There are 8 ways to get from Istanbul to Murcia by plane, bus, car, train, or car train
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Fly Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane IST - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
10h 40m€85–252Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SAW - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
11h€75–282Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Murcia del Carmenbus
2d 6h€133–173Drive 3,403.8 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Murciacar 3,403.8 km
33h 32m€527–762Fly Istanbul to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane IST - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmentrain
12h 32m€111–264Train, bus
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charlesbus
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Murcia Del Carmentrain Ave
2d 10h€248–371Bus via Bucharest
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus N1998
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
2d 17h€104–226Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Murciacar
34h 57m€636–892
Istanbul (IST) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Murcia is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €260 and takes 10h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Murcia is to fly and bus which takes 10h 40m and costs €85 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Murcia. However, there are services departing from Istanbul Esenler and arriving at Murcia del Carmen via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Istanbul and Murcia is 2630 km. The road distance is 3403.8 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Murcia without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 6h and costs €130 - €180.
It takes approximately 10h 40m to get from Istanbul to Murcia, including transfers.
Istanbul to Murcia bus services, operated by Luks Yonca, depart from Istanbul Esenler station.
Istanbul to Murcia bus services, operated by Luks Yonca, arrive at Sofia station.
Murcia is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 6:40 PM in Istanbul and 4:40 PM in Murcia.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Murcia is 3404 km. It takes approximately 33h 32m to drive from Istanbul to Murcia.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Murcia, Spain?
You can take a bus from Istanbul Esenler to Murcia del Carmen via Sofia in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Istanbul to Valencia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–190
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Marseille St Charles to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €19–28
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €50–70
- 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
- +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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/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 Murcia del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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