There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Scotland by plane, night train, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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 Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IST - EDI
7h 58m£75–208Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SAW - GLA
9h 42m£63–205Night train, bus, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
38h 43m£89–206Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 6h£316–649Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
33h 35mFly Istanbul to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane IST - GLA
9h 27m£69–209Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SAW - EDI
8h 18m£80–200Fly Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane IST - ABZ
9h 55m£158–441Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SAW - ABZ
11h 16m£80–267Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanțabus
- Take the bus from Constanta to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgowbus
43h 14m£74–133Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 4h£172–217Night train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
3d 9h£122–321Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
34h 41m£497–750
Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Scotland is to bus which costs £70 - £140 and takes 43h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 58m and costs £75 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul station to Scotland. However, there are services departing from İstanbul Esenler bus station and arriving at Glasgow via Constanta, Bucharest Obor and Manchester, Shudehill Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Scotland. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Glasgow Central via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Istanbul and Scotland is 1802 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Scotland without a car is to night train and bus and train which takes 38h 43m and costs £85 - £210.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Istanbul to Scotland, including transfers.
Istanbul to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Istanbul to Scotland train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 58m and costs £75 - £210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £70 - £140 and takes 43h 14m.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Scotland?
Turkish Airlines and KLM fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Glasgow via Constanta, Bucharest Obor, Manchester, Coach Station, and Manchester, Shudehill Interchange in around 43h 14m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–440
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Hannover
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £16–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–80
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–70
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- office@transevren.ro
- Website
- transevren.ro
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–55
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- horasmu@yahoo.com
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Constanta to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–28
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Istanbul to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Constanța station.
Scotland is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 4:01 AM in Istanbul and 2:01 AM in Scotland.
Istanbul to Scotland train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
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