There are 11 ways to get from Siena to Essen by bus, plane, train, car, or car train
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Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the bus from Siena-Via Tozzi to Firenze Autostazionebus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FLR - DUS
6h€110–280Bus, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Siena-Via Tozzi to Firenze Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 46m€72–352Bus, train
- Take the bus from Siena-Via Tozzi to Firenze Autostazionebus 131
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
14h 34m€215–421Bus, train via Zurich
- Take the bus from Siena to Zurigobus
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Re
20h 36mDrive 1,245.1 km
- Drive from Siena to Essencar 1,245.1 km
11h 45m€192–276Bus, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Siena-Via Tozzi to Firenze Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
6h 35m€87–308Drive to Pisa International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Drive from Siena to Pisa International Airport (PSA)car
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PSA - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
5h 18m€90–271Drive to Pisa International Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Drive from Siena to Pisa International Airport (PSA)car
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane PSA - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
6h 49m€87–309Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Siena-Via Tozzi to Firenze Autostazionebus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
7h 26m€162–448Bus
- Take the bus from Siena to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus 1509 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Essen central train stationbus N537
21h 15m€90–158Drive, car train
- Drive from Siena to Kufsteincar
- Take the car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Essencar
14h 19m€220–303
Siena to Essen by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Siena to Essen is to bus which costs €85 - €160 and takes 21h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Siena to Essen is to drive and fly and train which takes 5h 18m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Siena to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Siena and arriving at Essen central train station via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 15m.
The distance between Siena and Essen is 1006 km. The road distance is 1245.1 km.
The best way to get from Siena to Essen without a car is to bus and train which takes 14h 34m and costs €210 - €430.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Siena to Essen, including transfers.
Siena to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Siena station.
Siena to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Siena to Essen is 1245 km. It takes approximately 11h 45m to drive from Siena to Essen.
Book your Siena to Essen bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Siena, Italy and Essen, Germany?
You can take a bus from Siena to Essen central train station via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 21h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 800 142 424
- numeroverdetpl@regione.toscana.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Siena-Via Tozzi to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Schedules at
- https://www.at-bus.it/en/lines-and-timetables
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Siena to Zurigo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Siena to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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