There are 5 ways to get from Essen to Tunis 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 Tunis (TUN)plane DUS - TUN
5h 26m$132–393Train, bus, car ferry via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 55
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
40h 10m$229–670Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tunis (TUN)plane FRA - TUN
6h 25m$143–473Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
41h 2m$184–574Train, bus, car ferry via Genoa
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 55
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
41h 26m$239–690
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tunis is to fly which costs $130 - $400 and takes 5h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tunis is to fly which takes 5h 26m and costs $130 - $400.
The distance between Essen and Tunis is 1676 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Tunis without a car is to train and bus and car ferry via Karlsruhe which takes 40h 10m and costs $220 - $700.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Essen to Tunis, including transfers.
There are 1340+ hotels available in Tunis.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tunis, Tunisia?
Tunisair, Nouvel Air Tunisie, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- nouvelair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $35–55
- Comfort
- $40–55
- Premium
- $60–80
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $29–40
- Comfort
- $30–40
- Premium
- $45–65
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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