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 to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tunis (TUN)plane CGN - TUN
5h 54m$112–308Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the bus from Basel to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
36h 25m$229–374Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tunis (TUN)plane FRA - TUN
6h 26m$166–422Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
- Take the bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembrebus 47
41h 18m
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tunis is to train and fly which costs $110 - $310 and takes 5h 54m.
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 which takes 36h 25m and costs $220 - $380.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Essen to Tunis, including transfers.
There are 1383+ hotels available in Tunis.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tunis, Tunisia?
Nouvel Air Tunisie, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
- Website
- nouvelair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tunis via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–65
- 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
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +216 80 100 345
- ecoute.clientele@transtu.tn
- Website
- transtu.tn
Bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembre
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- transtu.tn
- 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
- $85–200
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Seat
- $85–140
- Cabin
- $160–200
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