There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Cesena by plane, train, car, car train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CGN - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
5h 25m€57–267Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Cesenacar
11h 37m€166–1,098Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Riminibus
16h 13mDrive 1,123.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Cesenacar 1,123.7 km
10h 26m€171–247Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
5h 56m€84–274Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
5h 57m€132–345Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane DUS - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
7h 2m€110–366Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane CGN - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
8h 11m€113–379Train to Frankfurt, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane FRA - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
7h 13m€138–427Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Cesenatrain 89
12h 56m€127–354Bus, train
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centralebus N537
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Forlitrain Ic
18h 50m€88–149
Cologne to Cesena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Cesena is to bus and train which costs €85 - €150 and takes 18h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Cesena is to fly and train which takes 5h 25m and costs €55 - €270.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Cesena. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Cesena via München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 56m.
The distance between Cologne and Cesena is 875 km. The road distance is 1123.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cesena without a car is to bus which takes 16h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Cologne to Cesena, including transfers.
Cologne to Cesena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cesena is to bus which takes 16h 13m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs €120 - €360 and takes 12h 56m.
Cologne to Cesena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Cesena is 1124 km. It takes approximately 10h 26m to drive from Cologne to Cesena.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Cesena, Italy?
You can take a bus from Köln to Cesena via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB, Frankfurt, Rimini, and Rimini in around 16h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Cesena via München Hbf in around 12h 56m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Forli
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Frankfurt to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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