There are 8 ways to get from Europe to Kazakhstan by train, plane, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Atyrau Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Atyrau Airport (GUW)plane FRA - GUW
13h 8m$428–862Train to Frankfurt, fly to Almaty International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane FRA - ALA
13h 55m$326–758Drive 5,979.7 km
- Drive from Europe to Almatycar 5,979.7 km
2d 20h$985–1,423Train to Frankfurt, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane FRA - NQZ
13h 38m$347–809Train to Frankfurt, fly to Aktobe International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Aktobe International Airport (AKX)plane FRA - AKX
16h 14m$589–1,363Train to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, fly to Atyrau Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Fly from Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) to Atyrau Airport (GUW)plane ERF - GUW
28h 30m$414–1,455Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane FRA - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Shymkenttrain
20h 13m$342–767Train to Erfurt–Weimar Airport, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Fly from Erfurt–Weimar Airport (ERF) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane ERF - NQZ
18h 5m$513–1,452
Frankfurt (FRA) to Atyrau Airport (GUW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Kazakhstan is to train and fly which costs $340 - $800 and takes 20h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Kazakhstan is to train and fly which takes 13h 8m and costs $420 - $900.
The distance between Europe and Kazakhstan is 3360 km. The road distance is 5979.7 km.
It takes approximately 13h 8m to get from Europe to Kazakhstan, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Kazakhstan is 5980 km. It takes approximately 2 days 20h to drive from Europe to Kazakhstan.
There are 3560+ hotels available in Kazakhstan.
What companies run services between Europe and Kazakhstan?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Kazakhstan. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Atyrau Airport (GUW), then take the taxi to Atyrau. Alternatively, you can drive from Europe to Almaty in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Uralsk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Aktobe International Airport via Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Atyrau Airport via Heraklion, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Atyrau Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Aktobe International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Website
- azimuth.aero
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Atyrau Airport via Antalya, Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 1m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Atyrau Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–800
Flights from Erfurt–Weimar Airport to Atyrau Airport via Heraklion, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport via Urgench
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–650
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Aktobe International Airport via Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–550
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- 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
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- 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
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Tashkent Central to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $21–29
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $12–15
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $5–8
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