How To Reach Istanbul From Chennai

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Chennai to Istanbul Route

  • Chennai to Istanbul

    By Air

    11.0 hours

The best way to reach Istanbul from Chennai is by air. Other than Delhi and Mumbai, there are no other nonstop flights to Istanbul from India, which means all the flights from Chennai to Istanbul are connecting ones via different middle-east Asian cities like Doha, Abu Dhabi or Dubai. Istanbul has two airports – Ataturk International on the European side and Sabiha Gokcen Airport on the Asian side. The former is the more popular one and receives all the major flights from around the world, including Chennai, India. The aerial distance from Chennai to Go through our detailed guide and know how to reach Istanbul from Chennai. 

Over the map of Asia, Chennai to Istanbul distance is nearly 6000km. It will be more if you consider the actual roadways. Even if we keep the distance aside, the international borders than one has to cross to make this road trip, that is Pakistan and Iran, already makes it impossible. Istanbul has some really efficient railway networking, the most popular of which is Marmaray, connecting Asia and Europe beneath the Bosphorus. However, there is no easy way to go from Chennai to Istanbul via train.

 

Chennai to Istanbul by Flights: The best Chennai to Istanbul flight is served by Qatar Airways. It takes 10 hours 55 minutes and a stopover at Doha to reach Istanbul. The Emirates flight via Dubai and Etihad flight via Abu Dhabi take slightly longer Chennai to Istanbul flight time– a little more than 11 hours. To reach the city centre from Ataturk airport, you can take the airport shuttle, hail a can, avail tram line T1 or Yenikapi-Haciosman (M2) metro line. As for local transportation, there are city buses, cable cars, the Marmaray Commuter Rail through the Bosphorus tunnel and the four metro lines across the city. The aerial distance between Chennai to Istanbul is around 5860 kilometers. The major airlines operating between both the countries are Turkish Airlines, IndiGo, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Etihad Airways, Emirates, Air India, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Oman Air, Malindo Air, and British Airways.

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Manoj's 7 days trip to Istanbul

It was a wonderful experience for us. We thoroughly enjoyed every bit. Really loved the great service and coordination from Travel Lykke team. Very professional, always available and helpful. We would definitely book our future trips with you and suggest the same to our friends as well.

MANOJ BISWAL Bangalore

Asmita's 9 days trip to Istanbul

We booked our Turkey trip through Travel Triangle and through Travel Lykke. The trip went as planned. However, we felt that we could have been offered more than the standardized tour packages available in Turkey as we had taken a customized tour package. E.g. The Green Tour in Cappadocia covering entire day has hardly any sights, activities covered. The Selime Monastry is a regular cave like structure which is 1,5 hrs one way and totally not worth the time. Due to which we couldn't cover some of the nearest attractions like Uchisar Castle or activities like ATV ride which are way more engaging than the monastry. Even in Istanbul, the day tour covered only Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace and post lunch we were taken to Grand Bazaar where we were on our own. Galata Tower, Basillica Cistern like attractions were not included in the tour and had to be done on our own. The Antalya tour also had 5 hrs sitting in the bus out of 10 hrs of day travel and covered only the waterfalls and Mediterrnean sea boat ride. The old town was only a locality with no attractions worth the time. We wanted to cover paragliding in Fethiye, however, the transport offered by Travel agent was very expensive. We had to fund our own transfer and paragliding in Alanya instead of doing it in Fethiye.

