There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Sochi by plane, bus, or train
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 Sochi International Airport (AER)plane DUS - AER
9h 47m₽19,170–54,804Fly from Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane DTM - AER
11h 31m₽9,968–31,520Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Hanover central bus stationbus 081
- Take the bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Tuapsebus
- Take the bus from Tuapse to Sochi Bus stationbus
2d 14h₽21,430–41,081Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 95
- Take the bus from Warszawa Wschodnia to Babruysk Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Bobruisk to Sochitrain
2d 23h₽38,680–67,188Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane CGN - AER
10h 14m₽11,988–33,488Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sochi International Airport (AER)plane FRA - AER
10h 26m₽16,438–47,284Bus, train via Minsk
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)bus
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Sochitrain
3d 9h₽17,204–33,709Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Sochitrain 360Ч
3d 13h₽18,046–30,585
Essen to Sochi by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Sochi is to fly which costs RUB 9500 - RUB 32000 and takes 11h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Sochi is to fly which takes 9h 47m and costs RUB 19000 - RUB 55000.
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, Minsk Central Bus Station and Tuapse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
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 14h and costs RUB 21000 - RUB 42000.
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 55000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs RUB 21000 - RUB 42000 and takes 2 days 14h.
Essen to Sochi bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Sochi is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 5:25 AM in Essen and 6:25 AM in Sochi.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Sochi, Russia?
Turkish Airlines, Ural Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sochi International Airport (AER) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Sochi Bus station via Hanover, Minsk Central Bus Station, and Tuapse in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- iraero.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–34,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–35,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–60,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–35,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–35,000
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–50,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽22,000–70,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽28,000–220,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–35,000
- Website
- azimuth.aero
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–42,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–42,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–43,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–34,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–34,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–35,000
- Website
- uralairlines.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–42,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sochi International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–44,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sochi International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–27,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sochi International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–27,000
- 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
- ₽8,000–19,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–4,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–9,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–14,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Bobruisk to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- 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)
- ₽21,000–29,000
Train from Minsk Pas to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽8,000–9,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–15,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽22,000–31,000
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Minsk Pas to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–10,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽22,000–31,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽5,500–7,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- 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
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 Essen central train station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–28,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Warszawa Wschodnia to Babruysk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽15,491
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Tuapse
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–10,000
- 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
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽550–4,800
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +370 612 88 984
- info@eurolines.lt
- Website
- eurolines.lt
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,600–6,500
- Website
- https://www.eurolines.lt/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–6,500
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–4,200
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
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