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How to get from Istanbul to Fethiye

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.

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Plane

5 hr 30 min door to door · $35–120

Lowest starting fare

Bus

12 hr 30 min door to door · $32–48

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Istanbul to Fethiye

  1. PlaneFastestOur pick

    5 hr 30 min door to door · $35–120 · checked Aug 2026

    Fly IST/SAW-Dalaman (~1 h 20 m); Fethiye is 45 km from DLM and the Muttas shuttle is inside these times.

  2. Car

    8 hr 40 min door to door · $102–212 · checked Sept 2026

    Self-drive: rent a car, ~8 h 40 m (780 km by road, OSRM, no stops). Cost shown: fuel plus a share of one-way rental.

  3. BusLowest starting fare

    12 hr 30 min door to door · $32–48 · checked Aug 2026

    ~12.5 h overnight on the Antalya-corridor coaches.

  4. TrainNot available

    Fethiye has no railway; the nearest active station, Denizli, is over 125 km away. — verified Sept 2026

    See all 89 routes we checked for a direct train

  5. FerryNot available

    No scheduled passenger ferry links Istanbul and Fethiye; the road is the way. — verified Sept 2026

Fethiye to Istanbul

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