There are 12 ways to get from Turkey to Leipzig by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly Antalya Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane AYT - LEJ
6h 29m€74–203Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SAW - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 16m€69–345Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 28 / ...
29h 28m€168–329Night train, train via Plattling
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Plattlingtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Plattling to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 28 / ...
38h 58m€200–398Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Ice
37h 5m€249–491Fly Istanbul to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane IST - LEJ
6h 24m€97–350Fly Antalya Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane AYT - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 32m€136–499Fly Antalya Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, train
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF)plane AYT - ERF
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 39m€103–259Fly Istanbul to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane IST - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 51m€118–299Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leipzigbus
30h 4m€79–109Bus via Plovdiv
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Arda-Tur
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Leipzig Goethestraßebus Racic Eurobus
34h 48m€102–135Drive 2,030.6 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Leipzigcar 2,030.6 km
20h 10m€287–414
Antalya Airport (AYT) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Leipzig is to bus which costs €75 - €110 and takes 30h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Leipzig is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €95 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Yenikapı Sahil and arriving at Leipzig via Istanbul Esenler and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Turkey to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Plattling and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 58m.
The distance between Turkey and Leipzig is 2214 km. The road distance is 2030.6 km.
The best way to get from Turkey to Leipzig without a car is to bus and train which takes 29h 28m and costs €160 - €330.
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Turkey to Leipzig, including transfers.
Turkey to Leipzig bus services, operated by Luks Yonca, depart from Istanbul Esenler station.
Turkey to Leipzig train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Turkey to Leipzig is to fly which takes 6h 29m and costs €70 - €210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €110 and takes 30h 4m.
What companies run services between Turkey and Leipzig, Germany?
SunExpress, Corendon Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Yenikapı Sahil to Leipzig via Çatladıkapı, Istanbul Esenler, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 30h 4m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Istanbul to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Istanbul to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Antalya Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Antalya Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Antalya Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Antalya Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–370
Flights from Antalya Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Antalya Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Antalya Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- freebirdairlines.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Erfurt–Weimar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Plattling to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–24
- 1st Class
- €23–30
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €18–26
- 1st Class
- €24–35
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–65
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Plattling
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–32
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- servus@agilis.de
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Plattling to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler Otogari to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–26
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Leipzig Goethestraße
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
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More Questions & Answers
Turkey to Leipzig bus services, operated by Luks Yonca, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Leipzig is 1h behind Turkey. It is currently 10:12 AM in Turkey and 9:12 AM in Leipzig.
Turkey to Leipzig train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Turkey to Leipzig is 2031 km. It takes approximately 20h 10m to drive from Turkey to Leipzig.
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