There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Kandel by bus, plane, train, night train, car, or car train
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Bus to Istanbul, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)IST - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
8h 49m€116–273Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)SAW - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
8h 52m€73–279Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof62 / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe HbfRe
28h 27m€127–289Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videle
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen HbfRjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof60 / ...
43h 2m€208–357Drive 2,183.4 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Kandel2,183.4 km
19h 55m€309–447Bus to Istanbul, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Frankfurt (FRA)IST - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
9h 25m€108–325Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Frankfurt (FRA)SAW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
9h 29m€100–321Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Basel (BSL)SAW - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
9h 56m€77–301Bus to Istanbul, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)IST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
10h 58m€146–384Bus to Istanbul, fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)IST - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
11h 33m€132–369Bus to Istanbul, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Munich International Airport (MUC)IST - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
11h 33m€165–335Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station SouthArda - Tur
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Karlsruhe Central Bus StationCitylines 57 / ...
41h 52m€136–199Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Kandel
19h 48m€377–532
Istanbul to Kandel by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Kandel is to fly and train which costs €70 - €280 and takes 8h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Kandel is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 49m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Kandel. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Kandel Bahnhof via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, München Hbf and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 2m.
The distance between Istanbul and Kandel is 1902 km. The road distance is 2183.4 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Kandel without a car is to bus and train which takes 28h 27m and costs €120 - €290.
It takes approximately 8h 49m to get from Istanbul to Kandel, including transfers.
Istanbul to Kandel train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Kandel is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 5:18 PM in Istanbul and 3:18 PM in Kandel.
Istanbul to Kandel train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Kandel is 2183 km. It takes approximately 19h 55m to drive from Istanbul to Kandel.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Kandel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany?
You can take a bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Kandel Bahnhof via Burgas Bus Station South, Karlsruhe Central Bus Station, and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 41h 52m.
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- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–150
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Istanbul to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Istanbul to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Stuttgart Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Nuremberg Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–35
- 1st Class
- €40–70
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–24
- 1st Class
- €23–30
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–65
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €95–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- €2–5
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- 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
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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