There are 13 ways to get from Venlo to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
best- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DUS - SAW
8h 5m₺3,739–19,478Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane CGN - SAW
8h 2m₺3,641–16,507Bus
- Take the bus from Venlo to Velika Planabus
- Take the bus from Velika Plana to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus N1920
33h 10mTrain, night train via Neu-Ulm
- Take the train from Venlo to Ulm Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
41h 5m₺22,232–43,397Train, night train
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the nighttrain from Duesseldorf Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
43h 3m₺15,822–30,081Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Istanbul (IST)plane DUS - IST
7h 52m₺6,036–19,455Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Istanbul (IST)plane CGN - IST
7h 55m₺6,238–23,484Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Blerick to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane EIN - SAW
7h 42m₺7,680–26,971Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane DTM - SAW
8h 58m₺8,416–22,853Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
33h 59m₺8,375–20,383Train, bus
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Burgas Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Istanbul Büyük Otogaribus
46h 46m₺9,066–15,247Drive 2,498.4 km
- Drive from Venlo to Istanbulcar 2,498.4 km
22h 11m₺25,620–37,006Drive, car train
- Drive from Venlo to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Istanbulcar
26h 34m₺22,888–33,394
Venlo to Istanbul by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Venlo to Istanbul is to train and fly which costs 3.600 ₺ - 17.000 ₺ and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Venlo to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 7h 42m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 27.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Venlo to Istanbul station. However, there are services departing from Venlo and arriving at İstanbul Esenler bus station via Velika Plana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Venlo to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Venlo and arriving at Yenikapi via Ulm Hauptbahnhof, Wien Westbahnhof, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 5m.
The distance between Venlo and Istanbul is 2181 km. The road distance is 2498.4 km.
The best way to get from Venlo to Istanbul without a car is to bus which takes 33h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Venlo to Istanbul, including transfers.
Venlo to Istanbul bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Venlo station.
Venlo to Istanbul train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Venlo station.
Venlo to Istanbul bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Velika Plana station.
What companies run services between Venlo, Netherlands and Istanbul, Turkey?
You can take a bus from Venlo to İstanbul Esenler bus station via Velika Plana in around 33h 10m.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–22,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–21,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–25,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–23,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–12,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–18,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–24,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–23,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–16,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–13,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–13,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Istanbul via Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–16,000
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,000
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,000
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,000
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–1,800
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺360–700
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,100–6,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺360–700
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺360–700
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Blerick to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺300–600
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,600
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,000–8,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–3,100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,900–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–14,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–11,000
- 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
- ₺12,000–20,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–20,000
- 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
- ₺500–1,468
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,468
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–7,500
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺6,000–7,500
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺4,600–5,500
- Seating Carriage
- ₺2,900–3,500
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–6,500
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Venlo to Velika Plana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Velika Plana to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,200–6,500
- 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 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–10,000
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺7,000–9,500
- 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
- ₺2,205
- Website
- Arda Tur
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Istanbul is 2h ahead of Venlo. It is currently 4:37 PM in Venlo and 6:37 PM in Istanbul.
Venlo to Istanbul train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Ulm Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Venlo to Istanbul is 2498 km. It takes approximately 22h 11m to drive from Venlo to Istanbul.
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