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
$90 - $231
Cheapest option
Bus Arriva d.o.o. • 41 h 57 min
$34 - $58
8 alternative options
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tirana • 6 h 14 min
$133 - $329
Fly Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica, bus • 10 h 28 min
$171 - $440
Fly Dusseldorf to Podgorica, bus • 9 h 19 min
$113 - $644
Train, bus • 23 h 51 min
$223 - $318
Train, bus and ferry • 25 h 53 min
$308 - $565
Bus Nasir Tours • 35 h 9 min
$55 - $65
Train, drive • 21 h 15 min
$289 - $421
Drive • 20 h 32 min
$270 - $400
Questions & Answers
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 28€ - 50€ and takes 41 h 57 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 costs 75€ - 200€ and takes 5 h 46 min.
How far is it from Cologne to Albania?
The distance between Cologne and Albania is 1491 km. The road distance is 2073.9 km.
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.
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 35 h 9 min.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Albania?
Eurowings and Austrian Airlines fly from Cologne to Tirana once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cologne to Tirana via Gostivar in around 35 h 9 min.
Airlines
- 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 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, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,000
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Klagenfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 5 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $700
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $1,300
- Website
- adria.si
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 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $550
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,400
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 5 min
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220 - $1,300
- Website
- montenegroairlines.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 5 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $700
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $490
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Warsaw
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $600
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $600
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
- Website
- travelservice.aero
Flights from Cologne/Bonn Apt to Podgorica via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dusseldorf to Podgorica via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 45 min
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $600
Train operators
- 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
- $70 - $110
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- 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 München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85 - $120
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- 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
- $29 - $45
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna C.Le to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80 - $120
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25 - $35
- Website
- italotreno.it
Bus operators
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- info@kotortotirana.com
- Website
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Podgorica to Shkodër
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8 - $10
- Schedules at
- kotortotirana.com
Bus from Budva to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26 - $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
- $95 - $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
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $65
- Schedules at
- hafet.getbybus.com
Bus from Gostivar to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $65
- 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
- $65 - $95
- 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
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 32 h 7 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- arriva.com.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.getbybus.com
Bus from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7 - $11
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +382 20 633 807
- bozur.cg@gmail.com
- Website
- bozur.net
Bus from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16 - $24
- Schedules at
- bozur.net
- Website
- globtour.com
Bus from Dubrovnik Zob to Budva Zob
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8 - $13
- Schedules at
- globtour.com
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