There are 10 ways to get from Düsseldorf to Florence by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane DUS - FLR
4h 12m€104–226Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CGN - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
5h 24m€75–315Train
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
12h 47m€136–863Bus via Alamanni - Stazione Smn
- Take the bus from Duesseldorf Worringer Straße to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
17h 26mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Stuttgart Hbf to Verona Porta Nuovanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
18h 21m€118–490Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
4h 43m€91–291Train to Frankfurt, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane FRA - FLR
5h 20m€135–422Bus
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N537
18h€100–170Drive 1,157 km
- Drive from Düsseldorf to Florencecar 1,157 km
10h 44m€180–259Drive, car train
- Drive from Düsseldorf to Göttingencar
- Take the cartrain from Göttingen to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Florencecar
15h 22m€226–313
Düsseldorf to Florence by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Düsseldorf to Florence is to train and fly which costs €75 - €320 and takes 5h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Düsseldorf to Florence is to fly which takes 4h 12m and costs €100 - €230.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Düsseldorf central bus station station and arriving at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station station. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 18h.
No, there is no direct train from Düsseldorf to Florence. However, there are services departing from Düsseldorf Hbf and arriving at Firenze S.M.N. via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 47m.
The distance between Düsseldorf and Florence is 909 km. The road distance is 1157 km.
The best way to get from Düsseldorf to Florence without a car is to train which takes 12h 47m and costs €130 - €900.
It takes approximately 4h 12m to get from Düsseldorf to Florence, including transfers.
Düsseldorf to Florence bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Duesseldorf Worringer Straße station.
Düsseldorf to Florence train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Düsseldorf Hbf station.
The best way to get from Düsseldorf to Florence is to fly which takes 4h 12m and costs €100 - €230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €130 - €900 and takes 12h 47m, you could also bus via Alamanni - Stazione Smn, which costs and takes 17h 26m.
What companies run services between Düsseldorf, Germany and Florence, Italy?
Eurowings, Swiss, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Firenze S.M.N. via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 12h 47m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Göttingen to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Duesseldorf Worringer Straße to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Düsseldorf to Florence bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Düsseldorf to Florence train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Düsseldorf to Florence is 1157 km. It takes approximately 10h 44m to drive from Düsseldorf to Florence.
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