There are 10 ways to get from Pirmasens to Istanbul by train, bus, plane, night train, 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.
Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly to Istanbul Airport
best- Take the train from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Saarbrücken Hbf to Luxembourgbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane LUX - IST
9h 55mTrain, train to Basel, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof to Landau, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane BSL - SAW
11h 20m₺5,034–32,160Bus
- Take the bus from Pirmasens central train station to Munich central bus stationbus 036
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
33h 45m₺6,187–9,261Train, night train
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to München Hbftrain 60 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 967 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
40h 29m₺20,784–38,972Drive 2,239.4 km
- Drive from Pirmasens to Istanbulcar 2,239.4 km
20h 40m₺23,466–33,896Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Istanbul Airport
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane FRA - IST
9h 27m₺7,048–20,966Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane FRA - SAW
9h 40m₺5,251–23,989Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane STR - SAW
9h 46m₺5,381–25,789Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Istanbul Airport
- Take the train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane STR - IST
9h 39m₺6,978–24,766Train, bus
- Take the train from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof to Landau, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Burgas Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
42h 17m₺8,562–16,293
Pirmasens to Istanbul by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pirmasens to Istanbul is to bus which costs 6.000 ₺ - 9.500 ₺ and takes 33h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Pirmasens to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 9h 27m and costs 7.000 ₺ - 21.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Pirmasens station to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Pirmasens central train station and arriving at Istanbul via Munich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Pirmasens to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Yenikapi via Kaiserslautern, Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Wien Westbahnhof, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 29m.
The distance between Pirmasens and Istanbul is 2185 km. The road distance is 2239.4 km.
The best way to get from Pirmasens to Istanbul without a car is to bus which takes 33h 45m and costs 6.000 ₺ - 9.500 ₺.
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from Pirmasens to Istanbul, including transfers.
Pirmasens to Istanbul bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Pirmasens central train station.
Pirmasens to Istanbul train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Kaiserslautern, Hbf station.
Pirmasens to Istanbul bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
What companies run services between Pirmasens, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Pirmasens central train station to Istanbul via Munich in around 33h 45m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–17,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–19,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,100–20,000
Flights from Basel to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–20,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Istanbul Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–16,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–16,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–26,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,700–16,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,400–16,000
Flights from Basel to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,700–16,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–12,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Istanbul Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–9,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–3,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–3,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–3,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–3,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺750–3,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof to Landau, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–2,900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,300–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pirmasens, Hauptbahnhof to Landau, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–2,900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,800–8,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺600–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺600–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺600–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺600–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,000–2,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–3,900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–8,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–19,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,474
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Kaiserslautern, Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,100
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺440–800
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺440–800
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺650–1,200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–2,200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,500–3,600
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–5,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺2,758
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Bus from Saarbrücken Hbf to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pirmasens central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,800
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–9,000
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺950–1,300
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,215
- Website
- Arda Tur
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Booking & Getting There
Istanbul is 2h ahead of Pirmasens. It is currently 10:42 AM in Pirmasens and 12:42 PM in Istanbul.
Pirmasens to Istanbul train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pirmasens to Istanbul is 2239 km. It takes approximately 20h 40m to drive from Pirmasens to Istanbul.
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