There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Almaty by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane FRA - ALA
13h 41m$329–728Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane NUE - ALA
17h 14m$291–1,064Bus, train via Kamensk-Ural’skiy
- Take the bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowicebus
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Kirovbus
- Take the train from Kirov to Kamensk-Uralskiitrain
- Take the train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Almaty 2train
4d 10h$474–911Drive 5,978.7 km
- Drive from Europe to Almatycar 5,978.7 km
2d 20h$985–1,423Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane HAJ - ALA
16h 16mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LEJ - ALA
15h 57m$342–689Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane DUS - ALA
18h 20m$306–705Bus, train
- Take the bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowicebus
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratovbus
- Take the train from Saratov 1 Pass to Almaty 2train
4d 11h$425–771Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2train
5d 12h$359–746
Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $320 - $750 and takes 13h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 41m and costs $320 - $750.
The distance between Europe and Almaty is 5304 km. The road distance is 5978.7 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Almaty without a car is to bus and train via Kamensk-Ural’skiy which takes 4 days 10h and costs $470 - $950.
It takes approximately 13h 41m to get from Europe to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Europe. It is currently 7:45 PM in Europe and 11:45 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Almaty is 5979 km. It takes approximately 2 days 20h to drive from Europe to Almaty.
There are 3072+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Europe and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Almaty. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Almaty International Airport (ALA), walk to Ogareva, then take the line 92 bus to Kazybek Bi. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Europe to Almaty 2 via EISENACH, Rasthof, ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice, Zgorzelec, Warszawa Zachodnia, Warsaw West, Moscow, International Bus Station, Kirov, Kirov, and Kamensk-Uralskii in around 4d 10h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Hannover Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Hannover Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $22–35
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kirov to Kamensk-Uralskii
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $30–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $40–60
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $210–290
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–70
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–85
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $160–320
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $160–230
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $220–320
Train from Saratov 1 Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210–400
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $210–290
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–400
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $210–410
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $210–300
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–410
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $150
- Children
- $75
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Kirov
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–199
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $199
- Children
- $100
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratov
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–70
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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