There are 11 ways to get from Milan to Ankara by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly from Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane LIN - ESB
8h 56m₺6,149–16,161Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane BGY - ESB
8h 19m₺4,073–12,904Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenlerbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
34h 42m₺6,011–7,908Train, night train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Ankaratrain Hst
45h 15m₺17,328–30,198Drive 2,382.6 km
- Drive from Milan to Ankaracar 2,382.6 km
22h 10m₺18,892–27,288Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane MXP - ESB
8h 57m₺5,277–12,327Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milan Rogoredo to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane BLQ - ESB
8h 50m₺6,185–17,088Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane TRN - ESB
10h 28m₺5,901–17,360Train, bus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Gebzebus
- Take the train from Gebze to Ankaratrain Yht
37h 19m₺6,975–11,718Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Dudullu bus station to Ankara bus stationbus
37h 54m₺8,391–10,828Bus, train
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Ankaratrain Yht
41h 5m₺4,185–9,032
Milan to Ankara by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Ankara is to bus and train which costs 4.100 ₺ - 9.500 ₺ and takes 41h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Ankara is to bus and fly which takes 8h 19m and costs 4.000 ₺ - 13.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Milan to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and arriving at Ankara via Beograd, Autobuska stanica and Istanbul Otogari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Milan to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Milano Centrale and arriving at Ankara via Venezia Mestre, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 15m.
The distance between Milan and Ankara is 2052 km. The road distance is 2382.6 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Ankara without a car is to bus which takes 34h 42m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 8.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Milan to Ankara, including transfers.
Milan to Ankara bus services, operated by Fudeks, depart from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Milan to Ankara train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Milano Centrale station.
The best way to get from Milan to Ankara is to fly which takes 8h 56m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 17.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 6.000 ₺ - 8.000 ₺ and takes 34h 42m.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Ankara, Turkey?
Lufthansa, SunExpress, and six other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Ankara via Beograd, Autobuska stanica, İstanbul Esenler, and Istanbul Otogari in around 34h 42m.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–12,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–14,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–7,500
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–13,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–7,500
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–7,500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–14,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–16,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–21,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–24,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–25,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–17,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–20,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–17,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–19,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–16,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–20,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–17,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–13,000
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,700
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,900
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,800
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milan Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–3,100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺850–2,200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–5,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ₺3,900–5,500
- 2nd Class
- ₺3,000–4,000
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900–4,200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ₺3,000–4,200
- 2nd Class
- ₺1,900–2,600
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–7,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- ₺4,700–7,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,700
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺900–1,300
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Halkali to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,100
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
Train from Gebze to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺600–1,000
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺650–3,854
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,139
- Single Room
- ₺3,854
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,881
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺220–280
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺659
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–5,500
- Website
- http://en.fudeks.rs/timetable/
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to İstanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺650–911
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- ₺650–800
Bus from Sofia to Gebze
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,900
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- ₺800–950
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺410–550
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺220–900
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- ₺650–900
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,650
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–7,500
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,700–2,300
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,500
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,300
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Dudullu bus station to Ankara bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺600–900
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–4,100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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Milan to Ankara bus services, operated by Fudeks, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Ankara is 2h ahead of Milan. It is currently 7:53 PM in Milan and 9:53 PM in Ankara.
Milan to Ankara train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Venezia Mestre station.
Yes, the driving distance between Milan to Ankara is 2383 km. It takes approximately 22h 10m to drive from Milan to Ankara.
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