There are 10 ways to get from Europe to Samarkand by train, plane, bus, or taxi
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 Samarkand International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)FRA - SKD
14h 18m$349–979Taxi, train, bus via Kalininskiy
cheapest- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchak
- Take the train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkand
5d 11h$204–435Bus, train
- Take the bus from EISENACH, Rasthof to ZGORZELEC, parking przy stacji Shell - Jędrzychowice
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
4d 2h$381–576Taxi, train, bus
- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf to Gomel Bus Station
- Take the bus from Gomel Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Take the bus from Voronezh Bus station to Volgograd Bus station
- Take the train from Volgograd-1 to Samarkand
4d 22h$356–538Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)HAJ - SKD
16h 9m$441–1,299Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)NUE - SKD
16h 16m$407–1,211Train, train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)LEJ - SKD
16h 7m$527–1,718Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)CGN - SKD
17h 19m$407–1,131Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)FRA - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent North to Samarkand
14h 53m$350–664Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
5d$278–508
Frankfurt (FRA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Samarkand is to taxi and train and bus via Kalininskiy which costs $200 - $440 and takes 5 days 11h.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 14h 18m and costs $340 - $1,000.
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 2h and costs $380 - $600.
It takes approximately 14h 18m to get from Europe to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 4h ahead of Europe. It is currently 12:53 AM in Europe and 4:53 AM in Samarkand.
There are 678+ 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 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, 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, Wroclaw Glowny, Warszawa Zachodnia, Warsaw West, Salaryevo Bus Station, Volzhsky, and Volzhsky in around 4d 2h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–900
Flights from Hannover Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
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 Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Urgench
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- 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
- $330–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70–80
- 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
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $37–41
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–41
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $68–73
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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 Volgograd-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- 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
- $60–110
- 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 Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- 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
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- 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
- $23–34
- 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
- $23
- 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
- $26–29
Train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $33–54
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $33–36
- Coupe
- $50–54
- SV
- $95–105
- 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
- $70–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $300–420
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $70–100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–120
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $270–380
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–95
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $75–110
- 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
- $76–152
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $152
- Children
- $76
- 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
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Voronezh Bus station to Volgograd Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Düsseldorf to Gomel Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Gomel Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- 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/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $69
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- $10–14
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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