There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Altea by plane, shuttle, train, bus, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane CGN - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Albir
6h 20m€77–270Train, bus via Zaragoza
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Zaragoza-Deliciastrain
- Take the bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Benidormbus
22h 8m€364–720Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Perpignan to Valenciabus
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidormbus
23h 2m€336–699Drive 1,800.9 km
- Drive from Cologne to Alteacar 1,800.9 km
17h 26m€286–413Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane DUS - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Albir
6h 45m€105–271Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane CGN - VLC
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidorm Estación De Autobusesbus
8h 22m€84–288Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane DUS - VLC
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidorm Estación De Autobusesbus
8h 48m€102–279Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane NRN - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Albir
8h 22mTrain, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane EIN - ALC
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Albir
9h 26m€107–258Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Barcelonabus FlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Benidorm Estación De Autobusesbus Alsa
28h 13m€135–248Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Benidorm Estación De Autobusesbus
30h 5m€184–395
Cologne to Altea by train, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Altea is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €290 and takes 8h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Altea is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 20m and costs €75 - €270.
The distance between Cologne and Altea is 1619 km. The road distance is 1800.9 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Altea without a car is to train and bus via Zaragoza which takes 22h 8m and costs €360 - €750.
It takes approximately 6h 20m to get from Cologne to Altea, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Altea is 1801 km. It takes approximately 17h 26m to drive from Cologne to Altea.
There are 4467+ hotels available in Altea.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Altea, Spain?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Altea via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, Barcelona, Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Benidorm Estación De Autobuses, and Benidorm Intermodal in around 28h 13m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Weeze Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–330
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Zaragoza-Delicias
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +34 965 850 790
- reservas@beniconnect.com
- Website
- beniconnect.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández ALC to Albir
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22
- Website
- https://www.beniconnect.com/
Bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://jimenezmovilidad.es/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Perpignan to Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Perpignan to Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidorm Estación De Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Benidorm Estación De Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- web.bilmanbus.es
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to Benidorm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://web.bilmanbus.es/
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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