There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Zaragoza by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, or train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe)
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Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zaragoza Airport
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ)plane CGN - ZAZ
8h 5m€91–353Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane DUS - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
7h 3m€73–290Train via Paris
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain Ave
14h 9m€304–580Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragozabus
27h 3m€159–215Drive 1,515.9 km
- Drive from Essen to Zaragozacar 1,515.9 km
15h 33m€239–345Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CGN - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
7h 30m€87–287Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zaragoza Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ)plane DUS - ZAZ
7h 32m€112–456Fly Dortmund Airport to Zaragoza Airport
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ)plane DTM - ZAZ
10h 52m€130–523Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
16h€303–499Bus
- Take the bus from Essen to Kölnbus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Frankfurt central train stationbus N84 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Zaragozabus
28h 45m€110–229
Essen to Zaragoza by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Zaragoza is to fly and train which costs €70 - €290 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Zaragoza is to fly and train which takes 7h 3m and costs €70 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Zaragoza. However, there are services departing from Essen and arriving at Zaragoza via Cologne Airport CGN and Frankfurt - Main Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Zaragoza. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Zaragoza-Delicias via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 9m.
The distance between Essen and Zaragoza is 1305 km. The road distance is 1515.9 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Zaragoza without a car is to train via Paris which takes 14h 9m and costs €300 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Essen to Zaragoza, including transfers.
Essen to Zaragoza bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, depart from Essen station.
Essen to Zaragoza train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Zaragoza is to train via Paris which takes 14h 9m and costs €300 - €600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €110 - €460 and takes 7h 32m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €230 and takes 28h 45m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Zaragoza, Spain?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Zaragoza-Delicias via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona-Sants in around 14h 9m. Alternatively, Eurowings, Vueling Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Zaragoza Airport via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €49–55
- 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
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €120–180
- Comfort
- €150–210
- Premium
- €190–250
Train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €70–100
- Comfort
- €80–120
- Premium
- €110–150
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €160–220
- 1st Class
- €210–270
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €190–250
- 1st Class
- €230–300
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Básico
- €30–50
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Inicial
- €19–60
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Perpignan to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Zaragoza bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, arrive at Köln station.
Essen to Zaragoza train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Zaragoza is 1516 km. It takes approximately 15h 33m to drive from Essen to Zaragoza.
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