There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Doolin by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
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 Shannon Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane CGN - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
9h 28m€70–203Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane CGN - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolinbus
9h 16m€50–351Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Doolincar
31h 23m€484–700Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Oranmore Northbus 763
- Take the bus from Oranmore North to Doolinbus 350
3d 11h€91–425Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane DUS - SNN
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
9h 59m€128–445Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CGN - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolinbus
9h 35m€74–267Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DUS - DUB
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 13 to ATU Galwaybus
- Take the bus from ATU Galway to Doolinbus
9h 56m€87–259Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane CGN - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbertbus
- Take the bus from Ennis Station to Doolinbus
12h 36m€170–297
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 €50 - €360 and takes 9h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Doolin is to fly and bus which takes 9h 16m and costs €50 - €360.
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 28m to get from Cologne to Doolin, including transfers.
Doolin is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 7:20 AM in Cologne and 6:20 AM in Doolin.
There are 421+ 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 London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €26–120
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- 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
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Ennis Station to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Oranmore North to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- 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
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Köln to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- 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 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 22311
- limerickclare@locallink.ie
- Website
- locallinklc.ie
Bus from Oranmore North to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
- Leap
- €6–7
- Cash
- €8–11
Bus from ATU Galway to Doolin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
- Leap
- €6–8
- Cash
- €9–11
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Ireland W Airport to ATU Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–550
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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