There are 9 ways to get from Ankara to Florence by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ESB - FLR
8h 38m€84–324Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ESB - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
9h 1m€81–294Bus
- Take the bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogaribus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novellabus
37h 49m€152–180Train, bus
- Take the train from Ankara to Halkalitrain Yht
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
40h 44m€141–177Train, night train
- Take the train from Ankara Gar to Istanbul(Halkali)train Hst
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
44h 51m€222–336Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ESB - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train
10h 25m€162–284Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Ankara Gar to Istanbul(Halkali)train Hst
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Stara Zagoranighttrain
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazionebus
40h 39m€118–154Bus via Prizren
- Take the bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogaribus
- Take the bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Firenze Autostazionebus
43h 37mDrive 2,369 km
- Drive from Ankara to Florencecar 2,369 km
22h 2m€382–551
Ankara to Florence by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ankara to Florence is to train and night train and bus which costs €110 - €160 and takes 40h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Ankara to Florence is to fly which takes 8h 38m and costs €80 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Ankara to Florence. However, there are services departing from Ankara and arriving at Stazione Santa Maria Novella via Istanbul and Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Ankara to Florence. However, there are services departing from Ankara Gar and arriving at Firenze S.M.N. via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Venezia Mestre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 51m.
The distance between Ankara and Florence is 1878 km. The road distance is 2369 km.
The best way to get from Ankara to Florence without a car is to bus which takes 37h 49m and costs €150 - €180.
It takes approximately 8h 38m to get from Ankara to Florence, including transfers.
Ankara to Florence bus services, operated by Metro Turizm, depart from Ankara station.
Ankara to Florence train services, operated by Turkish Railways (TCDD), depart from Ankara Gar station.
The best way to get from Ankara to Florence is to fly which takes 8h 38m and costs €80 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €180 and takes 37h 49m.
What companies run services between Ankara, Turkey and Florence, Italy?
SunExpress, Air Dolomiti, and six other airlines fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ankara to Stazione Santa Maria Novella via Istanbul and Kumanovo in around 37h 49m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Ankara to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Halkalı to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Ankara Gar to Istanbul(Halkali)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Ankara Gar to Istanbul(Halkali)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €10–14
Night train from Halkali to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €5–8
- 1st Class
- €6–8
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- MetroTurizm
Bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- €21–30
Bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- €21–30
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 042 605 349
- [email protected]
- Website
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Schedules at
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- [email protected]
- Website
- Globus ES
Bus from Stara Zagora to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Globus ES
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- + 383 044 233 555
- Website
- sabagroup.eu
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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Booking & Getting There
Ankara to Florence bus services, operated by Metro Turizm, arrive at Istanbul Otogari station.
Florence is 1h behind Ankara. It is currently 11:48 PM in Ankara and 10:48 PM in Florence.
Ankara to Florence train services, operated by Turkish Railways (TCDD), arrive at Istanbul(Halkali) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ankara to Florence is 2369 km. It takes approximately 22h 2m to drive from Ankara to Florence.
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