There are 13 ways to get from Benidorm to Essen by plane, train, tram, bus, or car
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)ALC - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
6h 5m€100–288Bus to Valencia Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Benidorm to Valencia
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)VLC - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
7h 57m€86–282Tram, train
- Take the tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Luceros1
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-SantsEur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Essen Hbf
21h 39m€180–576Bus, train
- Take the bus from Benidorm - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Essen HbfTha
26h 53m€185–351Drive 1,877.7 km
- Drive from Benidorm to Essen1,877.7 km
17h 55m€293–423Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)ALC - DUS
5h 49m€102–310Bus to Valencia Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Benidorm to Valencia
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)VLC - DUS
7h 26m€87–273Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Weeze Airport (NRN)ALC - NRN
- Take the train from Kevelaer Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Essen Hbf
7h 48mFly Alicante-Elche Airport to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)ALC - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Take the train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
8h 31m€120–302Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Brussels Airport (BRU)ALC - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
8h 53m€126–382Tram, train via Lyon
- Take the tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Luceros1
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-SantsEur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln HbfIce
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf43 / ...
22h 32m€194–578Bus
- Take the bus from Benidorm Estación De Autobuses to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos NordAlsa
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Essen central train stationFlixBus N710
28h 15m€91–183Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Benidorm to ParisFlixBus N1131
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Essen HbfThalys
28h 17m€148–364
Benidorm to Essen by tram, foot, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Benidorm to Essen is to bus which costs €90 - €190 and takes 28h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Benidorm to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 49m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Benidorm to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Benidorm Estación De Autobuses and arriving at Essen central train station via Barcelona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Benidorm to Essen. However, there are services departing from Benidorm and arriving at Essen Hbf via Alacant/Alicante Terminal, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 32m.
The distance between Benidorm and Essen is 1680 km. The road distance is 1877.7 km.
The best way to get from Benidorm to Essen without a car is to tram and train which takes 21h 39m and costs €180 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 5m to get from Benidorm to Essen, including transfers.
Benidorm to Essen bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Benidorm Estación De Autobuses station.
Benidorm to Essen train services, operated by Alicante Metro Tram, depart from Benidorm station.
The best way to get from Benidorm to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 49m and costs €100 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €190 and takes 28h 15m.
What companies run services between Benidorm, Spain and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings flies from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Benidorm Estación De Autobuses to Essen central train station via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Barcelona in around 28h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Weeze Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Weeze Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Valencia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Valencia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +34 900 72 04 72
- Website
- tramalacant.es
Tram from Benidorm to Alicante - Luceros
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.tramalacant.es/en/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Kevelaer Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–15
- 1st Class
- €16–27
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Benidorm - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Benidorm to Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Benidorm to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Benidorm Estación De Autobuses to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Benidorm to Essen bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Benidorm to Essen train services, operated by Alicante Metro Tram, arrive at Alicante - Luceros station.
Yes, the driving distance between Benidorm to Essen is 1878 km. It takes approximately 17h 55m to drive from Benidorm to Essen.
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