By plane

1 Muş Sultan Alparslan Airport (MSR IATA) has regular flights from Istanbul (both IST and SAW), Ankara, Izmir and Antalya.

It's 18 km east of city centre and has car hire.

By road

Highway D300 transects Turkey from Izmir on the Aegean coast via Konya, Kayseri, Malatya, Muş and Van right up to the border with Iran. It's a good fast highway, mostly undivided, but priority for the snowplows in winter.

From Ankara take O-21 south (toll) then join D300 towards Kayseri. You could also take D200 / E88 east past Sivas and Erzincan.

By bus

Buses run several times a day from Ankara (15 hours) and Istanbul (20 hours). From Adana change at Osmaniye for the bus from Hatay through Gaziantep, Şanliurfa, Diyarbakır and Batman.

Frequent dolmuşes ply the highway between Elazığ, Muş, Tatvan and Van.

Bus lines include Metroturizm, Van Yolu and Kamil Koç, now part of Flixbus.

2 Muş Bus Station is on D300 5 km north of city centre. Dolmuşes take you downtown.

By train

Vangölü Ekspresi winds through the mountains twice a week from Ankara, scheduled to take 24 hours but often long delayed. There are couchettes and a sleeping car and a buffet with breakfast and snacks. The main stops are Kayseri, Sivas, Malatya and Elazığ, see TCDD for timetables and tickets. It continues to Tatvan (another 2 hours) where it connects with the ferry across the lake to Van, for the train to Tabriz and Teheran.

A regional train from Elazığ runs four days a week, taking 4 hr 45 min and continuing to Tatvan.

3 Muş Tren Garı the railway station is 1.5 km north of the D300 junction. It's under repair in 2025.