There are 7 ways to get from Europe to Banff by train, plane, bus, or shuttle
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane FRA - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
17h 14m$662–1,660Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
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 Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane NUE - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
19h 52m$532–1,392Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane HAJ - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
20h 10mTrain, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- 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 Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane DUS - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
21h 29m$751–2,077Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane LEJ - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
20h 46m$606–1,649Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Calgary International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane AMS - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
21h 21m$712–1,819Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edmonton International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edmonton International Airport (YEG)plane FRA - YEG
- Take the bus from Edmonton Airport to Calgary, AB - Downtown 4 Ave SEbus
- Take a shuttle bus from North Calgary, AB - Crowfoot LRT Station to Samesun Hostel
23h 30m$762–2,039
Frankfurt (FRA) to Calgary International Airport (YYC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Banff is to train and fly and bus which costs $500 - $1,400 and takes 19h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Banff is to train and fly and bus which takes 17h 14m and costs $650 - $1,700.
The distance between Europe and Banff is 7848 km.
It takes approximately 17h 14m to get from Europe to Banff, including transfers.
Banff is 8h behind Europe. It is currently 9:59 PM in Europe and 1:59 PM in Banff.
There are 540+ hotels available in Banff.
What companies run services between Europe and Banff, AB, Canada?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Banff. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk 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 Calgary International Airport (YYC), walk to Calgary Airport, then take the bus to HI Banff Alpine Centre. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, fly to Calgary International Airport (YYC), walk to Calgary Airport, then take the bus to HI Banff Alpine Centre.
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–950
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Edmonton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Edmonton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport via Edmonton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–950
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Edmonton International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Calgary International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–850
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $39–44
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- 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
- $35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $40–65
- 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
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $27–45
- 1st Class
- $50–85
- Phone
- +1 800 974 2850
- Website
- banffexplorer.com
Bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $59
- Schedules at
- banffexplorer.com
- Phone
- 1-833-583-3636
- contact@riderexpress.ca
- Website
- riderexpress.ca
Bus from Edmonton Airport to Calgary, AB - Downtown 4 Ave SE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–95
- Website
- https://riderexpress.ca/
- Standard
- $70–95
- Phone
- +1 403 800 0355
- info@fairybus.com
- Website
- fairybus.com
Shuttle from North Calgary, AB - Crowfoot LRT Station to Samesun Hostel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $39–43
- Website
- https://www.fairybus.com/
- Website
- https://www.fairybus.com/shared-shuttle-services
- Adult
- $39–43
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