There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Tbilisi by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car train, or car
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)plane DUS - TBS
9h 19m$113–285Train, bus
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Batumi Centralbus
- Take the train from Batumi to Tbilisitrain 803 / ...
2d 13h$244–452Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Rostov-Glavnytrain
- Take the bus from Rostov-on-Don bus station to Ortachala Bus Stationbus
3d 18h$360–513Bus, car ferry, Minibus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Frankfurt central train stationbus N27 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Burgas Bus Station Southbus
- Take the car ferry from Burgas to Batumicarferry
- Take the bus from Batumi Bus station to Tbilisi Didubebus
4d 12h$412–509Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)plane CGN - TBS
8h 53mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund-Kurltrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)plane DTM - TBS
12h 58mTrain to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)plane FRA - TBS
9h 49m$177–403Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)plane AMS - TBS
10h 52m$145–394Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus stationbus 037 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Ortachala Bus Stationbus
2d 16h$180–285Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Tbilisicar
41h 15m$725–2,108
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tbilisi is to fly which costs $110 - $290 and takes 9h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tbilisi is to fly which takes 9h 19m and costs $110 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Tbilisi station. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Ortachala Bus Station via Munich, Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi and Istanbul Aksaray. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Essen and Tbilisi is 3117 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Tbilisi without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 13h and costs $240 - $460.
It takes approximately 9h 19m to get from Essen to Tbilisi, including transfers.
Essen to Tbilisi bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
The best way to get from Essen to Tbilisi is to fly which takes 9h 19m and costs $110 - $290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $180 - $290 and takes 2 days 16h.
Essen to Tbilisi bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Tbilisi is 2h ahead of Essen. It is currently 5:56 PM in Essen and 7:56 PM in Tbilisi.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tbilisi, Georgia?
Austrian Airlines, LOT, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Ortachala Bus Station via Munich, Istanbul, Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, Aksaray, and Istanbul Aksaray in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Tbilisi International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Tbilisi International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Tbilisi International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tbilisi International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–410
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Tbilisi International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Tbilisi International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Tbilisi International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tbilisi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tbilisi International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–440
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tbilisi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–370
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Tbilisi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- georgian-airways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Tbilisi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +995 32 2199010
- railway@railway.ge
- Website
- gr.com.ge
Train from Batumi to Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Schedules at
- https://gr.com.ge/en/schedule
- Website
- https://gr.com.ge/en
- 2 Class
- $14
- 1 Class
- $29
- Phone
- 1-84
- info@railway.am
- Website
- railway.am
Train from Batumi to Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.railway.am/eng
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $35–45
- 2nd Class (Compartment)
- $45–55
- 1nd Class (Soft-seated)
- $65–85
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Rostov-Glavny
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $290–410
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $70–100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $95–140
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund-Kurl
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Batumi Central
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $27–33
Bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Ortachala Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–46
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $30–40
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +995 555 68 50 05
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Rostov-on-Don bus station to Ortachala Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $132
- Schedules at
- vk.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Burgas Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Batumi Bus station to Tbilisi Didube
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Schedules at
- tbilisitrip.com
- Phone
- +359 56 871 628
- booking@portbulgariawest.com
- Website
- pbm.bg
Car ferry from Burgas to Batumi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $230–260
- Website
- http://www.pbm.bg/
- Motorcycle
- $40–300
- Child ticket
- $90–120
- Adult passenger
- $230–260
- Personal Car
- $646–647
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