There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Tunis by plane, train, bus, 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 from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN)plane DUS - TUN
5h 26m$119–423Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Genoabus
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
40h 59m$285–506Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Duesseldorf Worringer Straße to Palermo Piazza Cairolibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tuniscarferry
- Take the bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembrebus
2d 5hTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tunis (TUN)plane CGN - TUN
6h 19m$138–530Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tunis (TUN)plane FRA - TUN
6h 26m$168–495Bus, car ferry via Genoa
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoabus
- Take the carferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
- Take the bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembrebus 47
44h 47m
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Tunis is to fly which costs $110 - $430 and takes 5h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Tunis is to fly which takes 5h 26m and costs $110 - $430.
The distance between Essen and Tunis is 1676 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Tunis without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 40h 59m and costs $280 - $550.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Essen to Tunis, including transfers.
There are 1370+ hotels available in Tunis.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Tunis, Tunisia?
Tunisair, Nouvel Air Tunisie, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tunis (TUN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–420
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- nouvelair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–470
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–450
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tunis via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–460
- 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
- $100–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Duesseldorf Worringer Straße to Palermo Piazza Cairoli
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–470
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +216 80 100 345
- [email protected]
- Website
- transtu.tn
Bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembre
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- transtu.tn
Bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembre
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- transtu.tn
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- + 33 (1) 86 65 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- ctn.com.tn
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Schedules at
- ctn.com.tn
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