last edited Dec 11, 2019
Getting to Turkey by Land or Sea
Location Map of Turkey
Turkey
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By Land
Borders
Turkey has over 2,500 km of borders with eight countries: Armenia (268 km), Azerbaijan (9 km via the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan), Bulgaria (223 km), Georgia (United States) (252 km), Greece (192 km), Iraq (331 km), Iran (499 km), and Syria (822 km).
From Neighboring Countries
Closed Borders
Borders with Armenia, Iraq, and Syria are closed or strongly discouraged.
From France
Whether by train, bus, or your own vehicle, reaching Turkey by road takes time and is generally much more expensive than flying, even for groups.
Car
Istanbul is roughly 2,700 km from Paris. Unless you have time and plan to explore the region with your own vehicle, this isn’t the best option for a typical trip.
Bus
Train
Turkey is well connected to its European neighbors by rail. However, from France, the journey takes about two days and remains expensive (more so than the bus), except possibly with an InterRail pass (and even then). In short, it may not be the ideal way to get there.