There are 10 ways to get from Istanbul to Scilla by bus, plane, train, night train, car, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Istanbul, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport
best- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)IST - REG
10h 37m€198–544Fly 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 Scilla
10h 31m€43–214Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Pogradec
- Take the bus from Pogradec to Vlore , station
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Taranto Port
- Take the train from Taranto to AmanteaIc
- Take the train from Amantea to ScillaRe
33h 13mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Venezia MestreRjx / ...
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villa S.GiovanniFr
2d€326–495Drive, 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 Scilla
21h 47m€263–409Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)SAW - REG
9h 5m€115–330Bus to Istanbul, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)IST - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scilla
10h 12m€141–328Bus to Istanbul, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)IST - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
10h 2mBus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Thessaloniki station
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlore , station
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Villa San Giovanni
38h 13mBus
- Take the bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Villa San Giovanni
38h 36m
Istanbul (IST) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Scilla is to fly and train which costs €40 - €220 and takes 10h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Scilla is to fly which takes 9h 5m and costs €110 - €330.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Scilla. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Scilla via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Meidling, Venezia Mestre and Villa S.Giovanni. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Istanbul and Scilla is 1246 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Scilla without a car is to bus and train which takes 33h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 37m to get from Istanbul to Scilla, including transfers.
Istanbul to Scilla train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Scilla is to fly which takes 9h 5m and costs €110 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus via Thessaloníki, which costs and takes 38h 13m.
Scilla is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 12:23 PM in Istanbul and 10:23 AM in Scilla.
Istanbul to Scilla train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Scilla, Calabria, Italy?
Pegasus Airlines, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Scilla via Thessaloniki station, Thessaloníki, Vlore , station, Vlorë, Villa San Giovanni, and Villa S.Giovanni in around 38h 13m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
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
- €120–490
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
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
- €50–230
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 Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- 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
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Istanbul to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
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 Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
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
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Amantea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 2nd Class
- €15–20
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Amantea to Scilla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scilla
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- 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 Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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 Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pogradec to Vlore , station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Vlorë to Taranto Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Vlorë to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.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
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- erhantrans@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 858 018
- kabashiitours@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 242 252
- info@memi-reisen.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14
- Schedules at
- memi-reisen.com
- Website
- showmebus.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- busalbania.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 45 225 505
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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