There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Imperia by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, or car
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)DUS - NCE
- Take the train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
7h 3m€72–270Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Imperia
9h 18m€60–303Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to LuganoEc
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano CentraleEc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to ImperiaIc
14h 39m€94–271Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt43 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to ImperiaIc
18h 51m€92–189Drive 1,116.7 km
- Drive from Essen to Imperia1,116.7 km
10h 17m€175–252Train to Frankfurt, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)FRA - NCE
- Take the train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
8h 2m€137–356Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Imperia
9h 18m€110–347Bus
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to GenoaN177
- Take the bus from Genoa Piazza della Vittoria to Imperia Largo Piana NannolloMarinoBus 060
21h 33m€71–131
Essen to Imperia by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Imperia is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 21h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Imperia is to fly and train which takes 7h 3m and costs €70 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Imperia. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Imperia Largo Piana Nannollo via Düsseldorf central bus station, Marittima/Principe Fs and Genoa Piazza della Vittoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 33m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Imperia. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Imperia via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 39m.
The distance between Essen and Imperia is 966 km. The road distance is 1116.7 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Imperia without a car is to train which takes 14h 39m and costs €90 - €280.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Essen to Imperia, including transfers.
Essen to Imperia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Düsseldorf central bus station.
Essen to Imperia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Imperia is to train which takes 14h 39m and costs €90 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €140 and takes 21h 33m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Imperia, Italy?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Imperia via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 14h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Imperia Largo Piana Nannollo via Düsseldorf central bus station, Genoa, Marittima/Principe Fs, Brignole Fs/, and Genoa Piazza della Vittoria in around 21h 33m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- Rail 1st Class
- €10–15
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €13–19
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pavia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Genoa Piazza della Vittoria to Imperia Largo Piana Nannollo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Imperia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Genoa station.
Essen to Imperia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Imperia is 1117 km. It takes approximately 10h 17m to drive from Essen to Imperia.
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