There are 11 ways to get from Bonn to Genoa by plane, train, bus, train (Trenitalia), night train, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane CGN - GOA
6h 24m€76–266Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoabus FlixBus N177
16h 26m€60–110Train, bus
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Nightjet
- Take the bus from Basel to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 6m€114–319Train
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignoletrain Ic
15h 22m€203–371Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignoletrain Ic
16h 3m€147–509Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Genova Brignoletrain
7h 58m€98–289Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CGN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignoletrain
8h 56m€73–217Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignoletrain
8h 33m€61–304Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignoletrain
9h 41m€63–229Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Genova Brignoletrain
7h 54m€69–250Drive 918.7 km
- Drive from Bonn to Genoacar 918.7 km
9h 22m€146–211
Bonn to Genoa by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Genoa is to bus which costs €60 - €110 and takes 16h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Genoa is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €75 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Bonn to Genoa. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Genoa via Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Bonn to Genoa. However, there are services departing from Bonn Stadthaus and arriving at Genova Brignole via Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 22m.
The distance between Bonn and Genoa is 766 km. The road distance is 918.7 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Genoa without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 6m and costs €110 - €320.
It takes approximately 6h 24m to get from Bonn to Genoa, including transfers.
Bonn to Genoa bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Cologne Airport CGN station.
Bonn to Genoa train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Siegburg Bf station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Genoa is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €75 - €270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €200 - €380 and takes 15h 22m, you could also bus, which costs €60 - €110 and takes 16h 26m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Genoa, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Bonn Stadthaus to Genova Brignole via Siegburg Bf, Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 15h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €80–130
- 1st Class
- €170–290
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
- 1st Class
- €45–75
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €36–41
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–264
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–264
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–160
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Pavia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bonn to Genoa bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Genoa station.
Bonn to Genoa train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bonn to Genoa is 919 km. It takes approximately 9h 22m to drive from Bonn to Genoa.
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