There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Sochi by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane DUS - AER
9h 47m₽19,148–42,554Fly from Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane DTM - AER
18h 59m₽10,239–31,447Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Hanover central bus stationbus 081
- Take the bus from Hanover to Gomel Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gomel Bus Station to Tuapsebus
- Take the bus from Tuapse to Sochi Bus stationbus
2d 15h₽20,932–45,078Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Szczecin, Bus Stationbus 157
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockavatrain Ic
- Drive from Aistiškiai to Nesterovcar
- Take the train from Nesterov to Sochitrain
3d 7h₽24,562–62,342Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane CGN - AER
10h 46m₽12,435–32,235Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane FRA - AER
10h 59m₽15,283–44,876Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Sochitrain 360Ч
3d 10h₽17,817–30,512Bus, train via Asipovichy
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kaunas Central bus station to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Osipovichi 1train
- Take the train from Osipovichi 1 to Sochitrain
3d 11h₽18,658–42,558
Essen to Sochi by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Sochi is to fly which costs RUB 10000 - RUB 32000 and takes 18h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Sochi is to fly which takes 9h 47m and costs RUB 19000 - RUB 43000.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Sochi station. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Sochi Bus station via Hanover, Gomel Bus Station and Tuapse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Essen and Sochi is 2684 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Sochi without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 15h and costs RUB 20000 - RUB 46000.
It takes approximately 9h 47m to get from Essen to Sochi, including transfers.
Essen to Sochi bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
The best way to get from Essen to Sochi is to fly which takes 9h 47m and costs RUB 19000 - RUB 43000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs RUB 20000 - RUB 46000 and takes 2 days 15h.
Essen to Sochi bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Sochi is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 9:37 AM in Essen and 10:37 AM in Sochi.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Sochi, Russia?
Turkish Airlines, Ural Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sochi International Airport (AER) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Sochi Bus station via Hanover, Gomel Bus Station, and Tuapse in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- iraero.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–38,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–38,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–55,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–38,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–43,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–37,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–37,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–38,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–36,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–38,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–37,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–55,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–50,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–55,000
- Website
- uralairlines.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–55,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–55,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–25,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sochi International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–26,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–28,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sochi International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–27,000
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽27,000–70,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–32,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–20,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–3,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,800–10,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽4,600–11,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Nesterov to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–12,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽25,000–35,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽6,500–8,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽8,000–12,000
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–12,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽26,000–37,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽6,500–9,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽8,500–12,000
- 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
- ₽2,200–3,700
- 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
- ₽1,400–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minsk Pas to Osipovichi 1
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽500–650
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Minsk Pas to Osipovichi 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
Train from Minsk Pas to Osipovichi 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–3,300
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽1,700–2,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽2,800–3,300
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽5,000–7,000
Train from Osipovichi 1 to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–15,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽22,000–30,000
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–2,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Szczecin, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽800–1,400
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–17,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Gomel Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–33,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Tuapse
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–9,000
- Website
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +7 (8652) 23 47 41
- avtovokzal26@mail.ru
- Website
- avtovokzal26.ru
Bus from Tuapse to Sochi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽460–650
- Schedules at
- https://avtovokzal26.ru/raspisanie
- Book at
- https://regionbilet.ru/
- Website
- https://avtovokzal26.ru/
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kaunas Central bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,100–7,000
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Kaunas Central bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽800–8,000
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Kaunas Central bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽1,900–7,500
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
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