There are 10 ways to get from Milan to Ankara by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane LIN - ESB
8h 50m₺4,657–16,269Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane MXP - ESB
8h 57m₺3,995–14,448Train, bus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaraybus
- Take the train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankaratrain Yht
32h 57m₺6,563–8,918Drive 2,381.5 km
- Drive from Milan to Ankaracar 2,381.5 km
22h 6m₺21,435–30,961Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane BGY - ESB
8h 29m₺4,828–18,403Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane BLQ - ESB
8h 36m₺5,190–17,793Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane TRN - ESB
10h 2m₺5,597–17,822Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
39h 10m₺5,969–8,439Bus, train
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Ankaratrain Yht
39h 50m₺6,454–10,204Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bregenz bus stationbus N77
- Take the bus from Lindau to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
44h 26m₺7,355–11,314
Milan to Ankara by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Ankara is to bus via Belgrade which costs 5.500 ₺ - 8.500 ₺ and takes 39h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Ankara is to bus and fly which takes 8h 29m and costs 4.800 ₺ - 19.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Milan to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and arriving at Ankara via Belgrade bus station and Istanbul Otogari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 10m.
The distance between Milan and Ankara is 2052 km. The road distance is 2381.4 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Ankara without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 57m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 9.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to get from Milan to Ankara, including transfers.
Milan to Ankara bus services, operated by Fudeks, depart from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
The best way to get from Milan to Ankara is to fly which takes 8h 50m and costs 4.600 ₺ - 17.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus via Belgrade, which costs 5.500 ₺ - 8.500 ₺ and takes 39h 10m.
Milan to Ankara bus services, operated by Fudeks, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Ankara is 2h ahead of Milan. It is currently 4:16 AM in Milan and 6:16 AM in Ankara.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Ankara, Turkey?
Lufthansa, SunExpress, and four other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Ankara via Beograd, Autobuska stanica, Belgrade bus station, İstanbul Esenler bus station, and Istanbul Otogari in around 39h 10m.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–16,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–17,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–21,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–17,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–17,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–15,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–14,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–14,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–15,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–16,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–23,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–24,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–22,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–23,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,900–19,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–21,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–18,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–17,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,700–3,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,700
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Istanbul Söğütlüçeşme to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺750–4,148
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Double Room
- ₺2,302
- Single Room
- ₺4,148
- Four Person Room
- ₺2,024
Train from Halkali to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,000
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺240–300
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–2,300
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺1,300–2,200
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,500
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- + 381 31 510 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Padova to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,300
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- [email protected]
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,502
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺270–1,300
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺600–800
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fudeks
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–4,900
- Website
- Fudeks
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,700
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- MetroTurizm
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- ₺1,100–1,700
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,004
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bregenz bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,400–2,200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Lindau to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–7,000
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
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