There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Cuenca by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, 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.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane DUS - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
7h€111–297Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane CGN - ALC
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
7h 46m€88–332Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain Ave
16h 47m€471–859Train, bus via Brussels
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain 79
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuencabus
27h 50m€172–320Drive 1,735 km
- Drive from Cologne to Cuencacar 1,735 km
18h 33m€270–390Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane CGN - VLC
- Take the train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
6h 58m€91–319Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Valencia Airport, train
- 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 train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
7h 24m€114–311Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane EIN - VLC
- Take the train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobeltrain
9h 59m€103–345Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuencabus
33h 55m€189–389
Cologne to Cuenca by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Cuenca is to fly and train which costs €90 - €320 and takes 6h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Cuenca is to fly and train which takes 6h 58m and costs €90 - €320.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Cuenca. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Cuenca Fernando Zobel via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, Barcelona-Sants and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 47m.
The distance between Cologne and Cuenca is 1695 km. The road distance is 1735 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cuenca without a car is to train which takes 16h 47m and costs €470 - €900.
It takes approximately 7h to get from Cologne to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cologne to Cuenca train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Köln Hbf station.
Cologne to Cuenca train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Cuenca is 1735 km. It takes approximately 18h 33m to drive from Cologne to Cuenca.
Book your Cologne to Cuenca train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Cuenca, Spain?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Cuenca Fernando Zobel via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, Barcelona-Sants, and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 16h 47m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
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
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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 Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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