There are 10 ways to get from Istanbul to Schengen by plane, bus, train, night train, 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 Luxembourg
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane IST - LUX
7h 49m€112–272Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SAW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perltrain
11h 20m€110–377Bus, train via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perltrain
31h 27m€156–365Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Koblenz Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perltrain
41h 34m€265–629Drive 2,361.5 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Schengencar 2,361.5 km
21h 46m€372–537Fly Istanbul to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IST - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perltrain
10h 55m€160–397Fly Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IST - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perltrain
10h 57m€156–448Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SAW - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perltrain
11h 17m€116–418Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Karlsruhe central train stationbus 091 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Merzig bus stationbus
34h 9m€116–182Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Mannheim Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Merzigtrain Re1
46h 46m€165–365
Istanbul to Schengen by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Schengen is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 34h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Schengen is to fly which takes 7h 49m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Schengen. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Bahnhofstr., Perl via Munich central bus station, Karlsruhe central train station and Bahnhof, Merzig. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Schengen. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Perl via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Koblenz Hauptbahnhof and Trier, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 34m.
The distance between Istanbul and Schengen is 2056 km. The road distance is 2361.5 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Schengen without a car is to bus and train via Munich which takes 31h 27m and costs €150 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Istanbul to Schengen, including transfers.
Istanbul to Schengen bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Schengen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Schengen is to fly which takes 7h 49m and costs €110 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 34h 9m.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Schengen, Luxembourg?
Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, and Air Dolomiti fly from Istanbul (IST) to Luxembourg (LUX) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to Bahnhofstr., Perl via Munich central bus station, Karlsruhe central train station, and Bahnhof, Merzig in around 34h 9m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Istanbul to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Merzig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Perl
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Merzig bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–24
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Mannheim Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Mannheim Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
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More Questions & Answers
Istanbul to Schengen bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Schengen is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 7:17 AM in Istanbul and 6:17 AM in Schengen.
Istanbul to Schengen train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Schengen is 2361 km. It takes approximately 21h 46m to drive from Istanbul to Schengen.
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