There are 12 ways to get from Madrid to Turkey by plane, train, bus, car, night train, or car 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Istanbul (IST)plane MAD - IST
7h 1m₺5,630–14,208Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
46h 34m₺29,573–51,393Drive 3,407.8 km
- Drive from Madrid to Istanbulcar 3,407.8 km
33h 54m₺29,093–42,023Fly to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane MAD - ESB
7h 44m₺5,676–15,254Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane MAD - SAW
7h 43m₺6,133–23,231Fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane MAD - ADB
7h 7m₺6,096–16,199Fly to Konya Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Konya Airport (KYA)plane MAD - KYA
9h 40m₺6,576–28,324Fly to Antalya Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane MAD - AYT
10h 23m₺6,080–14,158Bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Sidebus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Munich central bus stationbus N91 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
2d 12h₺13,816–23,597Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Albacetetrain Ave
- Take the bus from Albacete to Bucureştibus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 15h₺10,722–17,144Bus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Ivano-Frankivskbus
- Take the bus from Ivano-Frankivsk to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus Gns-01
2d 20h₺15,508–16,508Drive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Istanbulcar
44h 49m₺35,172–51,304
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Turkey is to fly which costs 6.000 ₺ - 15.000 ₺ and takes 10h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Turkey is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 15.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Estación Sur de Autobuses and arriving at İskenderpaşa via Karlsruhe central train station, Munich and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Madrid and Turkey is 2756 km. The road distance is 3407.8 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Turkey without a car is to train and bus which takes 46h 34m and costs 29.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Madrid to Turkey, including transfers.
Madrid to Turkey bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Turkey is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 15.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus via Karlsruhe, which costs 13.000 ₺ - 24.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 12h.
Madrid to Turkey bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side.
Turkey is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 5:51 AM in Madrid and 6:51 AM in Turkey.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Turkey?
Air Europa and Turkish Airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Istanbul (IST) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to İskenderpaşa via Karlsruhe central train station, Munich, Istanbul, and Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–29,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–23,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Konya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–38,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–32,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–22,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–23,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Konya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–28,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–30,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Konya Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–28,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Antalya Airport via İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–18,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–29,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–14,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–9,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–4,600
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–8,000
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,000–4,000
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,900
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–6,500
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–3,300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,408
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–700
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,300–2,300
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–2,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Albacete to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–11,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Ivano-Frankivsk
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺12,067
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- gunsel.ua
Bus from Ivano-Frankivsk to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–4,400
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
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