There are 13 ways to get from Istanbul to Swansea by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Istanbul to Cardiff Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane IST - CWL
- Take the train from Bridgend to Swanseatrain
11h 57m£129–305Night train, bus and ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Birmingham West Bromwichbusferry
- Take the bus from Lordswood Road to Swansea Bus Station Stand Bbus 111 / ...
3d 8h£101–257Night train, bus, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Swanseatrain
45h 33m£216–313Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Swanseacar
30h 7m£550–746Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane SAW - CWL
- Take the train from Bridgend to Swanseatrain
11h 47m£129–465Fly Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane IST - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Swanseatrain
10h 36m£177–467Fly Istanbul to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane IST - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Swanseatrain
11h 3m£179–409Fly Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane IST - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Swanseatrain
11h 41m£155–407Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SAW - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Swanseatrain
11h 51m£162–488Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SAW - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Swanseatrain
11h 23m£144–409Fly Istanbul to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane IST - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Swanseatrain
12h 50m£183–475Bus
- 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 Swansea Bus Station Stand Bbus 507 / ...
2d 3h£166–322Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Swanseacar
31h 11m£441–684
Istanbul to Swansea by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Swansea is to night train and bus and ferry and bus which costs £100 - £260 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Swansea is to fly and train which takes 10h 36m and costs £170 - £470.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul to Swansea station. However, there are services departing from Istanbul and arriving at Swansea Bus Station Stand B via Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Istanbul and Swansea is 1747 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Swansea without a car is to night train and bus and train which takes 45h 33m and costs £210 - £320.
It takes approximately 11h 57m to get from Istanbul to Swansea, including transfers.
Istanbul to Swansea bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, depart from Istanbul station.
Istanbul to Swansea bus services, operated by Alpar Turizm, arrive at Munich station.
Swansea is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 4:14 PM in Istanbul and 2:14 PM in Swansea.
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What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Swansea, Wales?
You can take a bus from Istanbul to Swansea Bus Station Stand B via Munich central bus station and London Victoria in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–390
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–480
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £120–470
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–230
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–420
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £90–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bridgend to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bridgend to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Wilmslow to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bridgend to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bridgend to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Parkway to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Parkway to Swansea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- 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
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Cross Country
- 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
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Swansea Bus Station Stand B
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Swansea Bus Station Stand B
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Lordswood Road to Swansea Bus Station Stand B
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Birmingham West Bromwich
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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