There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Florence by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane IST - FLR
8h 12m€134–284Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SAW - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 54m€91–249Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Stationbus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
29h 43mNight train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
40h 23m€210–334Drive 1,924.5 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Florencecar 1,924.5 km
18h€299–432Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SAW - FLR
8h 32m€124–364Fly Istanbul to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane IST - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 29m€121–289Fly Istanbul to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane IST - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
9h 6m€126–265Fly Istanbul to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane IST - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train
8h 18m€123–389Fly Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane IST - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.train
8h 3m€118–309Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novellabus
30h 13m€130–150Bus via Prizren
- Take the bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Firenze Autostazionebus
36h 1mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Halkalı to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazionebus
39h 12m€108–115
Istanbul (IST) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Florence is to train and bus which costs €105 - €115 and takes 39h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Florence is to fly and train which takes 6h 29m and costs €120 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Florence. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Stazione Santa Maria Novella via Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Florence. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Firenze S.M.N. via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Venezia Mestre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 23m.
The distance between Istanbul and Florence is 1509 km. The road distance is 1924.5 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Florence without a car is to bus and train which takes 29h 43m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from Istanbul to Florence, including transfers.
Istanbul to Florence bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Florence train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Florence is to fly which takes 8h 12m and costs €130 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €150 and takes 30h 13m.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Florence, Italy?
Air Serbia, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Istanbul to Stazione Santa Maria Novella via Kumanovo in around 30h 13m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–260
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–260
Flights from Istanbul to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–250
Flights from Istanbul to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–240
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Istanbul to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–420
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–360
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–240
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Istanbul to Pisa International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Fiumicino International Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- 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
- €9–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Halkalı to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- 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
- €75–120
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- + 383 044 233 555
- Website
- sabagroup.eu
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
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Istanbul to Florence bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Florence is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 4:44 PM in Istanbul and 3:44 PM in Florence.
Istanbul to Florence train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Florence is 1924 km. It takes approximately 18h to drive from Istanbul to Florence.
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