There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Cuenca by train, plane, or taxi
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cuenca
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cuenca (CUE)plane FRA - CUE
23h 49m$342–1,176Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Cuenca
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cuenca (CUE)plane DUS - CUE
24h 43m$392–1,347Train to Frankfurt, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane FRA - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
24h 24m$492–1,166Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Cuenca
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Cuenca (CUE)plane HAJ - CUE
24h 48mTrain, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Cuenca
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cuenca (CUE)plane NUE - CUE
24h 45m$458–1,722
Frankfurt (FRA) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Cuenca is to train and fly which costs $340 - $1,200 and takes 23h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Cuenca is to train and fly which takes 23h 49m and costs $340 - $1,200.
The distance between Europe and Cuenca is 10266 km.
It takes approximately 23h 49m to get from Europe to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cuenca is 6h behind Europe. It is currently 11:18 AM in Europe and 5:18 AM in Cuenca.
There are 424+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between Europe and Cuenca, Ecuador?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Cuenca. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, then fly to Cuenca (CUE). Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, take the train to Duesseldorf Flughafen, walk to D-Flughafen Bf, take the vehicle to D-Flughafen Terminal A/B, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, then fly to Cuenca (CUE).
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cuenca via Madrid, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Cuenca via Madrid, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cuenca via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cuenca via Frankfurt, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cuenca via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cuenca via Frankfurt, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cuenca via Madrid, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cuenca via Madrid, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cuenca via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cuenca via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota, Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- arajet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Punta Cana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
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