There are 6 ways to get from Madeira to Istanbul by plane, bus, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Istanbul
best- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Istanbul (IST)plane FNC - IST
11h 31m₺7,832–15,332Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train
cheapest- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FNC - OTP
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
21h 33m₺5,450–14,317Fly to Burgas Airport, bus
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane FNC - BOJ
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
25h 54m₺6,272–15,732Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane FNC - SAW
12h 13m₺7,345–24,353Fly to Varna Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane FNC - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Burgas
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
22h 30m₺9,782–23,032Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FNC - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 2 Bus Station to Istanbul Esenler Otogaribus
18h 28m₺6,932–11,132
Madeira Airport (FNC) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madeira to Istanbul is to fly and night train which costs 5.000 ₺ - 15.000 ₺ and takes 21h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Madeira to Istanbul is to fly which takes 11h 31m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 16.000 ₺.
The distance between Madeira and Istanbul is 4150 km.
It takes approximately 11h 31m to get from Madeira to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 3h ahead of Madeira. It is currently 1:30 PM in Madeira and 4:30 PM in Istanbul.
There are 4393+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Madeira, Portugal and Istanbul, Turkey?
Edelweiss Air, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Istanbul (IST) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–28,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–27,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–28,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–27,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–23,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–28,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–19,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–19,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Burgas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–22,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Burgas Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–22,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Varna Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–24,000
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Burgas Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–26,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Varna Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–13,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–36,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–12,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–12,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–32,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–12,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–12,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–30,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Varna Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–38,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–27,000
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–19,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Istanbul via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–26,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–28,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Varna Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–38,000
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺950–1,400
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,200
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,141
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 2 Bus Station to Istanbul Esenler Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,300
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,192
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–8,500
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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