There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Venice by plane, train (Trenitalia), train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane DUS - VCE
4h 42m€75–228Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CGN - VCE
5h 21m€69–253Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
13h 37m€196–865Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Leverkusen Mittetrain Re
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Venezia, Tronchettobus N28
16h 35m€98–160Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Ulm Hbf to Venezia S. Lucianighttrain Nj
15h 31m€137–469Train to Frankfurt, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane FRA - VCE
5h 39m€114–390Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain
6h€102–286Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane AMS - VCE
7h€118–339Drive 1,032.8 km
- Drive from Essen to Venicecar 1,032.8 km
10h 48m€164–237Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Venicecar
12h 52m€202–270
Essen to Venice by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Venice is to train and bus which costs €95 - €160 and takes 16h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Venice is to fly which takes 4h 42m and costs €75 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Venice. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Venezia S. Lucia via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 37m.
The distance between Essen and Venice is 813 km. The road distance is 1032.8 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Venice without a car is to train which takes 13h 37m and costs €190 - €900.
It takes approximately 4h 42m to get from Essen to Venice, including transfers.
Essen to Venice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Venice is to fly which takes 4h 42m and costs €75 - €230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €190 - €900 and takes 13h 37m.
Essen to Venice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Venice is 1033 km. It takes approximately 10h 48m to drive from Essen to Venice.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Venice, Italy?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 13h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €60–80
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Leverkusen Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Leverkusen Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Ulm Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Venezia, Tronchetto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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