There are 12 ways to get from Essen to Pisa by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Pisa International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane DUS - PSA
6h 6m€98–248Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Pisa International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane CGN - PSA
4h 51m€72–241Train via Basel
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain Re
14h 50m€192–710Bus, train
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N537
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain Re / ...
21h 2m€98–162Drive 1,163.9 km
- Drive from Essen to Pisacar 1,163.9 km
10h 56m€184–266Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane DUS - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
6h 16m€119–296Train to Frankfurt, fly to Pisa International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane FRA - PSA
5h 24m€145–369Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
6h 50m€91–344Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Pisa International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane EIN - PSA
6h 37m€76–263Train to Frankfurt, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane FRA - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
7h 33m€176–457Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Pisa Centraletrain Ec
16h 53m€388–1,124Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Pisacar
17h 20m€221–310
Essen to Pisa by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Pisa is to bus and train which costs €95 - €170 and takes 21h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Pisa is to train and fly which takes 4h 51m and costs €70 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Pisa. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Pisa Centrale via Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Firenze S.M.N.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 50m.
The distance between Essen and Pisa is 922 km. The road distance is 1163.9 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Pisa without a car is to train via Basel which takes 14h 50m and costs €190 - €750.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Essen to Pisa, including transfers.
Essen to Pisa train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Pisa is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs €95 - €250. Alternatively, you can train via Basel, which costs €190 - €750 and takes 14h 50m.
Essen to Pisa train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Pisa is 1164 km. It takes approximately 10h 56m to drive from Essen to Pisa.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Pisa, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Pisa International Airport (PSA) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Pisa Centrale via Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Firenze S.M.N. in around 14h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Pisa International Airport via Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Pisa International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Pisa International Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- 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 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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