There are 12 ways to get from Hamburg to Istanbul by car, plane, train, bus, night train or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Drive to Bremen, fly to Istanbul • 4h 50m
Cheapest option
Fly Hamburg to Sabiha Gokcen • 6h 51m
10 alternative options
Fly Hamburg to Istanbul • 6h 17m
Train, bus • 36h 47m
Train, night train, bus • 38h 11m
Bus • 41h 45m
Bus via Bucharest • 45h 55m
Night train • 2 days 0h
Car train, drive • 28h 46m
Drive • 22h 35m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Istanbul is to drive and fly which costs €85 - €350 and takes 5h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Istanbul is to drive and fly which takes 4h 50m and costs €150 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Hamburg station to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Hamburg Central Bus Station and arriving at Istanbul Esenler Otogari via Plovdiv Hristo Botev. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Hamburg to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Hamburg Hbf and arriving at Yenikapi via Wien Hbf, Gara Bucureşti Nord and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Hamburg and Istanbul is 2148 km. The road distance is 2475.6 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus which takes 36h 47m and costs €85 - €180.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Hamburg to Istanbul, including transfers.
Hamburg to Istanbul bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg central bus station.
Hamburg to Istanbul train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Istanbul is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €140 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €190 and takes 41h 45m.
- Distance: 2148.3 km
- Duration: 4h 50m
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey?
Turkish Airlines and Air Serbia fly from Hamburg to Istanbul Esenler Otogar 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hamburg to Istanbul Esenler Otogar via Plovdiv Hristo Botev in around 41h 45m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bremen to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 3.700 ₺ - 23.000 ₺
Flights from Hamburg to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 4.000 ₺ - 23.000 ₺
Flights from Hamburg to Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 2.400 ₺ - 27.000 ₺
Flights from Hannover to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 3.400 ₺ - 25.000 ₺
Flights from Hannover to Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- 2.500 ₺ - 16.000 ₺
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 9.000 ₺ - 19.000 ₺
Flights from Hannover to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 8.000 ₺ - 32.000 ₺
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hamburg to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- 8.500 ₺ - 31.000 ₺
Flights from Hannover to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- 5.000 ₺ - 18.000 ₺
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Hamburg to Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 2.100 ₺ - 19.000 ₺
Flights from Hannover to Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- 2.200 ₺ - 13.000 ₺
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- 1.800 ₺ - 2.100 ₺
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- 1.600 ₺ - 1.900 ₺
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.com
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- 700 ₺ - 1.100 ₺
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 400 ₺ - 850 ₺
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- 400 ₺ - 600 ₺
- 1st Class
- 600 ₺ - 850 ₺
Night train from Gara Bucureşti Nord to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 500 ₺ - 1.100 ₺
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- 500 ₺ - 700 ₺
- 1st Class
- 750 ₺ - 1.100 ₺
- Phone
- 703 200 200
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 370 ₺ - 600 ₺
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- 370 ₺ - 430 ₺
- 1st Class
- 500 ₺ - 600 ₺
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Děčín hlavní nádraží to Brno hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 1.700 ₺ - 5.500 ₺
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- 4.700 ₺ - 5.500 ₺
- Seating Carriage
- 1.750 ₺ - 1.770 ₺
- Couchette Carriage
- 3.200 ₺ - 4.000 ₺
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 2.200 ₺ - 6.500 ₺
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- 4.700 ₺ - 6.500 ₺
- Seating Carriage
- 2.200 ₺ - 4.300 ₺
- Couchette Carriage
- 4.700 ₺ - 6.000 ₺
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 3.100 ₺ - 3.500 ₺
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- 3.600 ₺ - 30.000 ₺
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- 14.000 ₺ - 17.000 ₺
- Car Compartment
- 27.000 ₺ - 30.000 ₺
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 1.900 ₺ - 3.200 ₺
- Website
- http://en.union-ivkoni.com/
Bus from Brno to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- 1.200 ₺ - 2.100 ₺
- Website
- http://en.union-ivkoni.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Hamburg Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- 3.800 ₺ - 4.800 ₺
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +3590885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Plovdiv Hristo Botev to Istanbul Esenler Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- 750 ₺ - 850 ₺
- Schedules at
- citylines.eu
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- 1.100 ₺ - 1.700 ₺
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- 5.500 ₺ - 8.000 ₺
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bucharest to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- 1.700 ₺ - 2.400 ₺
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Hamburg to Istanbul bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Istanbul is 2h ahead of Hamburg. It is currently 12:43 PM in Hamburg and 2:43 PM in Istanbul.
Hamburg to Istanbul train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Halkali station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hamburg to Istanbul is 2476 km. It takes approximately 22h 35m to drive from Hamburg to Istanbul.
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