There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Samarkand by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Samarkand International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane FRA - SKD
13h 51m$381–569Train, bus
cheapest- 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 St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchaktrain
- Take the train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkandtrain
5d 11h$194–432Bus, 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 Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 1h$299–507Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane NUE - SKD
16h 19m$397–1,200Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane HAJ - SKD
17h 42mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane LEJ - SKD
16h 48m$537–1,370Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane CGN - SKD
17h 26m$383–1,119Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane FRA - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent North to Samarkandtrain
15h 17m$332–714Bus, train via Kalininskiy
- Take the bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Brunswick central stationbus
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus stationbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain
4d 21h$378–616
Frankfurt (FRA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Samarkand is to train and bus which costs $190 - $440 and takes 5 days 11h.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 13h 51m and costs $380 - $600.
The distance between Europe and Samarkand is 4813 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Samarkand without a car is to bus and train which takes 4 days 1h and costs $290 - $550.
It takes approximately 13h 51m to get from Europe to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 4h ahead of Europe. It is currently 10:44 AM in Europe and 2:44 PM in Samarkand.
There are 598+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Europe and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Samarkand. 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 Samarkand International Airport (SKD), then take the taxi to Samarkand. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Europe to Samarkand via EISENACH, Rasthof, ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice, Zgorzelec, Warszawa Zachodnia, Warsaw West, Salaryevo Bus Station, Volzhsky, and Volzhsky in around 4d 1h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Hannover Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Urgench
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–550
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Vienna, Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- 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
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–80
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- 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
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 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
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent North to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–34
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $31–34
- Econom class
- $22
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent North to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $11–13
- Coupe
- $15–17
- SV
- $25–28
Train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $33–53
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $33–35
- Coupe
- $49–53
- SV
- $90–105
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $310–430
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $75–110
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $85–120
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $280–400
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–95
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–120
- 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
- $55–85
- 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
- $79–158
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $158
- Children
- $79
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Brunswick central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Brunswick central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- 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
- $20–75
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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