There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Kassel by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Istanbul to Hannover Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane IST - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
7h 58m€158–472Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Hannover Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane SAW - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
8h 18m€93–392Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25 / ...
27h 12m€159–456Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25 / ...
38h 52m€181–471Drive 2,221.9 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Kasselcar 2,221.9 km
22h 27m€318–459Fly Istanbul to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IST - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
8h 38m€158–427Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SAW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
9h 3m€103–447Fly Istanbul to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane IST - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
8h 52m€164–586Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SAW - DTM
- Take the train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
9h 37m€210–886Fly Istanbul to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane IST - BER
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
9h 57m€162–593Fly Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IST - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
10h 7m€166–644Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldwegbus Citylines 9
40h 3m€123–175Drive, car train
- Drive from Istanbul to Kufsteincar
- Take the car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain Uex 2026
23h 35m€389–545
Istanbul to Kassel by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Kassel is to bus which costs €120 - €180 and takes 40h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Kassel is to fly and train which takes 7h 58m and costs €150 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Istanbul Büyük Otogari and arriving at Kassel Grüner Waldweg via Sofia Serdica Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 52m.
The distance between Istanbul and Kassel is 2101 km. The road distance is 2221.9 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Kassel without a car is to bus and train which takes 27h 12m and costs €150 - €460.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Istanbul to Kassel, including transfers.
Istanbul to Kassel bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Istanbul Büyük Otogari station.
Istanbul to Kassel train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Istanbul to Kassel bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Kassel, Germany?
You can take a bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Kassel Am Stern via Sofia Serdica Bus Station, Kassel Grüner Waldweg, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 40h 3m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Istanbul to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Istanbul to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–390
Flights from Istanbul to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–390
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Istanbul to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Hannover Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Istanbul to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–13
- 1st Class
- €9–13
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €58–63
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €33–39
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Soest to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Kassel Grüner Waldweg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- [email protected]
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
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More Questions & Answers
Kassel is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 2:48 AM in Istanbul and 1:48 AM in Kassel.
Istanbul to Kassel train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Kassel is 2222 km. It takes approximately 22h 27m to drive from Istanbul to Kassel.
There are 1033+ hotels available in Kassel.
























































