Izmir to Erzurum bus

Buses from Izmir to Erzurum start at €62.33 and take 18h 54m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Izmir to Erzurum starts at €62.33 and takes 18h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,229 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 18h 54mDoor to door
  • 18h 10mMoving
  • €62.33From
  • 33.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€52.43
  1. FlixBus FB746111:3318h 16m05:49Izmir OtogarErzurum Otogar

Door to door 19hCO2 33.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€52.4316h 42m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Erzurum is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Izmir to Erzurum

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €69.4890 days
  2. €41.4360 days
  3. €41.9845 days
  4. €42.5330 days
  5. €61.7821 days
  6. €78.8314 days
  7. €97.537 days
  8. €93.683 days
  9. €136.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 228 percent. The most expensive point is €136.03, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €73.88Sun
  2. €63.43Mon
  3. €62.33Tue
  4. €79.38Wed
  5. €94.23Thu
  6. €82.13Fri
  7. €78.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

İzmir

Bus
  • Izmir Otogar
  • İzmir Coach Terminal

Erzurum

Bus
  • Erzurum Otogar
  • Erzurum Bus Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,229 km against 1,229 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Gölbaşı, Ankara, Sivas, Çankaya. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Izmir at 06:26 and the last at 16:40, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 12m2h 2m3h 10m€127.58311.4 kg3
Coach18h 54m18h 10m44m€62.3333.2 kg3

Questions about Izmir to Erzurum

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 Izmir to Erzurum take?

The Coach from Izmir to Erzurum takes 18h 54m door to door, of which 18h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 1,229 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 Izmir to Erzurum cost?

The Coach from Izmir to Erzurum starts at €62.33 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €57.93. 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 Izmir to Erzurum?

1 operators run the Coach from Izmir to Erzurum: FlixBus. Between them they file around 3 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 Izmir to Erzurum use?

The Coach from Izmir to Erzurum leaves from Izmir Otogar and arrives at Erzurum 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 Izmir to Erzurum?

Traveling from Izmir to Erzurum by Flight costs €127.58 and takes 5h 12m door to door, against 18h 54m 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 Izmir to Erzurum?

Fares for the Coach from Izmir to Erzurum bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 228 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Izmir to Erzurum produce?

The Coach from Izmir to Erzurum produces about 33.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1229 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 Izmir to Erzurum?

Operators on the Coach from Izmir to Erzurum publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 54m 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 Izmir to Erzurum on September 12, 2026: 1229 km of route against 1229 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €62.33, and 18h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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