There are 7 ways to get from Istanbul to Belfast by plane, night train, bus, or busferry
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Fly Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane IST - BHD
9h 27m£125–365Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane SAW - BHD
9h 47m£85–275Night train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
2d 10hFly Istanbul to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane IST - DUB
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
9h 59m£114–270Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SAW - DUB
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
10h 24m£99–720Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
2d 15hNight train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
3d 17h
Istanbul (IST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Belfast is to fly and bus which costs £95 - £750 and takes 10h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Belfast is to fly which takes 9h 27m and costs £120 - £370.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Munich central bus station, London Victoria and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Istanbul and Belfast is 1864 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Belfast without a car is to night train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 10h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Istanbul to Belfast, including transfers.
Istanbul to Belfast bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Belfast bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Belfast is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 11:49 PM in Istanbul and 9:49 PM in Belfast.
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What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
British Airways, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–470
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–470
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–330
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £9–12
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £9–12
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
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