There are 4 ways to get from Europe to Castletownbere by train, plane, bus, car, 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.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cork Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane FRA - ORK
- Take the bus from Parnell Place to Castletownberebus
11h 6m€160–360Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FRA - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
- Take the bus from Parnell Place to Castletownberebus
14h 24m€125–334Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Castletownberecar
34h 23m€326–664Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Cork 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 Cork Airport (ORK)plane HAJ - ORK
- Take the bus from Parnell Place to Castletownberebus
14h 12m
Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Castletownbere is to train and fly and bus which costs €120 - €340 and takes 14h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Castletownbere is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 6m and costs €160 - €360.
The distance between Europe and Castletownbere is 1528 km.
It takes approximately 11h 6m to get from Europe to Castletownbere, including transfers.
Castletownbere is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 12:06 PM in Europe and 11:06 AM in Castletownbere.
There are 96+ hotels available in Castletownbere.
What companies run services between Europe and Castletownbere, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Castletownbere. 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 Cork Airport (ORK), walk to Cork Airport, take the line 225 bus to Cork Bus Station, walk to Parnell Place, then take the bus to Castletownbere. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Europe to Castletownbere via Dunkirk and Rosslare Harbour in around 34h 23m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €135–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- 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
- €28–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- 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
- €22–35
- 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
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +353 27 74003
- ardgroompostoffice@gmail.com
- Website
- harringtonsardgroom.com
Bus from Parnell Place to Castletownbere
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.harringtonsardgroom.com/bus-service
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Parnell Place to Castletownbere
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Donal Harrington
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Parnell Place to Castletownbere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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