There are 14 ways to get from Istanbul to Windermere by plane, train, bus, car, car train, night 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 Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane IST - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
10h 22m£165–380Night train, bus and ferry, train
cheapest- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
3d 8h£105–242Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Bus Station Night Stdbus 181
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Bus Rail Interchangebus X8
2d 9h£198–362Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Windermerecar
31h 48m£579–789Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SAW - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
10h 47m£195–1,770Fly Istanbul to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane IST - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
11h 46m£186–420Fly Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IST - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
11h 50m£196–515Fly Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane IST - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
13h 46m£170–1,279Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SAW - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
12h 11m£136–425Fly Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane IST - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
13h 2m£219–447Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SAW - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
13h 36m£166–504Night train, train, bus and ferry
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Alba Iuliatrain
- Take the busferry from Alba Iulia to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
2d 16h£128–272Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Sloboziabus
- Take the bus from Slobozia to Ploieştibus
- Take the busferry from Ploiești to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
3d 16hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Windermerecar
32h 49m£473–722
Istanbul to Windermere by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Windermere is to night train and bus and ferry and train which costs £100 - £250 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Windermere is to fly and train which takes 10h 22m and costs £160 - £380.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Windermere. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Bus Rail Interchange via Munich central bus station, London Victoria, Manchester Central Coach Station and Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Istanbul and Windermere is 1785 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Windermere without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 9h and costs £190 - £370.
It takes approximately 10h 22m to get from Istanbul to Windermere, including transfers.
Istanbul to Windermere bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Windermere bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Windermere is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 6:14 AM in Istanbul and 4:14 AM in Windermere.
There are 3170+ hotels available in Windermere.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Windermere, England?
You can take a bus from Istanbul to Bus Rail Interchange via Munich central bus station, London Victoria, Manchester Central Coach Station, and Bus Station in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–280
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–270
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–290
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–240
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–320
Flights from Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–410
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–330
Flights from Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–320
Flights from Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Istanbul to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–310
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–430
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £14–21
- 1st Class
- £20–26
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £15–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–32
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/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
- £70–110
- 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 London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Bus Station Night Std
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–25
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Rail Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £7–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Alba Iulia to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Ploiești to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- office@transevren.ro
- Website
- transevren.ro
Bus from Istanbul to Slobozia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- transolteanutour@yahoo.com
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Slobozia to Ploieşti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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