There are 10 ways to get from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car ferry
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Fly Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)IST - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Catanzaro Lido
- Take the train from Catanzaro Lido to Roccella Jonica
8h 39m€165–365Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)SAW - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Catanzaro Lido
- Take the train from Catanzaro Lido to Roccella Jonica
11h 41m€45–225Bus, train via Pogradec
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Pogradec
- Take the bus from Mëmëlisht to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Roccella JonicaIc
29h 59mNight 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 Bolzano BozenRjx
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to SibariFr
- Take the train from Sibari to Roccella JonicaIc
2d 4h€285–423Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Port Of Vlora
- Take the car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Roccella Ionica
22h 7m€264–410Fly Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)IST - REG
- Take the train from Melito Porto Salvo to Roccella Jonica
11h 9m€183–549Fly Istanbul to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus, car ferry, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)IST - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Terminal Traghetti di Tremestieri
- Take the car ferry from Tresmestieri to Reggio di Calabria
- Take the train from Reggio Calabria C.Le to Roccella Jonica
9h 5m€137–455Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)SAW - REG
- Take the train from Melito Porto Salvo to Roccella Jonica
12h 22m€78–299Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Thessaloniki station
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlore , station
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Take the bus from Arcavacata Università to Roccella
37h 11mBus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Shkodër
- Take the bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Take the train from Brindisi to Roccella JonicaIc
39h 45m
Istanbul (IST) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica is to fly and train which costs €45 - €230 and takes 11h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica is to fly and train which takes 8h 39m and costs €160 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica. However, there are services departing from Istanbul Esenler Otogari and arriving at Roccella via Thessaloníki, Vlorë, Cosenza - Autostazione-Corsia n.8 and Arcavacata Università. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Roccella Jonica via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Bolzano Bozen and Sibari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Istanbul and Roccella Ionica is 1244 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica without a car is to bus and train via Pogradec which takes 29h 59m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Istanbul to Roccella Ionica, including transfers.
Istanbul to Roccella Ionica bus services, operated by Arda Tur, depart from Istanbul Esenler Otogari station.
Istanbul to Roccella Ionica train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Istanbul to Roccella Ionica bus services, operated by Arda Tur, arrive at Thessaloniki station.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Roccella Ionica, Italy?
You can take a bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Roccella via Thessaloniki station, Thessaloníki, Vlore , station, Vlorë, Cosenza - Autostazione-Corsia n.8, Rende - Via A. Savinio-Pensilina, and Arcavacata Università in around 37h 11m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–430
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Catanzaro Lido
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €5–8
Train from Catanzaro Lido to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €8–13
Train from Melito Porto Salvo to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €11–16
Train from Reggio Calabria C.Le to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €14–21
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Catanzaro Lido
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catanzaro Lido to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Sibari to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €16–22
Train from Melito Porto Salvo to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
Train from Reggio Calabria C.Le to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Brindisi to Roccella Jonica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 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 Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Shkodër
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Mëmëlisht to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Elbasan to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Vlorë to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Shkoder,Rruga Teuta to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Messina Terminal Traghetti di Tremestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Thessaloniki station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Arcavacata Università to Roccella
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@europeanseaways.com
- Website
- ferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.ferries.gr/european-seaways/ferries.htm
- Phone
- +39 0831 575289
- Website
- starlines.it
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €41–42
- Website
- https://starlines.it/
- Phone
- +30 210 9561630
- info@a-ships.com
- Website
- a-ships.com
Car ferry from Port of Vlora to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- a-ships.com
- Deck /Air type
- €45
- Cabin
- €50–80
- Phone
- +39.0965.818.500
- info@meridianolines.it
- Website
- meridianolines.eu
Car ferry from Tresmestieri to Reggio di Calabria
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- meridianolines.eu
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Roccella Ionica is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 12:26 PM in Istanbul and 10:26 AM in Roccella Ionica.
Istanbul to Roccella Ionica train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
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