There are 6 ways to get from Istanbul to Recife by plane, bus, 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.
Fly Istanbul to Recife International Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Recife International Airport (REC)plane IST - REC
18h 6mR$3,472–6,710Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Recife International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Recife International Airport (REC)plane SAW - REC
19h 56mR$1,206–4,210Fly Istanbul to Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport (JPA)plane IST - JPA
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de João Pessoa to Recife - TIPbus
28h 18mR$1,716–5,518Fly Istanbul to Campina Grande, drive
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Campina Grande (CPV)plane IST - CPV
- Drive from Campina Grande (CPV) to Recife - TIPcar
25h 29mR$1,971–6,319Fly Istanbul to Maceió/Zumbi Dos Palmares International Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Maceió/Zumbi Dos Palmares International Airport (MCZ)plane IST - MCZ
- Take the bus from Maceió to Recife - TIPbus
25h 58mR$1,743–5,562Fly Istanbul to Greater Natal International Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Greater Natal International Airport (NAT)plane IST - NAT
- Take the bus from Natal to Recife - TIPbus
25h 19mR$5,264–7,933
Istanbul (IST) to Recife International Airport (REC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Recife is to fly which costs R$ 1200 - R$ 4300 and takes 19h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Recife is to fly which takes 18h 6m and costs R$ 3400 - R$ 7000.
The distance between Istanbul and Recife is 8542 km.
It takes approximately 18h 6m to get from Istanbul to Recife, including transfers.
Recife is 6h behind Istanbul. It is currently 4:19 AM in Istanbul and 10:19 PM in Recife.
There are 1862+ hotels available in Recife.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Recife, Brazil?
Turkish Airlines, TAP Portugal, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Recife International Airport (REC) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Istanbul to Recife International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$1,300–4,600
Flights from Istanbul to Recife International Airport via Lisboa, Greater Natal International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R$1,300–4,600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Recife International Airport via Sevilla, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,200–4,200
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Recife International Airport via Barcelona, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$1,200–4,200
Flights from Istanbul to Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport via Lisboa, Recife International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$1,600–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Lisboa, Recife International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$1,800–6,500
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Madrid, Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,300–7,000
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Madrid, Recife International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R$2,000–8,000
Flights from Istanbul to Maceió/Zumbi Dos Palmares International Airport via Lisboa, Greater Natal International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$1,600–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Greater Natal International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R$1,500–5,000
- Website
- voeazul.com.br
Flights from Istanbul to Recife International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,800–5,500
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Recife International Airport via Sevilla, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,200–4,200
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Recife International Airport via Barcelona, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$1,200–4,200
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Madrid, Recife International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,000–8,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Recife International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,500–6,000
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Recife International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$1,300–5,500
Flights from Istanbul to Maceió/Zumbi Dos Palmares International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,100–8,000
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Istanbul to Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$2,100–8,000
Flights from Istanbul to Maceió/Zumbi Dos Palmares International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$2,100–8,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Recife International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$1,300–4,600
Flights from Istanbul to Recife International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R$1,800–7,000
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R$2,000–7,500
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Madrid, Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,300–7,000
Flights from Istanbul to Maceió/Zumbi Dos Palmares International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R$1,700–6,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R$2,000–7,500
Flights from Istanbul to Campina Grande via Madrid, Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R$2,300–7,000
- Phone
- 0800 085 8282
- sac@viajetotal.com.br
- Website
- viajetotal.com.br
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de João Pessoa to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R$45–70
- Book at
- viajetotal.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 042 4223
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.com.br
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de João Pessoa to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R$50–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.br
Bus from Maceió to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- R$110–200
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.br
Bus from Natal to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- R$110–210
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.br
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de João Pessoa to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- R$40–140
- Schedules at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Book at
- viacaocatedral.com.br
- Phone
- 0800 009 7325
- sarc@realalagoas.com.br
- Website
- realalagoas.com.br
Bus from Maceió to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- R$95–140
- Schedules at
- realalagoas.com.br
- Book at
- realalagoas.com.br
- Phone
- +55 800 766 9000
- Website
- progressoonline.com.br
Bus from Maceió to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R$100–170
- Schedules at
- progressoonline.com.br
- Book at
- progressoonline.com.br
Bus from Natal to Recife - TIP
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R$110–170
- Schedules at
- progressoonline.com.br
- Book at
- progressoonline.com.br
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