Cheapest€24.38
- FlixBus FB311320:346h 50m03:24Ankara ASTIIzmir Otogar
Door to door 7h 34mCO2 14.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ankara to Izmir bus
Buses from Ankara to Izmir start at €27.68 and take 7h 34m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ankara to Izmir starts at €27.68 and takes 7h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 520 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 34mDoor to door
- 6h 50mMoving
- €27.68From
- 14.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €24.38 | 7h 32m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Izmir is not something we sell.
A room in Izmir for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Ankara to Izmir
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.6890 days
- €19.4360 days
- €23.2845 days
- €24.3830 days
- €29.3321 days
- €32.0814 days
- €37.587 days
- €40.883 days
- €50.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €50.23, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €33.73Sun
- €31.53Mon
- €27.68Tue
- €30.43Wed
- €32.08Thu
- €34.28Fri
- €40.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ankara
Bus
- Ankara ASTI
- Ankara Intercity Bus Station
İzmir
Bus
- Izmir Otogar
- İzmir Coach Terminal
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 520 km against 520 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 Ankara at 06:26 and the last at 20:34, across 9 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 15m | 1h 5m | 3h 10m | €57.37 | 131.9 kg | 18 |
| Train | 4h 17m | 3h 33m | 44m | €65.79 | 17.2 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 7h 34m | 6h 50m | 44m | €27.68 | 14.0 kg | 9 |
Questions about Ankara to Izmir
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Ankara to Izmir take?
The Coach from Ankara to Izmir takes 7h 34m door to door, of which 6h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 520 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 Ankara to Izmir cost?
The Coach from Ankara to Izmir starts at €27.68 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €30.98. 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 Ankara to Izmir?
1 operators run the Coach from Ankara to Izmir: FlixBus. Between them they file around 9 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 Ankara to Izmir use?
The Coach from Ankara to Izmir leaves from Ankara ASTI and arrives at Izmir 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 Ankara to Izmir?
Traveling from Ankara to Izmir by Flight costs €57.37 and takes 4h 15m door to door, against 7h 34m 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 Ankara to Izmir?
Fares for the Coach from Ankara to Izmir bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ankara to Izmir produce?
The Coach from Ankara to Izmir produces about 14.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 520 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Ankara to Izmir?
Operators on the Coach from Ankara to Izmir publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 34m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ankara to Izmir on September 10, 2026: 520 km of route against 520 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.68, and 7h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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