There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Archena by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane DUS - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Archenabus
9h 19m€86–257Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane CGN - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Archenabus
9h 51m€76–296Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Archenabus 36a / ...
27h 7m€408–699Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 43
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Perpignanbus
- Take the train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Albacetetrain Ave
- Take the train from Albacete to Archena-Fortunatrain Ic
30h 21m€291–551Drive 1,936.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Archenacar 1,936.4 km
18h 33m€307–443Fly Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane NRN - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Archenabus
10h 49m€83–228Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane EIN - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Archenabus
11h 45m€94–249Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane DUS - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmentrain
12h 32m€116–305Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane CGN - VLC
- Take the train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmentrain
13h 4m€111–354Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Barcelonabus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Puente IIbus 36a / ...
32h 1m€150–271Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Puente IIbus 36a / ...
33h 49m€211–451
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Archena is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €230 and takes 10h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Archena is to fly and bus which takes 9h 19m and costs €85 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Archena. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Puente II via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and Estación de Autobuses de Murcia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 1m.
The distance between Essen and Archena is 1711 km. The road distance is 1936.4 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Archena without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 7m and costs €400 - €700.
It takes approximately 9h 19m to get from Essen to Archena, including transfers.
Essen to Archena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Archena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Barcelona station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Archena is 1936 km. It takes approximately 18h 33m to drive from Essen to Archena.
There are 98+ hotels available in Archena.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Archena, Spain?
You can take a bus from Essen central train station to Puente II via Barcelona, Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, and Estación de Autobuses de Murcia in around 32h 1m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Albacete to Archena-Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Estació del Nord to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- +34 900 842 202
- regiondemurcia@interbus.es
- Website
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Archena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Puente II
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://jimenezmovilidad.es/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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