There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Albania by train, plane, bus, car train, or car
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Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane CGN - TIA
6h 4m$97–345Fly Dortmund Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane DTM - TIA
6h 41m$70–333Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tiranabus
21h 57mCar train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Tiranacar
19h 26m$305–1,488Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane FRA - TIA
6h 41m$120–357Train, train to Weeze Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Kevelaer Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane NRN - TIA
7h 12mFly Dortmund Airport to Podgorica Airport, bus
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane DTM - TGD
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
8h 29m$115–500Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Durrësbus
28h 59mBus via Librazhd-Qendër
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Librazhdbus
- Take the bus from Librazhd to Tiranabus
36h 5mDrive 1,890.2 km
- Drive from Essen to Tiranacar 1,890.2 km
22h 2m$342–494
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Albania is to train and fly which costs $95 - $350 and takes 6h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Albania is to train and fly which takes 6h 4m and costs $95 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Albania. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Tirana via Durrës and Tirana, Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 59m.
The distance between Essen and Albania is 1541 km. The road distance is 1890.2 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Albania without a car is to train and bus which takes 21h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Essen to Albania, including transfers.
Essen to Albania bus services, operated by Deva Tours, depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Albania is to fly which takes 6h 41m and costs $65 - $340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 28h 59m.
Essen to Albania bus services, operated by Deva Tours, arrive at Durrës station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Albania is 1890 km. It takes approximately 22h 2m to drive from Essen to Albania.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Albania?
Ulendo Airlink flies from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) once daily. Alternatively, Deva Tours operates a bus from Essen Hbf to Durrës once a week, and the journey takes 26h 39m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Weeze Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
Flights from Weeze Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Podgorica Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Podgorica Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Podgorica Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Kevelaer Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- mstourspodgorica@gmail.com
- Website
- busticket4.me
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- busticket4.me
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- info@kotortotirana.com
- Website
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://www.kotortotirana.com/
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Essen Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Essen Hbf to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $177
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Librazhd to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
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