There are 5 ways to get from Essen to Santorini caldera by plane, train, bus, 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 from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Santorini (JTR)DUS - JTR
5h 39m€120–254Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Würzburg Hbf41 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
38h 18mTrain to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Santorini (JTR)FRA - JTR
6h 49m€170–370Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Santorini (JTR)CGN - JTR
6h 13m€120–360Train, bus, car ferry via Mannheim
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof43 / ...
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Thira Santorini Port
43h 8m€373–495
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Santorini caldera is to fly which costs €120 - €260 and takes 5h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Santorini caldera is to fly which takes 5h 39m and costs €120 - €260.
The distance between Essen and Santorini caldera is 2257 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Santorini caldera without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 38h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Essen to Santorini caldera, including transfers.
There are 2097+ hotels available in Santorini caldera.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Santorini caldera, Greece?
Eurowings, Austrian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Santorini (JTR) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Santorini via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- 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
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- info@anumitravel.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
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- nelatraveltours@gmail.com
- Website
- nelatravel.site
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 212 222 4000
- booking@goldenstarferries.gr
- Website
- goldenstarferries.gr
Car ferry from Paros to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €52–53
- Website
- https://goldenstarferries.gr/en
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