There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Faro by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane DUS - FAO
5h 57m€74–257Train, bus via Barcelona
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Take the bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Farobus
25h 44m€418–881Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Coimbrabus
- Take the train from Coimbra-B to Farotrain Ic
28h 54m€383–762Drive 2,379.1 km
- Drive from Essen to Farocar 2,379.1 km
23h 26m€370–534Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane CGN - FAO
6h 34m€89–268Fly from Weeze Airport
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane NRN - FAO
7h 19m€90–320Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane EIN - FAO
8h 15m€100–391Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane AMS - FAO
8h 22m€100–404Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain Ic
37h 24m€297–545Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train stationbus 081
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbonbus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Farobus
37h 53m€210–360Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Essen - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Farobus
42h€117–382
Essen to Faro by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Faro is to train and fly which costs €85 - €270 and takes 6h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Faro is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €70 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Faro. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Faro via Brussels-North train station and Lisbon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 53m.
The distance between Essen and Faro is 2008 km. The road distance is 2379.1 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Faro without a car is to train and bus via Barcelona which takes 25h 44m and costs €410 - €900.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Essen to Faro, including transfers.
Essen to Faro bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
The best way to get from Essen to Faro is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €70 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €210 - €360 and takes 37h 53m.
Essen to Faro bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Faro is 1h behind Essen. It is currently 2:52 AM in Essen and 1:52 AM in Faro.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Faro, Portugal?
Eurowings, TUIfly, and TAP Portugal fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Faro Airport (FAO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Faro via Brussels-North train station and Lisbon in around 37h 53m.
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Weeze Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Weeze Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Weeze Airport to Faro Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Weeze Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–290
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Coimbra-B to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Sevilla Santa Justa to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Terminal Rodoviário de Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–340
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Essen - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
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