There are 7 ways to get from Tangier to Essen by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane TNG - DUS
6h 21m€101–330Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane TNG - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
5h 15m€95–511Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
- Take the bus from Algeciras to Rennesbus
- Take the train from Rennes to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
41h 1m€311–817Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Port of Setecarferry
- Take the train from Sete to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Essen Hbftrain
2d 13h€444–710Fly to Weeze Airport
- Fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane TNG - NRN
5h 46m€97–531Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifacarferry
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Essen central train stationbus
42h 54m€185–531Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Tanger Ville to Tarifaferry
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Salamanca, Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Salamanca to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Essen Hbftrain
43h 11m€274–496
Tangier to Essen by car ferry, foot, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tangier to Essen is to fly and train which costs €95 - €550 and takes 5h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Tangier to Essen is to fly and train which takes 5h 15m and costs €95 - €550.
The distance between Tangier and Essen is 2052 km.
The best way to get from Tangier to Essen without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 41h 1m and costs €310 - €850.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Tangier to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 1h ahead of Tangier. It is currently 4:30 PM in Tangier and 5:30 PM in Essen.
There are 2399+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Tangier, Morocco and Essen, Germany?
Iberia, Air France, and three other airlines fly from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Weeze Airport via Oujda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Weeze Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Rennes to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Sete to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- €17–26
- 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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Algeciras to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Tarifa to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarifa to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Salamanca to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–221
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Sirena Seat No Car
- €40
- Neptuno Seat No Car
- €50
- Sirena Seat Car
- €211
- Neptuno Seat Car
- €221
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Tangier Ville to Port of Sete
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +34-956 63 63 63
- aml@aml.ma
- Website
- aml.ma
Ferry from Tanger Ville to Tarifa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- aml.ma
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