There are 10 ways to get from Castelo Branco to Cologne by train, plane, bus, car, or towncar
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Castelo Branco to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LIS - CGN
8h 21m€89–292Bus, train via Bayonne
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Central de Camionagem da Covilhãbus
- Take the bus from Central de Camionagem da Covilhã to Bayonne Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Bayonne to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
20h 56mBus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Salamanca, Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the train from Salamanca to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
26h€498–847Drive 1,974.1 km
- Drive from Castelo Branco to Colognecar 1,974.1 km
18h 44m€305–440Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Castelo Branco to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIS - DUS
9h 47m€104–304Bus, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Centro Coordenador de Transportes da Guardabus
- Take a town car from Guarda to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane OPO - CGN
9h 50m€317–491Bus, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Centro Coordenador de Transportes da Guardabus
- Take a town car from Guarda to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OPO - DUS
11h 5m€342–553Bus, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Centro Coordenador de Transportes da Guardabus
- Take a town car from Guarda to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane OPO - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
11h 46m€364–571Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
30h 5m€171–359Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Bragabus 79 | Castelo Branco / ...
- Take the bus from Braga to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N1153
40h 36m€176–328
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Castelo Branco to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €85 - €300 and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Castelo Branco to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 8h 21m and costs €85 - €300.
The distance between Castelo Branco and Cologne is 2092 km. The road distance is 1974.1 km.
The best way to get from Castelo Branco to Cologne without a car is to bus and train via Bayonne which takes 20h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Castelo Branco to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Castelo Branco. It is currently 9:01 PM in Castelo Branco and 10:01 PM in Cologne.
Yes, the driving distance between Castelo Branco to Cologne is 1974 km. It takes approximately 18h 44m to drive from Castelo Branco to Cologne.
There are 617+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Castelo Branco, Portugal and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Koeln Hbf via Braga, Cologne Airport CGN, and Koeln/Bonn Flughafen in around 40h 36m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport via Asturias
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Castelo Branco to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bayonne to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bayonne to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Salamanca to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Central de Camionagem da Covilhã
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Centro Coordenador de Transportes da Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- contact@euroscoach.com
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Central de Camionagem da Covilhã to Bayonne Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Braga to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Guarda to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €255
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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