There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Albania by plane, train, bus, bus and ferry or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Cologne/Bonn Apt to Tirana • 5 h 46 min
$91 - $232
Cheapest option
Bus Nasir Tours • 34 h 45 min
$55 - $70
8 alternative options
Fly Dusseldorf to Tirana • 8 h 2 min
$136 - $286
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tirana • 6 h 14 min
$135 - $332
Fly Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica, bus • 10 h 16 min
$172 - $442
Train, bus • 23 h 8 min
$232 - $328
Train, bus and ferry • 25 h 56 min
$367 - $584
Bus Autotrans • 42 h 38 min
$151 - $210
Train, drive • 21 h 44 min
$294 - $442
Drive • 20 h 32 min
$270 - $400
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Albania?
Eurowings and Austrian Airlines fly from Cologne to Tirana twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cologne to Tirana via Gostivar in around 34 h 45 min.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Tirana via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 15 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $850
Flights from Dusseldorf to Tirana via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 40 min
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270 - $550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 17 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $700
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,000
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Klagenfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $700
- Website
- adria.si
Flights from Dusseldorf to Tirana via Munich, Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $600
Flights from Dusseldorf to Tirana via Frankfurt, Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 32 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $600
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $550
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana via Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Tirana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310 - $650
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $950
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,400
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Hamburg, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,400
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Munich, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,400
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Tirana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 52 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $600
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Tirana via Milan Linate, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $350 - $700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $650
- Website
- montenegroairlines.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230 - $700
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55 - $80
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130 - $230
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 4 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40 - $65
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80 - $120
- Website
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 2 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30 - $45
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna C.Le to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85 - $130
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale Station to Bologna Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26 - $40
- Website
- italotreno.it
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- info@kotortotirana.com
- Website
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Podgorica to Shkodër
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8 - $11
- Schedules at
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Budva to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27 - $35
- Schedules at
- kotortotirana.com
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- ms.mk
Bus from Stuttgart main station to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 16 h 38 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100 - $150
- Schedules at
- ms.mk
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- hafet-tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- hafet.getbybus.com
Bus from Struga to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $70
- Schedules at
- hafet.getbybus.com
Bus from Gostivar to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $70
- Schedules at
- hafet.getbybus.com
- Phone
- +39 055 967024
- info@florentiabus.it
- Website
- florentiabus.it
Bus and ferry from Brindisi to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 34 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70 - $100
- Schedules at
- florentiabus.it
- Phone
- +389 (0) 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.de
Bus from Cologne to Gostivar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 h 9 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- nasirtours.de
- Website
- autotrans.hr
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 32 h 7 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Schedules at
- autotrans.hr
- Website
- globtour.com
Bus from Dubrovnik Zob to Budva Zob
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Schedules at
- globtour.com
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How far is it from Cologne to Albania?
The distance between Cologne and Albania is 1491 km. The road distance is 2074 km.
What is the cheapest way to get from Cologne to Albania?
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Albania is to bus which costs 45€ - 60€ and takes 34 h 45 min.
What is the fastest way to get from Cologne to Albania?
The quickest way to get from Cologne to Albania is to fly which takes 5 h 46 min and costs 70€ - 190€.
Is there a direct bus between Cologne and Albania?
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Albania. However, there are services departing from Cologne and arriving at Tirana via Gostivar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34 h 45 min.
How long does it take to get from Cologne to Albania?
It takes approximately 5 h 46 min to get from Cologne to Albania, including transfers.