There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Lisbon by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane DUS - LIS
5h 47m€94–318Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Paris - Porte Dauphine to Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Orientebus
31h 7m€279–465Drive 2,239.2 km
- Drive from Essen to Lisboncar 2,239.2 km
21h 19m€346–500Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane CGN - LIS
6h 23m€94–339Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane FRA - LIS
7h 13m€146–436Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane EIN - LIS
8h€115–432Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane AMS - LIS
8h 7m€115–485Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Thalys
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Orientebus BlaBlaCar Bus
33h 24m€267–485Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train stationbus N380 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbonbus FlixBus N1143
34h€188–320Train, bus via Guarda
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Est to Champagne-Ardennetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne TGV to Guardabus
- Take the train from Guarda to Lisboa Orientetrain Ic / ...
35h 58m€351–656
Essen to Lisbon by train, subway, tram, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Lisbon is to train and fly which costs €90 - €340 and takes 6h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Lisbon is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €90 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Lisbon. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Lisbon via Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h.
The distance between Essen and Lisbon is 1902 km. The road distance is 2239.2 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Lisbon without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 31h 7m and costs €270 - €470.
It takes approximately 5h 47m to get from Essen to Lisbon, including transfers.
Essen to Lisbon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
The best way to get from Essen to Lisbon is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €90 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €180 - €320 and takes 34h.
Essen to Lisbon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Lisbon is 1h behind Essen. It is currently 2:20 PM in Essen and 1:20 PM in Lisbon.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Lisbon, Portugal?
Eurowings, TAP Portugal, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Lisbon via Brussels-North train station in around 34h.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
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 Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Champagne-Ardenne
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Guarda to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Paris - Porte Dauphine to Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €121
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–340
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne TGV to Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- Flixbus
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