There are 12 ways to get from Florence to Karlsruhe by train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ec
9h 14m€143–258Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N77
15h 10m€70–120Bus via Batoni
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Stationbus
12h 28mBus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Florence to Vicenza Autostazionebus
- Take the nighttrain from Vicenza to Stuttgart Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wilferdingen-Singentrain Re
18h 48m€85–184Drive 825 km
- Drive from Florence to Karlsruhecar 825 km
8h 1m€129–185Train via Basel
- Take the train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
9h 39m€149–366Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane FLR - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
6h 45m€120–335Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 6m€136–372Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 32m€119–399Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FLR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 20m€170–508Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane FLR - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
7h 34m€161–513Train to Pisa International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PSA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 19m€129–363
Florence to Karlsruhe by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Florence to Karlsruhe is to bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 15h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Florence to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which takes 6h 6m and costs €130 - €380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station station and arriving at Karlsruhe central train station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 15h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Florence to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Firenze S.M.N. and arriving at Karlsruhe Hbf via Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 14m.
The distance between Florence and Karlsruhe is 835 km. The road distance is 825 km.
The best way to get from Florence to Karlsruhe without a car is to train which takes 9h 14m and costs €140 - €260.
It takes approximately 9h 14m to get from Florence to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Florence to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Florence to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Firenze S.M.N. station.
The best way to get from Florence to Karlsruhe is to train which takes 9h 14m and costs €140 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus via Batoni, which costs and takes 12h 28m.
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a train from Firenze S.M.N. to Karlsruhe Hbf via Milano Centrale in around 9h 14m. Alternatively, Onebus operates a bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station once a week, and the journey takes 11h 17m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €110–170
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Vicenza to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wilferdingen-Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €12–15
- 1st Class Ticket
- €16–23
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wilferdingen-Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wilferdingen-Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- [email protected]
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Florence to Vicenza Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–32
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Florence to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Karlsruhe Central Bus Station.
Florence to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Florence to Karlsruhe is 825 km. It takes approximately 8h 1m to drive from Florence to Karlsruhe.
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