There are 12 ways to get from Portugal to Essen by plane, bus, train, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), or car
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Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OPO - DUS
5h 34m€87–300Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane OPO - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 26m€81–354Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus FlixBus N1193 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Essen Hbftrain Tha
28h 13mTrain
- Take the train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Porto Campanhatrain Ic
- Take the train from Porto Campanha to Redondela De Galiciatrain Ic
- Take the train from Redondela De Galicia to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Essen Hbftrain Tha
34h€310–675Drive 2,237.4 km
- Drive from Lisbon to Essencar 2,237.4 km
21h 17m€341–493Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIS - DUS
5h 51m€88–298Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LIS - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 33m€82–342Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane OPO - NRN
- Take the train from Kevelaer Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 33mFly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane OPO - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
8h 13m€86–292Bus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus FlixBus N1193 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Essen central train stationbus FlixBus N74 / ...
32h 21mBus, train via Antony
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Paris - Massy-Palaiseaubus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Essen Hbftrain Thalys
33h 1m€176–378Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Essen Hbftrain Tha
35h 51m€97–212
Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Essen is to bus and train which costs €95 - €220 and takes 35h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €85 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Portugal to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Martim Moniz and arriving at Essen central train station via Lisbon and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Portugal to Essen. However, there are services departing from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia and arriving at Essen Hbf via Porto Campanha, Redondela De Galicia, Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h.
The distance between Portugal and Essen is 1673 km. The road distance is 2237.4 km.
The best way to get from Portugal to Essen without a car is to bus and train which takes 28h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Portugal to Essen, including transfers.
Portugal to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, depart from Lisbon station.
Portugal to Essen train services, operated by Comboios de Portugal, depart from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia station.
The best way to get from Portugal to Essen is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €85 - €300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €310 - €700 and takes 34h, you could also bus, which costs and takes 32h 21m.
What companies run services between Portugal and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings, TUIfly, and four other airlines fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Essen Hbf via Porto Campanha, Redondela De Galicia, Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 34h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Weeze Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Weeze Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €130–180
- Comfort
- €150–210
- Premium
- €190–250
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Porto Campanha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–65
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Porto Campanha to Redondela De Galicia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Redondela De Galicia to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Kevelaer Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–15
- 1st Class
- €16–27
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Lisbon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Paris - Massy-Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Portugal to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Portugal to Essen train services, operated by Comboios de Portugal, arrive at Porto Campanha station.
Yes, the driving distance between Portugal to Essen is 2237 km. It takes approximately 21h 17m to drive from Portugal to Essen.
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