There are 13 ways to get from Piran to Istanbul by shuttle, plane, bus, train, night train, car, ferry, 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.
Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Istanbul
best- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Istanbul (IST)plane LJU - IST
7h 53m₺11,098–23,177Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
30h 53m₺5,851–9,521Bus
- Take the bus from Portorož to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
27h 11m₺8,814–13,793Train, night train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Wien Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
36h 55m₺17,574–31,044Drive 1,586.5 km
- Drive from Piran to Istanbulcar 1,586.5 km
14h 30m₺11,722–16,932Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Istanbul (IST)plane VCE - IST
8h 39m₺6,598–41,177Ferry, shuttle, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the ferry from Piran to Trieste Portferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Port to Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Istanbul (IST)plane ZAG - IST
8h 55m₺13,495–46,791Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane VCE - SAW
8h 51m₺9,601–36,200Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane LJU - SAW
8h 10m₺9,901–30,200Shuttle to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Bologna Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Istanbul (IST)plane BLQ - IST
10h 48m₺29,098–55,177Bus #2
- Take the bus from Portorož to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
27h 11m₺12,014–18,893Bus #3
- Take the bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Istanbulbus
35h 47mDrive, car train
- Drive from Piran to Villach Hbf/Bbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf/Bbf to Edirnecartrain
- Drive from Edirne to Istanbulcar
41h 1m₺15,278–53,857
Ljubljana (LJU) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Piran to Istanbul is to bus and train which costs 5.500 ₺ - 9.500 ₺ and takes 30h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Piran to Istanbul is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs 11.000 ₺ - 24.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Piran to Istanbul station. However, there are services departing from Piran and arriving at İstanbul Esenler bus station via Portorož, Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor and Belgrade bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Piran to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Yenikapi via Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 55m.
The distance between Piran and Istanbul is 1459 km. The road distance is 1586.5 km.
The best way to get from Piran to Istanbul without a car is to bus which takes 27h 11m and costs 8.500 ₺ - 14.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Piran to Istanbul, including transfers.
Piran to Istanbul bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Portorož station.
Piran to Istanbul train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
Piran to Istanbul bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
What companies run services between Piran, Slovenia and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Piran to İstanbul Esenler bus station via Portorož, Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, and Belgrade bus station in around 27h 11m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–17,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–13,000
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–18,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–12,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–18,000
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Istanbul via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–18,000
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–20,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–11,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–17,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–18,000
Flights from Ljubljana to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–23,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–28,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Istanbul via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–17,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–22,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,465
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,140
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Double Room
- ₺2,298
- Single Room
- ₺4,140
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,020
- Phone
- +49 89 54880111
- info@optimatours.de
- Website
- optimatours.de
Car train from Villach Hbf/Bbf to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺12,875–48,835
- Schedules at
- optimatours.de
- Couch Wagon BC-4
- ₺12,875
- Couch Wagon BC-1
- ₺48,835
- Sleeper Wagon
- ₺41,954
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–7,000
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- ₺5,500–7,000
Shuttle from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–7,000
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- ₺5,500–7,000
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Portorož to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–8,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺1,499–21,000
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- ₺1,499
- Private
- ₺8,602
Shuttle from Trieste Port to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–11,321
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- ₺11,321
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–17,000
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- ₺1,500–4,100
- Private
- ₺8,000–10,000
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺1,499–21,000
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- ₺1,499
- Private
- ₺8,602
Shuttle from Portorož to Bologna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–39,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Portorož to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–8,000
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–3,800
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–3,800
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- mamut.slovenija@gmail.com
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–12,209
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- ₺9,434
- 4-8 persons
- ₺12,209
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–7,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,834
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- zhitiaturist.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Pristina to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–2,700
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Pristina to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,330
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Piran to Trieste Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺410–750
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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Istanbul is 1h ahead of Piran. It is currently 7:21 PM in Piran and 8:21 PM in Istanbul.
Piran to Istanbul train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Piran to Istanbul is 1587 km. It takes approximately 14h 30m to drive from Piran to Istanbul.
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