There are 8 ways to get from Istanbul to Marsala by plane, bus, busferry, train, night train, car, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Istanbul, bus
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane IST - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
7h 58mDrive, car ferry, ferry
cheapest- Drive from Istanbul to Port Of Igoumenitsacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Villa San Giovannicar
- Take the ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Drive from Messina Marittima to Marsalacar
28h 51m€300–452Bus, bus and ferry, train via Naples
- Take the bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Ferraris-Circumvesuvianabus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
39h 4mNight train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
2d 8hFly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SAW - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
11h 9mBus, bus and ferry via Rome
- Take the bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabusferry
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
41h 4mBus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Vlore , stationbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
45h 10mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Shkodërbus
- Take the busferry from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Cosenza - Autostazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Cosenza to Marsalabus 582
2d 4h
Istanbul (IST) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Marsala is to drive and car ferry and ferry which costs €300 - €460 and takes 28h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Marsala is to drive and car ferry and ferry which takes 28h 51m and costs €300 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Marsala station. However, there are services departing from Instabul and arriving at Marsala Train Station Bus Stop via Prizren,Autobuska Stanica, Durrës and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 4m.
The distance between Istanbul and Marsala is 1542 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Marsala without a car is to bus and bus and ferry and train via Naples which takes 39h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Istanbul to Marsala, including transfers.
Istanbul to Marsala bus services, operated by Erhan Trans, depart from Instabul station.
Istanbul to Marsala bus services, operated by Erhan Trans, arrive at Prizren,Autobuska Stanica station.
Marsala is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 9:52 PM in Istanbul and 8:52 PM in Marsala.
There are 1714+ hotels available in Marsala.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Marsala, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Istanbul to Marsala. However, you can take the train to Gayrettepe, take the train to Istanbul Airport, walk to Istanbul (IST) airport, fly to Palermo Airport (PMO), walk to Palermo Airport Bus Stop, then take the bus to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Instabul to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop via Prizren,Autobuska Stanica, Durrës, Durrës, Bari Porto, Bari Porto, Ferraris-Circumvesuviana, Napoli Centrale, Palermo Centrale, and Palermo Terminal Bus in around 39h 4m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Palermo Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
- 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
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- italotreno.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Website
- -
Bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- -
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- erhantrans@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 129 586
- aulonitours@hotmail.com
- Website
- aulonitours.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- Phone
- +383 44 242 252
- info@memi-reisen.com
- Website
- memireisen.net
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- memi-reisen.com
- Phone
- +355 (0) 69 432/6000
- bleditravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/bleditravellipjan/
- Phone
- +381 69 756756
- velitrans2021@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Porto to Ferraris-Circumvesuviana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Cosenza to Marsala
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Shkodër
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
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