There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Kos by plane, train, bus, ferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kos (KGS)plane DUS - KGS
7h 16m€120–673Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf / ...
45h 57mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Essen to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf / ...
37h 5m€529–827Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kos (KGS)plane CGN - KGS
7h 44m€160–942Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kos (KGS)plane FRA - KGS
8h 16m€158–364Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane DUS - RHO
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Koscarferry
10h 12m€139–353Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Kos (KGS)plane HAJ - KGS
9h 28m€217–501Bus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Venlo Stationbus 023
- Take the bus from Venlo to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Montenegro Hotelbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrumbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
2d 1hTrain, bus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Montenegro Hotelbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrumbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
2d 1h€239–390Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf / ...
2d 4h€250–340Bus, ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Essen to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Fourniferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Port of Kosferry Bsf
2d 6h€247–483
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kos (KGS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Kos is to fly which costs €120 - €700 and takes 7h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Kos is to fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €120 - €700.
The distance between Essen and Kos is 2336 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Kos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 45h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Essen to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 3:55 AM in Essen and 4:55 AM in Kos.
There are 786+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Kos, Greece?
Condor Flugdienst, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kos (KGS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kos via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- leav.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- 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
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Venlo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Venlo to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- office@balbuss.rs
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €51
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Würzburg to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €95–110
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Essen Hbf to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Essen to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Essen to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Essen to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 44 338 003
- info@bashkimtours.com
Bus from Essen to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- http://www.bashkimtours.com/en/index.php
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Fourni
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Fourni to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.yesilmarmarislines.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 612 99 19
- info@skymarineferries.com.tr
- Website
- skymarineferries.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.skymarineferries.com.tr/en
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
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