There are 11 ways to get from Tarifa to Istanbul by car ferry, plane, bus, car, train, 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.
Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the carferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Istanbul (IST)plane TNG - IST
10h 38m₺10,121–42,903Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Istanbul
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbellabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Istanbul (IST)plane AGP - IST
9h 57m₺7,325–17,985Bus
- Take the bus from Algeciras to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tiranë to Istanbulbus
2d 17hDrive 3,915 km
- Drive from Tarifa to Istanbulcar 3,915 km
39h 31m₺35,314–51,010Car ferry to Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the carferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane TNG - SAW
8h 56m₺10,624–37,926Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SVQ - SAW
11h 40m₺8,870–19,260Car ferry, bus to Sania Ramel Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the carferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Villecarferry
- Take the bus from Tangier to Tetouanbus
- Fly from Sania Ramel Airport (TTU) to Istanbul (IST)plane TTU - IST
13h 17m₺13,063–53,845Bus, train to Seville Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádizbus
- Take the train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Istanbul (IST)plane SVQ - IST
11h 27m₺8,367–18,237Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Alv
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Devabus
- Take the train from Deva to Videletrain Ic
- Take the nighttrain from Videle to Halkalinighttrain
3d 2h₺14,704–21,352Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Malaga to Bucureştibus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
3d 4h₺10,687–15,554Bus via Khmelnytskyi
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Khmelnytskyi Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Khmelnytskyi Central Bus Station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
3d 12h₺17,978–19,695
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Istanbul is to bus and fly which costs 7.000 ₺ - 18.000 ₺ and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Istanbul is to car ferry and fly which takes 8h 56m and costs 10.000 ₺ - 38.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at Istanbul via Algeciras, Tarragona - Bus Station, Terminal B and Tiranë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between Tarifa and Istanbul is 3145 km. The road distance is 3915 km.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Istanbul without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 38m to get from Tarifa to Istanbul, including transfers.
Tarifa to Istanbul bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Algeciras station.
Tarifa to Istanbul bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Tarragona station.
Istanbul is 1h ahead of Tarifa. It is currently 2:20 PM in Tarifa and 3:20 PM in Istanbul.
Yes, the driving distance between Tarifa to Istanbul is 3915 km. It takes approximately 39h 31m to drive from Tarifa to Istanbul.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Tarifa to Istanbul via Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo, Algeciras, Tarragona - Bus Station, Tirana, Terminal B, and Tiranë in around 2d 17h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Istanbul via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–35,000
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Istanbul via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–37,000
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–35,000
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Istanbul via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–37,000
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–24,000
Flights from Sania Ramel Airport to Istanbul via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–42,000
Flights from Sania Ramel Airport to Istanbul via Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–41,000
Flights from Sania Ramel Airport to Istanbul via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–47,000
Flights from Sania Ramel Airport to Istanbul via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–46,000
Flights from Sania Ramel Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–48,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–23,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–20,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–19,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Istanbul via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–33,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–25,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Seville Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Sania Ramel Airport to Istanbul via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–45,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,600
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cadiz to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,600
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–6,500
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Deva to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,200
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Deva to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–1,900
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Videle to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,460
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–700
- 1st Class
- ₺500–700
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,460
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Algeciras to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–8,000
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺490–800
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺490–800
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Tiranë to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,100–3,400
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,100
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,000
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,300
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺440–650
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,300
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Terminal de Autobuses de Cádiz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,300
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,000
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- 0 800 0900 30
- ctmweb.ma@gmail.com
- Website
- ctm.ma
Bus from Tangier to Tetouan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺190–270
- Schedules at
- ctm.ma
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Malaga to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- Grandes Tour
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Khmelnytskyi Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺13,136
- Website
- Grandes Tour
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Khmelnytskyi Central Bus Station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–4,600
- Website
- Gunsel
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺550–12,219
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Sirena Seat No Car
- ₺2,212
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- ₺2,765
- Sirena Seat Car
- ₺11,666
- Neptuno Seat Car
- ₺12,219
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺550–12,219
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Sirena Seat No Car
- ₺2,212
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- ₺2,765
- Sirena Seat Car
- ₺11,666
- Neptuno Seat Car
- ₺12,219
Car ferry from Tarifa to Port of Tangier Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺550–12,219
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Sirena Seat No Car
- ₺2,212
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- ₺2,765
- Sirena Seat Car
- ₺11,666
- Neptuno Seat Car
- ₺12,219
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