3 operators run this water, from 10 h 10 to 48 h 00 — a difference of 37 h 50 on the same crossing. Istanbul has an airport 30 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.
One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.
If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Istanbul without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.
Amsterdam · Brașov (Autogara Internationala Bartolomeu) · Budapest · Buzău (Autogara Nord) · Constanța (Autogara Sud Herli-Sof) · Giurgiu · Oltenita · Passau · Pitești (bus station Astra Tours) · Ploiești (bus station Sud) · Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) · Regensburg · Ruse East · Râmnicu Vâlcea (Autogara Leximpol)
Antalya · Arles · Bandirma · Barcelona · Bari (FS Park Via Capruzzi) · Batumi · Budapest · Bursa · Chioggia · Civitavecchia-Rome · Constanța (Autogara Sud Herli-Sof) · Dubai · Dubrovnik · Fort Lauderdale
Our records for the Bucharest (bus station Militari)–Istanbul crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.
If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.
No fares. The choice between FlixBus-eu at 10 h 10 and Scenic Cruises at 48 h 00 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.
No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.