Cheapest€45.83
- FlixBus FB117408:4014h 4m22:44Erzurum OtogarIstanbul Esenler Otogar
Door to door 14h 48mCO2 28.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Erzurum to Istanbul bus
Buses from Erzurum to Istanbul start at €52.98 and take 14h 24m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Erzurum to Istanbul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Erzurum to Istanbul starts at €52.98 and takes 14h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,049 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 14h 24mDoor to door
- 13h 40mMoving
- €52.98 to €97.53From
- 06:26 to 21:08First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 28.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€52.98 to €97.53 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €97.53Mon14
- about €79.38Tue15
- about €87.08Wed16
- about €89.83Thu17
- about €81.58Fri18
- about €84.88Sat19
- about €81.03Sun20
- about €56.28Mon21
- about €52.98Tue22
- about €59.58Wed23
- about €72.23Thu24
- about €65.08Fri25
- about €69.48Sat26
- about €63.98Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €45.83 | 14h 20m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Istanbul. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Istanbul for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Erzurum to Istanbul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €55.7390 days
- €44.7360 days
- €39.7845 days
- €37.0330 days
- €50.7821 days
- €63.9814 days
- €81.037 days
- €87.083 days
- €97.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €37.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 163 percent. The dearest point is €97.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €63.98Sun
- €56.28Mon
- €52.98Tue
- €59.58Wed
- €72.23Thu
- €65.08Fri
- €69.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Erzurum
Coach
- Erzurum Otogar
- Erzurum Bus Station
Istanbul
Coach
- Istanbul Esenler Otogar
- İGS
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,049 km against 1,049 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Erzurum at 06:26 and the last at 21:08, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 56m | 1h 46m | 3h 10m | €108.11 | 265.9 kg | 24 |
| Coach | 14h 24m | 13h 40m | 44m | €52.98 | 28.3 kg | 12 |
Questions about Erzurum to Istanbul
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul take?
The Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul takes 14h 24m door to door, of which 13h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 1,049 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul cost?
The Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul starts at €52.98 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €52.43. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul?
1 operators run the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul: FlixBus. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul use?
The Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul leaves from Erzurum Otogar and arrives at Istanbul Esenler Otogar. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Erzurum to Istanbul?
Travelling from Erzurum to Istanbul by Flight costs €108.11 and takes 4h 56m door to door, against 14h 24m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul?
Fares for the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €37.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 163 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul produce?
The Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul produces about 28.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1049 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul?
Operators on the Coach from Erzurum to Istanbul publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Erzurum to Istanbul on 13 September 2026: 1049 km of route against 1049 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €52.98, and 14h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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