There are 10 ways to get from Tbilisi to Essen by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, or car train
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Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- Fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane TBS - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Essen Hbftrain
9h 52mFly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane TBS - DUS
10h 29m€95–233Bus, train via Istanbul
- Take the bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Istanbul Aksaraybus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Re
2d 10h€185–359Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus stationbus
- Take the train from Rostov-Glavny to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Dortmundbus 905 / ...
3d 12h€295–423Minibus, car ferry, bus
- Take the bus from Tbilisi Didube to Batumi Bus stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Batumi to Burgascarferry
- Take the bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt centralbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Essen central train stationbus N27 / ...
4d 13h€346–431Fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane TBS - DTM
- Take the train from Dortmund-Kurl to Essen Hbftrain
11h 19mFly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TBS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Oberhausen Hbftrain
10h 41m€144–380Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane TBS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
11h 14m€129–304Bus
- Take the bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Istanbul Aksaraybus
- Take the bus from Esenler Otogar to Ferizajbus
- Take the bus from Ferizaj to Essen Hbfbus
2d 17hDrive, car train
- Drive from Tbilisi to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
42h 5m€611–1,739
Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tbilisi to Essen is to fly which costs €95 - €240 and takes 10h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Tbilisi to Essen is to fly which takes 10h 29m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Tbilisi station to Essen. However, there are services departing from Ortachala Bus Station and arriving at Essen Hbf via Aksaray, Esenler Otogar and Ferizaj. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between Tbilisi and Essen is 3163 km.
The best way to get from Tbilisi to Essen without a car is to bus and train via Istanbul which takes 2 days 10h and costs €180 - €360.
It takes approximately 9h 52m to get from Tbilisi to Essen, including transfers.
Tbilisi to Essen bus services, operated by Metro Turizm, depart from Ortachala Bus Station.
The best way to get from Tbilisi to Essen is to fly which takes 10h 29m and costs €95 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 17h.
Tbilisi to Essen bus services, operated by Metro Turizm, arrive at Istanbul Aksaray station.
Essen is 2h behind Tbilisi. It is currently 5:43 AM in Tbilisi and 3:43 AM in Essen.
What companies run services between Tbilisi, Georgia and Essen, Germany?
Lufthansa, Air Serbia, and four other airlines fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Essen Hbf via Istanbul Aksaray, Aksaray, Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, Esenler Otogar, and Ferizaj in around 2d 17h.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–480
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–460
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €230–600
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–450
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–310
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- georgian-airways.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–600
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund-Kurl to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Rostov-Glavny to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- €250–350
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- €60–85
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- €80–120
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Istanbul Aksaray
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–39
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- €27–35
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +995 555 68 50 05
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ortachala Bus Station to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Dortmund
Bus from Tbilisi Didube to Batumi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- tbilisitrip.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Burgas Bus Station South to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- lukstempotur@gmail.com
Bus from Esenler Otogar to Ferizaj
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Luks-Tempo-Turizm-61561171973637
- Phone
- +383 44 115 097
- arbenitours@hotmail.net
- Website
- arbenitours.com
Bus from Ferizaj to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arbenitours.com
- Phone
- +359 56 871 628
- booking@portbulgariawest.com
- Website
- pbm.bg
Car ferry from Batumi to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–220
- Website
- http://www.pbm.bg/
- Motorcycle
- €35–250
- Child ticket
- €80–100
- Adult passenger
- €200–220
- Personal Car
- €550
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