There are 11 ways to get from France to Ankara by plane, train, bus, car, or night train
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Fly from Marseille Provence Airport
best- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane MRS - ESB
8h 40m₺7,272–15,522Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane NCE - ESB
8h 27m₺6,256–12,292Train, bus
- Take the train from Paris Est to Augsburg Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Augsburg Hbf to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaraybus
- Take the train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankaratrain Yht
39h 31m₺16,539–22,014Drive 3,136 km
- Drive from Paris to Ankaracar 3,136 km
28h 47m₺27,946–40,366Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane LYS - ESB
8h 54m₺7,540–17,040Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane CDG - ESB
7h 27m₺7,787–17,787Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane STR - ESB
8h 5m₺6,332–20,290Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane FRA - ESB
9h 2m₺6,701–24,607Bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Munich central bus stationbus N91 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
2d₺9,714–14,842Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Gallieni to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
2d 6hBus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Ploieștibus
- Take the train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharesttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gartrain Hst / ...
2d 7h₺12,522–21,152
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from France to Ankara is to fly which costs 6.000 ₺ - 13.000 ₺ and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from France to Ankara is to fly which takes 7h 27m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 18.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Hôtel de Ville and arriving at Ankara via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Munich and Istanbul Otogari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between France and Ankara is 2376 km. The road distance is 3136 km.
The best way to get from France to Ankara without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 31m and costs 16.000 ₺ - 22.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 8h 40m to get from France to Ankara, including transfers.
France to Ankara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
The best way to get from France to Ankara is to fly which takes 8h 40m and costs 7.000 ₺ - 16.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 9.500 ₺ - 15.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 0h.
France to Ankara bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Ankara is 2h ahead of France. It is currently 8:04 PM in France and 10:04 PM in Ankara.
What companies run services between France and Ankara, Turkey?
Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hôtel de Ville to Ankara via Gare de Lyon - Maison de la RATP, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Munich, and Istanbul Otogari in around 2d.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–12,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–20,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–17,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–15,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–16,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–20,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–26,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–25,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–26,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–23,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–22,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–23,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–20,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–17,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–17,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–17,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–17,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–13,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,700–2,600
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺850–1,300
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–3,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,300
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺380–410
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +40 238 434 380
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺130–360
- Schedules at
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
- 2nd Class
- ₺130–210
- 1st Class
- ₺240–360
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺130–160
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- [email protected]
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺280–410
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- 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
- ₺500–1,468
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fudeks
Bus from Augsburg Hbf to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–5,200
- Website
- Fudeks
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- [email protected]
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,502
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–6,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–18,000
- 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
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- MetroTurizm
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- ₺1,100–1,700
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- [email protected]
- Website
- unilines.com
Bus from Gallieni to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- 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
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