There are 10 ways to get from Sicily to Turkey by plane, bus, busferry, car, ferry, car ferry, or train
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Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Istanbul (IST)plane CTA - IST
5h 27m₺5,016–13,100Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CTA - SAW
7h 20m₺3,229–9,621Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo to Cosenzabus 582 / ...
- Take the busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Katerínibus
- Take the bus from Katerini to Istanbulbus
42h 38mDrive, ferry, car ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Porto Di Brindisicar
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Istanbulcar
26h 31m₺15,092–23,320Fly Palermo Airport to Istanbul
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Istanbul (IST)plane PMO - IST
6h 15m₺5,000–13,000Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane CTA - ADB
7h 43m₺6,538–15,135Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Antalya Airport
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane CTA - AYT
8h 39m₺4,850–13,134Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Trieste C.letrain
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Istanbul Esenlerbus
43h 14mTrain, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Ic / ...
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabusferry
- Take the bus from Shkodër to Istanbulbus
2dTrain, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Roma Termini to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
2d 7h
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Turkey is to fly which costs 3.200 ₺ - 10.000 ₺ and takes 7h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Turkey is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs 5.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Istanbul via Palermo, Cosenza - Autostazione, Vlore , station and Katerini. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 38m.
The distance between Sicily and Turkey is 1294 km.
The best way to get from Sicily to Turkey without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 42h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Sicily to Turkey, including transfers.
Sicily to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, depart from Palermo station.
Sicily to Turkey bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, arrive at Cosenza station.
Turkey is 1h ahead of Sicily. It is currently 9:48 AM in Sicily and 10:48 AM in Turkey.
There are 3063+ hotels available in Turkey.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Turkey?
Turkish Airlines and Air Malta fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Istanbul (IST) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–15,000
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–13,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–27,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–10,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–24,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–13,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–11,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,600–12,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Antalya Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–11,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Antalya Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–13,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–15,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–18,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–14,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–11,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–18,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–14,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–10,000
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–15,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–10,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Antalya Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–15,000
- Website
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
- Website
- italotreno.com
Train from Roma Termini to Trieste C.le
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- italotreno.com
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺650–3,927
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,180
- Single Room
- ₺3,927
- Four Person Room
- ₺1,917
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Palermo to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Kateríni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Katerini to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–4,700
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- 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
- ₺4,585
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Istanbul Esenler
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Shkodër to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–3,700
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Roma Termini to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,791
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,300–1,700
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,400
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- 3409848540
- info@blujetlines.it
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺131–132
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–2,000
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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