There are 12 ways to get from Istanbul to Montreux by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Istanbul to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane IST - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Montreuxtrain
7h 59mCHF 132–357Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Lausannebus FlixBus N106 / ...
33h 2mCHF 121–218Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain 88
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
32h 6mCHF 209–642Night train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the night train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
43h 47mCHF 186–396Drive 2,229.1 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Montreuxcar 2,229.1 km
21h 26mCHF 365–526Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SAW - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Montreuxtrain
8h 20mCHF 192–347Fly Istanbul to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
9h 31mCHF 185–518Fly Istanbul to Basel, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Basel (BSL)plane IST - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
10hCHF 163–523Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Basel (BSL)plane SAW - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
10h 20mCHF 163–563Fly Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane IST - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus
- Take the train from Domodossola to Montreuxtrain
10h 41mCHF 125–410Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SAW - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Montreuxtrain
11h 24mCHF 146–455Bus, train via Kragujevac
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanica to Sion, poste/garebus
- Take the train from Sion to Montreuxtrain Ec / ...
45h 43mCHF 173–227
Istanbul to Montreux by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Montreux is to bus which costs SFr 120 - SFr 220 and takes 33h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Montreux is to fly and train which takes 7h 59m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 360.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Montreux. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Lausanne, gare via Munich central bus station and Lausanne, Parc Vélodrome. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Montreux. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Montreux via Halkali, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Zürich HB and Lausanne. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 47m.
The distance between Istanbul and Montreux is 2027 km. The road distance is 2229.1 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Montreux without a car is to bus and train which takes 32h 6m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 650.
It takes approximately 7h 59m to get from Istanbul to Montreux, including transfers.
Istanbul to Montreux bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Montreux train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Istanbul to Montreux bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Montreux, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Istanbul to Montreux via Munich central bus station, Lausanne, Parc Vélodrome, Lausanne, gare, and Lausanne in around 33h 2m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from Istanbul to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–200
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
Flights from Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Domodossola to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sion to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- CHF 8–25
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 8–12
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 54–59
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–55
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–110
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–80
Train from Sion to Montreux
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–60
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–28
- 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
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- [email protected]
- Website
- comazzibus.com
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- https://www.comazzibus.com/eng/index.php
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 33
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +381 020 313101
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanica to Sion, poste/gare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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More Questions & Answers
Montreux is 1h behind Istanbul. It is currently 6:06 PM in Istanbul and 5:06 PM in Montreux.
Istanbul to Montreux train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Videle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Istanbul to Montreux is 2229 km. It takes approximately 21h 26m to drive from Istanbul to Montreux.
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