There are 12 ways to get from Essen to Corsica by plane, train, ferry, bus, taxi, car, or car 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 Düsseldorf International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA)plane DUS - BIA
5h 28m€167–361Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA)plane DUS - AJA
6h 53m€93–456Train, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Toulontrain Tgv
- Take the ferry from Port of Toulon to Ajaccioferry
21h 9m€414–695Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Nice Airportbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Ajaccioferry
25h 26m€193–361Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoabus
- Take the bus from Genoa to Nice Airportbus 798 / ...
- Take the ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Ajaccioferry
30h 29m€150–233Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Figari-Sud Corse Airport, taxi
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Figari-Sud Corse Airport (FSC)plane DUS - FSC
- Take the taxi from Figari-Sud Corse Airport (FSC) to Sartènetaxi
7h 2m€213–606Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Bastia - Poretta Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA)plane CGN - BIA
6h 20m€175–429Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (AJA)plane ORY - AJA
8h 6m€357–800Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport (CLY)plane DUS - CLY
8h 34m€145–621Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Essen to Vieux Portcar
- Take the carferry from Vieux Port to Ajacciocarferry
22h 27m€202–293Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Marseille St Charlestrain Tgv
- Take the carferry from Vieux Port to Ajacciocarferry
23h 12m€359–554Train, car ferry via Cologne
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Marseille Saint Chtrain Trn
- Take the carferry from Vieux Port to Ajacciocarferry
23h 57m€263–524
Essen to Corsica by train, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Corsica is to bus and ferry which costs €150 - €240 and takes 30h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Corsica is to fly which takes 5h 28m and costs €160 - €370.
The distance between Essen and Corsica is 1038 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Corsica without a car is to train and ferry which takes 21h 9m and costs €410 - €700.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Essen to Corsica, including transfers.
There are 1724+ hotels available in Corsica.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Corsica, France?
Eurowings, Lufthansa City, and Lufthansa fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA) 5 times a week.
- Website
- aircorsica.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Figari-Sud Corse Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–490
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–490
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Figari-Sud Corse Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bastia - Poretta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Figari-Sud Corse Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €230–380
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €230–380
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Marseille Saint Ch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–290
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Genoa to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Toulon to Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Schedules at
- corsica-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- corsica-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Schedules at
- corsica-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- corsica-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Port of Nice Lympia to Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Schedules at
- corsica-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- corsica-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- 00 33 810 20 13 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- La Meridionale
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- La Meridionale
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- La Meridionale
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Ajaccio
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- La Meridionale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Estimated price
- €120–150
Taxi Porto Vecchio
- Phone
- +33 6 21 31 04 64
- Website
- taxi-porto-vecchio.fr
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