There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Bled by car train, car, train, night train, bus, plane, or shuttle
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Car train, drive
best- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bledcar
7h€113–1,019Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus stationbus 906
12h€82–460Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the night train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus stationbus 906
13h 18m€112–666Drive 969.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Bledcar 969.4 km
9h 12m€135–194Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane DUS - LJU
6h 23m€125–344Night train
- Take the night train from Bochum Hbf to Rosenheimnighttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Rosenheim to Lesce Blednighttrain En
19h 22m€122–418Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane CGN - LJU
7h 51m€139–351Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
5h 58m€145–353Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane DUS - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
7h 17m€265–584Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane DUS - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
8h 3m€168–704
Essen to Bled by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Bled is to train and night train and bus which costs €110 - €700 and takes 13h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Bled is to train and fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €140 - €360.
The distance between Essen and Bled is 986 km. The road distance is 969.4 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Bled without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 13h 18m and costs €110 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h to get from Essen to Bled, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Bled is 969 km. It takes approximately 9h 12m to drive from Essen to Bled.
There are 1620+ hotels available in Bled.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Bled, Slovenia?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ljubljana (LJU) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Unior via Bochum Hbf, Bochum Hbf, Rosenheim, Lesce Bled, and Lesce ŽP in around 19h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Munich, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- 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
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
Night train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Single Bed
- €95–180
- Compartment
- €360–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €24–35
- Comfort
- €25–35
- Premium
- €40–55
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €9–13
- 1st Class
- €14–19
- Business
- €15–17
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Bochum Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €100–160
- 1st Class
- €220–360
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Rosenheim to Lesce Bled
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €130–160
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €55–65
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–31
- Private
- €55–140
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