There are 7 ways to get from Lisbon to Istanbul 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.
Recommended option
Fly to Istanbul • 7 h 19 min
$113 - $1,161
6 alternative options
Fly to Sabiha Gokcen • 10 h 29 min
$137 - $830
Bus, train • 2 days 4 h
$233 - $353
Train, bus, night train • 2 days 8 h
$227 - $340
Bus Georg • 2 days 16 h
$443 - $585
Bus Dary Commerce • 2 days 18 h
$157 - $181
Drive • 38 h 36 min
$550 - $850
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Istanbul, Turkey?
Turkish Airlines, Aegean Airlines and nine other airlines fly from Lisbon to Istanbul hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lisbon to Istanbul via Sofia in around 2 days 16 h.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 50 min
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $400
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 7 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $430
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $420
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $340
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $430
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lisbon to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,300
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $750
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lisbon to Istanbul via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $1,600
Flights from Lisbon to Sabiha Gokcen via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $450
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lisbon to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260 - $2,000
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Lisbon to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 10 min
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lisbon to Istanbul via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $1,800
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Craiova to Bucuresti Nord Gara A
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7 - $12
- Website
- cfrcaltori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord Gara A to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8 - $13
- Website
- cfrcaltori.ro
Train from Arad to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 34 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20 - $35
- Website
- cfrcaltori.ro
- Phone
- +351 707 210 220
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Santa Apolonia to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8 - $16
- Website
- cp.pt
- Purchase a
- eurail.com
- 2nd Class
- $8 - $12
- 1st Class
- $10 - $16
Train from Entroncamento to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 4 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12 - $26
- Website
- cp.pt
- Purchase a
- eurail.com
- Phone
- 0700 10 200
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Videle to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 16 h 3 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18 - $20
- Website
- bdz.bg
- Phone
- +34 (0) 91 272 28 32
- informacion@avanzabus.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Lisboa to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 29 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Lisbon, Lisboa to Mérida
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17 - $30
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 902 42 22 42
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Merida to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 28 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170 - $250
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Badajoz to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 22 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150 - $220
- Website
- alsa.com
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.ro
Bus from Constanta to Istanbul - Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $40
- Schedules at
- transporturi.transevren.ro
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Lisbon to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 6 h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $410 - $550
- Schedules at
- georg-bg.com
- Website
- metrotransport.bg
Bus from Sofia to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29 - $65
- Schedules at
- metrotransport.bg
Bus from Plovdiv to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26 - $50
- Schedules at
- metrotransport.bg
- Phone
- +3592917400
- info@darytravel.com
- Website
- dary.bg
Bus from Lisbon Gare do Oriente to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 9 h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $132
- Schedules at
- dary.bg
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Questions & Answers
The distance between Lisbon and Istanbul is 3235 km. The road distance is 4096 km.
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Istanbul is to bus which costs 130€ - 160€ and takes 2 days 18 h.
The quickest way to get from Lisbon to Istanbul is to fly which takes 7 h 19 min and costs 95€ - 1000€.
No, there is no direct bus from Lisbon to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Lisbon and arriving at Istanbul via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16 h.
It takes approximately 7 h 19 min to get from Lisbon to Istanbul, including transfers.