There are 8 ways to get from Europe to Mannar by train, plane, taxi, or ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport, taxi
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane FRA - CMB
- Take the taxi from Colombo-Airport-CMB to Mannartaxi
20h 44mRs 125,083–279,038Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kandy, taxi, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kandy (KDW)plane FRA - KDW
- Take the taxi from Kandy (KDW) to Kurunegalataxi
- Take the train from Kurunegala to Mankulamtrain
- Take the taxi from Mankulam to Mannartaxi
28h 44mRs 105,683–298,638Train to Frankfurt, fly to Jaffna, taxi
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Jaffna (JAF)plane FRA - JAF
- Take the taxi from Jaffna (JAF) to Mannartaxi
26h 42mRs 158,083–450,538Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane HAJ - CMB
- Take the taxi from Colombo-Airport-CMB to Mannartaxi
24h 41mTrain, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane NUE - CMB
- Take the taxi from Colombo-Airport-CMB to Mannartaxi
24h 40mRs 124,483–358,997Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LEJ - CMB
- Take the taxi from Colombo-Airport-CMB to Mannartaxi
24h 40mRs 145,933–402,597Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sigiriya Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sigiriya Airport (GIU)plane FRA - GIU
- Take the taxi from Sigiriya Airport (GIU) to Mannartaxi
25h 10mRs 106,583–295,038Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chennai International Airport, train, ferry, taxi
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chennai International Airport (MAA)plane FRA - MAA
- Take the train from Tambaram to Nagappattinamtrain
- Take the ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturaiferry
- Take the taxi from Kankesanturai to Mannartaxi
30h 21mRs 116,892–252,127
Frankfurt (FRA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Mannar is to train and fly and taxi which costs Rs. 120000 - Rs. 280000 and takes 20h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Mannar is to train and fly and taxi which takes 20h 44m and costs Rs. 120000 - Rs. 280000.
The distance between Europe and Mannar is 8530 km.
It takes approximately 20h 44m to get from Europe to Mannar, including transfers.
Mannar is 4h 30m ahead of Europe. It is currently 6:37 PM in Europe and 11:07 PM in Mannar.
There are 19+ hotels available in Mannar.
What companies run services between Europe and Mannar, Sri Lanka?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Mannar. 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 Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), then take the taxi to Mannar. Alternatively, 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 Jaffna (JAF), then take the taxi to Mannar.
- Website
- cinnamonair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sigiriya Airport via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–280,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sigiriya Airport via Doha, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–410,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sigiriya Airport via Bengaluru, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–420,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sigiriya Airport via Mumbai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–420,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sigiriya Airport via Abu Dhabi, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–260,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kandy via Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–280,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kandy via Doha, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–410,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kandy via Bengaluru, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–420,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kandy via Mumbai, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–420,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kandy via Abu Dhabi, Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–260,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Mumbai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–550,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–330,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–150,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–430,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–400,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–470,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Frankfurt to Jaffna via Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 170,000–700,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Jaffna via Hyderabad, Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 170,000–700,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Jaffna via Bengaluru, Tiruchirapalli
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 170,000–650,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Jaffna via Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 170,000–650,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Jaffna via Abu Dhabi, Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–420,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Jaffna via Doha, Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 190,000–700,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–250,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–210,000
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–250,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 140,000–550,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–360,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–330,000
- Website
- omanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chennai International Airport via Muscat
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–230,000
- 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
- Rs 9,000–16,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,500–13,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–11,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,000–29,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,000–21,000
- 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
- Rs 8,000–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,300–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–15,000
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 9,500–14,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,500–6,000
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,200–6,500
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Tambaram to Nagappattinam
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 750–6,000
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- Rs 750–900
- Third AC (3A)
- Rs 2,000–2,600
- Second AC (2A)
- Rs 2,800–3,500
- First Class (1A)
- Rs 4,600–6,000
- Phone
- +94 11 4 600 111
- Website
- seatreservation.railway.gov.lk
Train from Kurunegala to Mankulam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,300–6,500
- Website
- https://seatreservation.railway.gov.lk/mtktwebslr/
- 2nd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,900
- 3rd Class Fare
- Rs 1,300–1,600
- Air Conditioned Saloon
- Rs 2,700–6,500
- Website
- shipindia.com
Ferry from Nagapattinam to Kankesanturai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 22,189
- Schedules at
- shipindia.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,000–16,000
Visit Sri Lanka Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 32 22 239
- Website
- visitlankataxi.com
Pickme
- Phone
- +94 11 74 33 433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Mr.Taxi.Lk
- Phone
- +94 76 88 79 009
- Website
- mrtaxi.lk
Colombo Budget Taxi
- Phone
- +94 71 30 05 353
- Website
- colombobudgettaxi.lk
Colombo Airport Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 61 61 881
- Website
- taxicolomboairport.com
Pickme
- Phone
- +94117433433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Jaffna Call Taxi and Cabs
Jaffna Cabs and Tours
- Phone
- +94 76 92 29 731
- Website
- jaffnacabtours.business.site
Black Cabs Taxi Service
- Phone
- + 94 77 78 86 994
- Website
- blackcabs.business.site
Visit Sri Lanka Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 32 22 239
- Website
- visitlankataxi.com
Pickme
- Phone
- +94 11 74 33 433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Mr.Taxi.Lk
- Phone
- +94 76 88 79 009
- Website
- mrtaxi.lk
Colombo Budget Taxi
- Phone
- +94 71 30 05 353
- Website
- colombobudgettaxi.lk
Colombo Airport Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 61 61 881
- Website
- taxicolomboairport.com
Visit Sri Lanka Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 32 22 239
- Website
- visitlankataxi.com
Pickme
- Phone
- +94 11 74 33 433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Mr.Taxi.Lk
- Phone
- +94 76 88 79 009
- Website
- mrtaxi.lk
Colombo Budget Taxi
- Phone
- +94 71 30 05 353
- Website
- colombobudgettaxi.lk
Colombo Airport Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 61 61 881
- Website
- taxicolomboairport.com
Visit Sri Lanka Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 32 22 239
- Website
- visitlankataxi.com
Pickme
- Phone
- +94 11 74 33 433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Mr.Taxi.Lk
- Phone
- +94 76 88 79 009
- Website
- mrtaxi.lk
Colombo Budget Taxi
- Phone
- +94 71 30 05 353
- Website
- colombobudgettaxi.lk
Colombo Airport Taxi
- Phone
- +94 76 61 61 881
- Website
- taxicolomboairport.com
Taxi Dambulla
- Phone
- +94 76 36 05 437
- Website
- taxidambulla.wordpress.com
Kandy Meter Taxi
- Phone
- +94 81 49 55 655
- Website
- kandy-taxi.business.site
Pickme
- Phone
- +94117433433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Jaffna Call Taxi and Cabs
Jaffna Cabs and Tours
- Phone
- +94 76 92 29 731
- Website
- jaffnacabtours.business.site
Black Cabs Taxi Service
- Phone
- + 94 77 78 86 994
- Website
- blackcabs.business.site
Pickme
- Phone
- +94117433433
- Website
- pickme.lk
Kandy Meter Taxi
- Phone
- + 94 81 49 55 655
- Website
- facebook.com
Kandy Budget Taxi
- Phone
- + 94 71 21 08 210
- Website
- kandybudgettaxi.com
Pickme
- Phone
- +94117433433
- Website
- pickme.lk
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