Asmita India

Dhatri's 7 days trip to Istanbul

Me and my husband with two others recently had the pleasure of booking a 10-day Turkey trip with Travel Triangle, and it was an absolutely unforgettable experience! From start to finish, everything was organized seamlessly, and the team at Travel Triangle made sure our journey through Istanbul, Antalya, and Cappadocia was filled with memorable moments. Istanbul: Our trip began in the vibrant city of Istanbul, and everything was very well arranged. From exploring the Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque to enjoying a boat ride to Princess Island, every detail was taken care of. The local guide provided insightful knowledge of the city’s history, and the accommodations were comfortable and centrally located, allowing us to explore on our own as well. Only in Princess Island, the guide could have been more helpful in explaining the island insights rather than just dropping us to the place and explore on our own. Antalya: In Antalya, Travel Triangle arranged an excellent blend of historical tours and leisure time on the beautiful beaches. The guided visit to the ancient city of Perge, Pammukale, Old town walk and a relaxing trek to 2 waterfalls were definite highlights. The choice of hotel with its sea view was perfect! Cappadocia: Cappadocia was the highlight of the trip! We approached Travel Triangle in the last minute to book Hot air balloon and they didn't disappoint us. They planned a magical experience with the hot air balloon ride, which was a dream come true. The fairy chimneys, underground cities and even ATV ride at sunset were fascinating. I’m grateful for the attention to detail, from the transport to the personalized local tours. Every activity was well-timed, allowing us to soak in the surreal landscapes. Overall: The only drawback was that we couldn't spend more time in each place as it was a group trip or we weren't allowed to alter . We were taken to multiple jewelry shop / workshop which personally felt was not required. We would have enjoyed more if they had taken us to lot more historical place. However, the tour was perfectly balanced between sightseeing, adventure, and relaxation. I highly recommend Travel Triangle for anyone looking to explore Turkey, as their services made this trip truly special.

Dhatri Hv

Sushiman's 6 days trip to Istanbul

Things were well arranged. Their team created a whatsapp group and we're constantly giving updates. Thanks for all the help, Ruksana, Karishma and team. Airport transfer, Green tour, Hot air balloon rides were great. The ATV ride was a bit risky though. We got bad helmets. No elbow/knee guards.

Sushiman Bengaluru

Dryogita's 7 days trip to Istanbul

The trip was well organised and coordinated.Our travel agent "rohit" was in constant contact with us through out the trip and was quick at resolving our queries. Cave hotel at Cappadocia was really good.Hotel room at antalya was not so great although the location of the hotel was good. Overall it was very nice trip..Thanx @traveltriangle

Dryogita New delhi

Samarth's 8 days trip to Istanbul

Overall good experience but hotel selected by travel agent was not upto mark, very poor selection though we opted for 4 star hotel

Samarth Agarwal New delhi

Karthik's 9 days trip to Istanbul

did 2 weeks turkiye trip with travel triangle, was splendid and easy bookings end to end. would highly recommend

Karthik Gandhi Hyderabad

Kadavrakesh's 6 days trip to Istanbul

Had a great experience in Cappadocia, beautiful hotel and excellent trip with a great tour guide. Istanbul hotel was not been great as describe in the hotel website. Specially chosen the prefer hotel but very upsetting of not having the a comfort stay. We have allocated in a coner room and then service felt bit of poor as per there standards. Staff not much of helpful thou. Istanbul Tour & guide was the best to make us most of our journey but the prince island wasn't up to the standard as describe. The boat tour to island was a shamble and food offer felt us like eating in canteen food. Rest service was been great

Kadavrakesh Foreign

Pankaj's 10 days trip to Istanbul

It was our first time dealing with Travel Triangle and their network of Indian travel agents. We booked a family trip to Turkey which was fabulously organised and we came back with amazing memories. We would certainly use Travel Triangle again for our future holiday needs. Thank you for taking the stress out of planning and arranging such a comprehensive 5 cities with 3 domestic internal flights, 13 days holiday! Too many to list but personal favourite was the ATV sunset tour in Cappadocia which was amazing with breathtaking sunset view in Rose valley.

Psbhakta London

Sunil's 10 days trip to Istanbul

We booked 9 nights and 10 days all inclusive tour for four person for TURKEY from FLY HIGH GLOBAL tour company. We are very delighted and satisfied with the services they provided during the tour.Their prices for the package were transparent and most competitive.Selection of hotels,flights ,coaches,domestic flights,transfers,English speaking guides were excellent.However we feel lack of Indian food.Their services and response of phone calls were good and quick.We would definitely recommend FLY HIGH Global for Turkey tour. Thanks a lot for wonderful trip. Sunil Kumar Gupta

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