There are 12 ways to get from Bologna to Turkey by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Istanbul (IST)plane BLQ - IST
5h 48m₺6,285–13,553Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Metro
cheapest- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BLQ - SAW
- Take the train from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Ayrılık Çeşmesitrain
5h 55m₺4,534–68,073Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Bologna, Piaza XX Settembre to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Istanbul Hotel Montenegrobus Citylines 87 / ...
30h 35m₺7,165–9,935Train, night train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
38h 37m₺18,457–34,496Drive 1,826.5 km
- Drive from Bologna to Istanbulcar 1,826.5 km
17h₺15,760–22,765Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane BLQ - ADB
8h 49m₺6,499–13,128Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Istanbul (IST)plane VCE - IST
7h 28m₺6,066–19,190Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Antalya Airport (AYT)plane BLQ - AYT
8h 35m₺5,981–14,677Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane VCE - SAW
7h 36m₺6,569–18,213Train, bus
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
31h 30m₺6,470–11,160Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
34h 27m₺6,017–9,483Bus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Istanbulbus
37h 18m
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Turkey is to bus and train which costs 6.000 ₺ - 9.500 ₺ and takes 34h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Turkey is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Bologna to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Bologna, Piaza XX Settembre and arriving at Istanbul Hotel Montenegro via Belgrade New Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Turkey. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Yenikapi via Venezia Mestre, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 37m.
The distance between Bologna and Turkey is 1511 km. The road distance is 1826.5 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Turkey without a car is to bus via Belgrade which takes 30h 35m and costs 7.000 ₺ - 10.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 5h 48m to get from Bologna to Turkey, including transfers.
Bologna to Turkey bus services, operated by Fudeks, depart from Bologna, Piaza XX Settembre station.
Bologna to Turkey train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Turkey is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 14.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus via Belgrade, which costs 7.000 ₺ - 10.000 ₺ and takes 30h 35m.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Turkey?
Turkish Airlines flies from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Istanbul (IST) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bologna, Piaza XX Settembre to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro via Beograd, Autobuska stanica and Belgrade New Bus Station in around 30h 35m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–12,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–14,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–18,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–22,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–20,000
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,300–16,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–16,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–16,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–16,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–17,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport via Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–16,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–17,000
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Antalya Airport via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–19,000
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,500
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,500
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,500
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,000
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,700
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–1,700
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,400
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,900
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,900
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,900
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–7,500
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- ₺5,000–7,500
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,456
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +90 850 252 88 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- metro.istanbul
Train from Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Ayrılık Çeşmesi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺42
- Schedules at
- metro.istanbul
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,114
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,283
- Single Room
- ₺4,114
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,007
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,114
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ₺2,283
- Single Room
- ₺4,114
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,007
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- [email protected]
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Bologna, Piaza XX Settembre to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–6,500
- Website
- http://en.fudeks.rs/timetable/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Belgrade New Bus Station to Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–3,900
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,963
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,239
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- + 383 044 233 555
- Website
- sabagroup.eu
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Pristina to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–2,700
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- [email protected]
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,309
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
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Bologna to Turkey bus services, operated by Fudeks, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Turkey is 1h ahead of Bologna. It is currently 2:46 AM in Bologna and 3:46 AM in Turkey.
Bologna to Turkey train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Venezia Mestre station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Turkey is 1826 km. It takes approximately 17h to drive from Bologna to Turkey.
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