There are 7 ways to get from Cologne to Doolin by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)CGN - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolin
9h 26m€86–219Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Dunkirk
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Doolin
31h 20m€278–599Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Rădăuţi
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Oranmore North763
- Take the bus from Oranmore North to Doolin350
3d 11h€91–421Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Shannon Airport (SNN)DUS - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolin
10h 10m€116–278Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)CGN - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galway
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
9h 39m€97–231Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)DUS - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galway
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
10h 8m€87–300Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)CGN - NOC
- Take the bus from Knock Airport to Galway, Bus Station
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Doolin
9h 25m€107–285
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Doolin is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €220 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Doolin is to fly and bus which takes 9h 25m and costs €100 - €290.
The distance between Cologne and Doolin is 1208 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Doolin without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 11h and costs €90 - €430.
It takes approximately 9h 26m to get from Cologne to Doolin, including transfers.
Doolin is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 8:35 AM in Cologne and 7:35 AM in Doolin.
There are 342+ hotels available in Doolin.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Doolin, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Köln to Doolin via Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, Liffey Valley, and Oranmore North in around 3d 11h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Ennis Station to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Oranmore North to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Köln to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Köln to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €22–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Liffey Valley to Oranmore North
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 069-62546
- limerickclare@locallink.ie
- Website
- locallinklc.ie
Bus from Oranmore North to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
Bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Knock Airport to Galway, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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