Munich central bus station, London Victoria and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Inverness. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Inverness via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Istanbul and Inverness is 1907 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Inverness without a car is to bus and train which takes 43h 16m and costs £100 - £340.
It takes approximately 10h 59m to get from Istanbul to Inverness, including transfers.
Istanbul to Inverness bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Inverness train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Inverness is to fly which takes 10h 59m and costs £100 - £420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 13h.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Inverness, Scotland?
Pegasus Airlines, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to Union Street via Munich central bus station, London Victoria, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
Flights from Istanbul to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Istanbul to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–420
Flights from Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–410
Flights from Istanbul to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
Flights from Istanbul to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–420
Flights from Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–440
Flights from Istanbul to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–550
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–250
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £121–125
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £15–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–80
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £140–170
- Seating Carriage
- £75–100
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
Train from London Euston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £310–350
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
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
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- 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/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Istanbul to Inverness bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Inverness is 3h behind Istanbul. It is currently 9:40 PM in Istanbul and 6:40 PM in Inverness.
Istanbul to Inverness train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
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