There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Prato by bus, plane, night train, train, or car
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Bus to Istanbul, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)IST - FLR
9h€114–387Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)SAW - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Florence Santa Maria Novella
9h 16m€98–296Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
31h 31m€134–158Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia MestreRjx / ...
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.Fr
41h 22m€223–342Drive 1,919.4 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Prato1,919.4 km
17h 48m€300–433Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)SAW - FLR
9h 4m€121–273Bus 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 Prato Centrale
7h 46m€106–315Fly 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 Prato Centrale
7h 49m€113–211Bus to Istanbul, fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)IST - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze Rifredi
10h 9m€121–312Bus 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.
9h 47m€123–350Bus 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
9h 18m€116–360Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Bologna Centrale89
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Prato CentraleIc
33h 20m€144–243Train, bus
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Firenze Autostazione
40h 1m€112–122
Istanbul to Prato by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Prato is to train and bus which costs €110 - €130 and takes 40h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Prato is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 46m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Prato. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Ceppo Vecchio via Kumanovo, Stazione Scalette and Firenze T2 Guidoni P3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Prato. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Prato Centrale via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Venezia Mestre and Firenze S.M.N.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 22m.
The distance between Istanbul and Prato is 1524 km. The road distance is 1919.4 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Prato without a car is to bus which takes 31h 31m and costs €130 - €160.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Istanbul to Prato, including transfers.
Istanbul to Prato bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Prato train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Prato is to bus which takes 31h 31m and costs €130 - €160. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €120 - €280 and takes 9h 4m.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Prato, Italy?
You can take a bus from Istanbul to Ceppo Vecchio via Kumanovo, Stazione Santa Maria Novella, Stazione Scalette, T2 Guidoni, and Firenze T2 Guidoni P3 in around 31h 31m. Alternatively, Pegasus Airlines, ITA Airways, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) every 4 hours.
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- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–370
Flights from Istanbul to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Istanbul to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–290
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- 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 Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- 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
- 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
- €26–55
- 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 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Prato Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze Rifredi
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Prato Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze Rifredi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- 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
- €13–21
- 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
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- 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
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- 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
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More Questions & Answers
Istanbul to Prato bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Prato is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 4:16 PM in Istanbul and 2:16 PM in Prato.
Istanbul to Prato train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Prato is 1919 km. It takes approximately 17h 48m to drive from Istanbul to Prato.
There are 7901+ hotels available in Prato.




















































