There are 11 ways to get from Brest to Istanbul by plane, train, bus, car, night train, or car train
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Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Istanbul (IST)plane BES - IST
9h 52m₺8,236–22,236Train, bus
- Take the train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
46h 33m₺11,625–21,600Drive 3,237.5 km
- Drive from Brest to Istanbulcar 3,237.5 km
31h 11m₺28,084–40,565Train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Brest to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Istanbul (IST)plane RNS - IST
11h 41m₺15,537–28,788Train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Brest to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane RNS - SAW
11h 24m₺11,540–36,811Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BES - SAW
9h 50m₺9,239–31,259Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the bus from Saint-Denis to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotelbus
2d 1hBus
- Take the bus from Brest - SNCF Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Munich - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
2d 2h₺10,978–19,413Train, bus via Erfurt
- Take the train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Erfurt Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
2d 2h₺20,504–62,945Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Brest to Rennestrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Rennes to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 12h₺14,905–27,136Drive, car train
- Drive from Brest to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Istanbulcar
38h 5m₺30,782–44,296
Brest to Istanbul by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brest to Istanbul is to bus which costs 11.000 ₺ - 20.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Brest to Istanbul is to fly which takes 9h 50m and costs 9.000 ₺ - 32.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Brest station to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Brest - SNCF Train Station and arriving at Istanbul via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Munich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Brest and Istanbul is 2763 km. The road distance is 3237.5 km.
The best way to get from Brest to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus which takes 46h 33m and costs 11.000 ₺ - 22.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 9h 52m to get from Brest to Istanbul, including transfers.
Brest to Istanbul bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Brest - SNCF Train Station.
The best way to get from Brest to Istanbul is to fly which takes 9h 52m and costs 8.000 ₺ - 23.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 11.000 ₺ - 20.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 2h.
Brest to Istanbul bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Istanbul is 1h ahead of Brest. It is currently 7:19 AM in Brest and 8:19 AM in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Brest, France and Istanbul, Turkey?
Air France, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Istanbul (IST) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brest - SNCF Train Station to Istanbul via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Munich in around 2d 2h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–44,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–40,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–44,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–45,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–45,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–46,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–48,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–47,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–47,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–40,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–41,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–40,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–42,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–40,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–42,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–39,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–32,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–32,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–31,000
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–31,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–37,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–41,000
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–42,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–37,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Istanbul via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–30,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–11,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–4,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–4,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–11,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–11,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–4,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–4,600
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–4,600
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–4,600
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–40,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,200
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Double Room
- ₺2,331
- Single Room
- ₺4,200
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,049
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,486
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–7,000
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fudeks
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–8,500
- Website
- Fudeks
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- [email protected]
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Saint-Denis to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- [email protected]
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,871
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brest - SNCF Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,000–5,500
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Munich - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–7,500
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Munich - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–6,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rennes to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–21,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Erfurt Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–7,500
- Website
- Citylines
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