There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Bled by car, car train, bus, night train, train, plane, or shuttle
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Drive, car train
best- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bledcar
7h 4m€114–1,020Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Munich central bus stationbus N28
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus stationbus 943 / ...
15h 25m€49–105Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Villach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus stationbus 906 / ...
11h 25m€107–611Drive 909.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Bledcar 909.7 km
8h 43m€127–184Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus stationbus 906
11h 8m€64–441Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Ostbahnhoftrain 90N
- Take the night train from Muenchen Ost to Lesce Blednighttrain En
17h 12m€139–210Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane CGN - LJU
6h 59m€124–332Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane DUS - LJU
6h 29m€119–349Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
5h 6m€137–330Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane DUS - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
7h 23m€259–589Train to Frankfurt, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane FRA - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
7h 9m€157–580
Cologne to Bled by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Bled is to bus which costs €45 - €110 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Bled is to train and fly which takes 5h 6m and costs €130 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Bled station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Bled bus station via Leverkusen and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
The distance between Cologne and Bled is 993 km. The road distance is 909.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Bled without a car is to bus which takes 15h 25m and costs €45 - €110.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Cologne to Bled, including transfers.
Cologne to Bled bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Bled is to bus which takes 15h 25m and costs €45 - €110. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €120 - €340 and takes 6h 59m.
Cologne to Bled bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Bled is 910 km. It takes approximately 8h 43m to drive from Cologne to Bled.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Bled, Slovenia?
You can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Bled bus station via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, and Munich central bus station in around 15h 25m. Alternatively, Eurowings, Swiss, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Ljubljana (LJU) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ljubljana via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
Night train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Single Bed
- €95–180
- Compartment
- €360–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €9–13
- 1st Class
- €14–19
- Business
- €15–17
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Lesce Bled
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Bled bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €130–160
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Bled, Glavna Avtobusna Postajalisce
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–80
- Private
- €120–260
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