There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Croatia by plane, car, car train, bus, night train, or train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CGN - ZAG
4h 52m€56–264Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Zagrebcar
8h 49m€141–1,063Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Zagrebbus N884 / ...
18h 28m€84–130Night train
- Take the night train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Villach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
15h 5m€113–666Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
5h 19m€109–328Train to Frankfurt, fly to Split Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane FRA - SPU
5h 19m€125–393Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Split Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Split Airport (SPU)plane DUS - SPU
5h 17m€82–348Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Split Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CGN - SPU
4h 47m€82–339Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Zagreb Central Bus Stationbus
12h 36m€71–216Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Graz Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
16h 9m€102–497Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hansaring to Düsseldorf Hbftrain S11 / ...
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
22h 41mDrive 1,073.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Zagrebcar 1,073.7 km
9h 36m€151–218
Cologne to Croatia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Croatia is to bus which costs €80 - €130 and takes 18h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Croatia is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs €80 - €340.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Villach Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 5m.
The distance between Cologne and Croatia is 906 km. The road distance is 1073.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Croatia without a car is to bus which takes 18h 28m and costs €80 - €130.
It takes approximately 4h 52m to get from Cologne to Croatia, including transfers.
Cologne to Croatia train services, operated by Urlaubs-Express (UEX), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Croatia is to fly which takes 4h 52m and costs €55 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €130 and takes 18h 28m, you could also train, which costs €100 - €500 and takes 16h 9m.
Cologne to Croatia train services, operated by Urlaubs-Express (UEX), arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Croatia is 1074 km. It takes approximately 9h 36m to drive from Cologne to Croatia.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Croatia?
Eurowings and Croatia Airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) once daily. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Zagreb twice daily. Tickets cost €80–120 and the journey takes 17h 20m. Croatia Bus also services this route once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- 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
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 3 times 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 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- 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 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- 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 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- 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
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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 Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–70
- 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 Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €50–75
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hansaring to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Zagreb Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +385 99 2333 277
- bus@darojkovicpromet.hr
- Website
- darojkovicpromet.hr
Bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Zagreb Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- darojkovicpromet.hr
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