There are 8 ways to get from Istanbul to Sax by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane IST - ALC
- Take the train from San Gabriel to Saxtrain
11h 6m€94–247Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SAW - ALC
- Take the train from San Gabriel to Saxtrain
11h 26m€76–294Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Valenciabus
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Saxtrain
2d 5h€147–198Drive 3,321.3 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Saxcar 3,321.3 km
32h 45m€532–768Fly Istanbul to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane IST - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Saxtrain
10h 8m€111–230Train, bus
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Camp De Tarragonatrain
- Take the train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nordtrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Saxtrain
2d 10h€208–325Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Alicantebus
- Take the bus from Alicante to Saxbus
2d 18h€112–239Drive, 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 Saxcar
34h 10m€634–904
Istanbul (IST) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Sax is to fly and train which costs €90 - €250 and takes 11h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Sax is to fly and train which takes 10h 8m and costs €110 - €230.
The distance between Istanbul and Sax is 2615 km. The road distance is 3321.3 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Sax without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 5h and costs €140 - €200.
It takes approximately 11h 6m to get from Istanbul to Sax, including transfers.
Sax is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 2:47 AM in Istanbul and 12:47 AM in Sax.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Sax is 3321 km. It takes approximately 32h 45m to drive from Istanbul to Sax.
There are 192+ hotels available in Sax.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Sax, Spain?
You can take a bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Sax via București, Autogara Militari, Autogara Militari, Gara de Nord, Bucureşti, and Alicante in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Istanbul to Valencia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Alicante-Elche Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from San Gabriel to Sax
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Estació del Nord to Sax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Camp De Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Camp De Tarragona to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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
- €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
- 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 Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- 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
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Alicante
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +34 900 10 18 76
- rutas@vectalia.es
- Website
- movilidad.vectalia.es
Bus from Alicante to Sax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- https://movilidad.vectalia.es/en/routes/
- Website
- https://movilidad.vectalia.es/en/
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