There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Cuenca by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, or car
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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€103–264Fly 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 34m€81–321Train
- 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 46m€420–779Train, bus via Paris Orly Airport (ORY)
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuencabus
23h 38m€227–500Drive 1,734.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Cuencacar 1,734.6 km
18h 34m€276–398Train 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€107–293Fly 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€90–323Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- 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
10h 5m€100–349Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Barcelonabus FlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Cuencabus 051
29h 23m€148–236Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Madrid - South Stationbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Cuencabus
33h 55m€167–342
Cologne to Cuenca by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Cuenca is to fly and train which costs €85 - €330 and takes 6h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Cuenca is to fly and train which takes 6h 58m and costs €85 - €330.
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 46m.
The distance between Cologne and Cuenca is 1695 km. The road distance is 1734.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cuenca without a car is to train which takes 16h 46m and costs €420 - €800.
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.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cuenca is to train which takes 16h 46m and costs €420 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €240 and takes 29h 23m.
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 34m to drive from Cologne to Cuenca.
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 46m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Cuenca via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, Barcelona, and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord in around 29h 23m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- 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
- €9–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- 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
- €13–23
- 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
- €150–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- 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
- €26–45
- 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
- €80–140
- 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
- €25–45
- 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
- €27–50
- 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
- €40–70
- 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
- €19–35
- 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
- €60–110
- 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
- €19–35
- 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
- €20–40
- 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
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.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
- €21–35
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Valencia Joaquin Sorolla to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Cuenca Fernando Zobel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- 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
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- 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
- €18–27
- 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
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €200–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- avanzabus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 984 689 912
- atencionalusuario@samar.es
- Website
- samar.es
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Schedules at
- samar.es
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Madrid - South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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