There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Lucca by bus, plane, night train, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Istanbul, fly to Pisa International Airport
best- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)IST - PSA
9h 5m€106–244Bus via Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
- Take the bus from Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 to Carducci 4Dd
32h 42m€135–159Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Venezia MestreRjx / ...
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to LuccaRe
42h 29m€226–340Drive 1,977.6 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Lucca1,977.6 km
18h 16m€304–439Bus to Istanbul, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)IST - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Lucca
8h 51m€112–312Bus to Istanbul, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)IST - FLR
- Take the bus from Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 to Carducci 4
10h 10m€116–269Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)SAW - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Lucca
8h 52m€119–318Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)SAW - PSA
10h 47m€128–260Bus to Istanbul, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)IST - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Lucca
11h 1m€126–328Bus to Istanbul, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)IST - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Lucca
10h 32m€114–308Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to LuccaRe
35h 11m€185–308Train, bus
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Firenze Autostazione
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to LuccaRe
41h 18m€114–125Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța1998
- Take the bus from Constanta to Lucca
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Istanbul to Lucca by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Lucca is to train and bus which costs €110 - €130 and takes 41h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Lucca is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 51m and costs €110 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Lucca. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Carducci 4 via Kumanovo, Stazione Scalette and Firenze T2 Guidoni P2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Lucca. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Lucca via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Meidling, Venezia Mestre and Firenze S.M.N.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 29m.
The distance between Istanbul and Lucca is 1596 km. The road distance is 1977.6 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Lucca without a car is to bus via Kumanovo which takes 32h 42m and costs €130 - €160.
It takes approximately 9h 5m to get from Istanbul to Lucca, including transfers.
Istanbul to Lucca bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Lucca train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Lucca is to bus via Kumanovo which takes 32h 42m and costs €130 - €160. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €120 - €260 and takes 10h 47m.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Lucca, Italy?
You can take a bus from Istanbul to Carducci 4 via Kumanovo, Stazione Santa Maria Novella, Stazione Scalette, and Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 in around 32h 42m. Alternatively, Pegasus Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Pisa International Airport (PSA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Istanbul to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–230
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- 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
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Lucca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Halkalı to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/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 Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- 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
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 to Carducci 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–32
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.autogari.ro
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Constanta to Lucca
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Istanbul to Lucca bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Lucca is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 5:08 AM in Istanbul and 3:08 AM in Lucca.
Istanbul to Lucca train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Lucca is 1978 km. It takes approximately 18h 16m to drive from Istanbul to Lucca.
There are 4865+ hotels available in Lucca.

































































