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How to get from Istanbul to Mount Ararat

Every way we could verify, sorted by door-to-door time. Airport and terminal transfers are inside the figures — the number you see is the number you live.

Timetables checked · Fares are ranges, not live prices

Istanbul to Mount Ararat

  1. PlaneFastestOur pick

    5 hr 30 min door to door · $110–185 · checked Sept 2026

    Turkish Airlines flies IST-AJI direct, roughly 2h in the air; two independent checks (including live flight-schedule data) confirm real frequency and fare.

  2. BusCheapest

    21 hr 7 min door to door · $45–68 · checked Sept 2026

    Metro Turizm and other named operators run this real overnight corridor; two independent live checks converge on roughly 21h.

  3. Car

    21 hr 50 min door to door · $180–300 · checked Sept 2026

    Self-drive: rent a car for the ~21h50m run from Istanbul to Mount Ararat (Doğubayazıt) via Ankara, Sivas and Erzurum -- realistically a two-day drive, not a single push; fuel + rental estimate $187-289.

  4. TrainNot available

    The Mount Ararat area (Dogubayazit, Igdir, Agri) has no passenger railway; the nearest active stations are over 115 km away. — verified Sept 2026

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Mount Ararat to Istanbul

  1. PlaneFastestOur pick

    5 hr 30 min door to door · $110–185 · checked Sept 2026

    Turkish Airlines flies AJI-IST direct, roughly 2h in the air; two independent checks (including live flight-schedule data) confirm real frequency and fare.

  2. BusCheapest

    21 hr 7 min door to door · $45–68 · checked Sept 2026

    Metro Turizm and other named operators run this real overnight corridor; two independent live checks converge on roughly 21h.

  3. Car

    21 hr 50 min door to door · $180–300 · checked Sept 2026

    Self-drive: rent a car for the ~21h50m run from Mount Ararat (Doğubayazıt) to Istanbul via Ankara, Sivas and Erzurum -- realistically a two-day drive, not a single push; fuel + rental estimate $187-289.

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