There are 12 ways to get from France to Ankara by plane, train, bus, car, or night train
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Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane CDG - ESB
7h 22m₺6,270–16,770Fly from Marseille Provence Airport
cheapest- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane MRS - ESB
9h 10m₺5,139–21,504Train, bus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica to Istanbulbus
- Take the train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankaratrain Yht
41h 38mDrive 3,136 km
- Drive from Paris to Ankaracar 3,136 km
28h 47m₺27,095–39,137Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane NCE - ESB
8h 47m₺6,736–16,333Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane LYS - ESB
8h 45m₺7,024–15,024Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane STR - ESB
8h₺6,733–22,800Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane FRA - ESB
8h 10m₺6,387–24,660Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Munich - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
2d₺9,243–15,843Bus, 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 6h₺11,523–20,163Bus 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 6hTrain, bus via Sofia
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hbf to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Istanbul(Halkali)train Ic
- Take the train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankaratrain Yht
2d 6h₺13,418–39,003
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Ankara is to fly which costs 6.500 ₺ - 17.000 ₺ and takes 8h 47m.
The fastest way to get from France to Ankara is to fly which takes 7h 22m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 17.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Pont Sully - Quai de Béthune and arriving at Ankara via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Munich and Istanbul Otogari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between France and Ankara is 2643 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 41h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 22m to get from France to Ankara, including transfers.
France to Ankara bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
The best way to get from France to Ankara is to fly which takes 7h 22m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 17.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 9.000 ₺ - 16.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 0h.
France to Ankara bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Munich - Bus Station.
Ankara is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 11:33 PM in France and 12:33 AM in Ankara.
What companies run services between France and Ankara, Turkey?
AJet, Austrian Airlines, and SunExpress fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pont Sully - Quai de Béthune to Ankara via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Munich, and Istanbul Otogari in around 2d.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–23,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–20,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–19,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–15,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–15,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–14,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–21,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–21,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–21,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–27,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–27,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–28,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–17,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–17,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–17,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–9,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,900
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–9,500
- 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)
Train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–7,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–6,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–3,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–24,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺440–950
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺390–420
- 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
- ₺130–370
- Schedules at
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
- 2nd Class
- ₺130–220
- 1st Class
- ₺250–370
- 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
- ₺290–420
- 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
- ₺500–1,475
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Train from Sofia to Istanbul(Halkali)
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺450–650
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺450–650
- 1st Class
- ₺490–650
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- [email protected]
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- +381 20 41 1090
- [email protected]
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,200–8,500
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Munich - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–7,500
- 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
- ₺3,700–6,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–17,000
- 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
- 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
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Karlsruhe Hbf to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–13,000
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
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