There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Faro by plane, train, 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.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane CGN - FAO
5h 36m€74–264Train, bus via Barcelona
- 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 Sevilla-Santa Justatrain
- Take the bus from Seville to Farobus
22h 56m€523–982Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain 79
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbonbus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Farobus
36h 13m€212–415Drive 2,336.1 km
- Drive from Cologne to Farocar 2,336.1 km
23h 2m€360–520Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane DUS - FAO
6h 2m€92–266Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane BRU - FAO
7h 16m€120–417Train to Weeze Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane NRN - FAO
7h 33mTrain, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Faro Airport (FAO)plane EIN - FAO
8h 38m€81–220Train, bus #2
- 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 Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
- Take the bus from Malaga to Farobus
24h 55m€556–1,002Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain Ic
36h 19m€223–466Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne - Airport Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Orientebus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Farobus
39h 10m€190–371
Cologne to Faro by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Faro is to train and fly which costs €80 - €220 and takes 8h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Faro is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €70 - €270.
The distance between Cologne and Faro is 1971 km. The road distance is 2336.1 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Faro without a car is to train and bus via Barcelona which takes 22h 56m and costs €500 - €1000.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Cologne to Faro, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cologne to Faro is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €70 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €380 and takes 39h 10m.
Faro is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 7:12 PM in Cologne and 6:12 PM in Faro.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Faro is 2336 km. It takes approximately 23h 2m to drive from Cologne to Faro.
There are 4222+ hotels available in Faro.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Faro, Portugal?
Ryanair and Eurowings fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Faro Airport (FAO) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Faro via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne - Airport Bus Station, Brussels - Midi Train Station, Lisbon - Oriente, and Lisbon in around 39h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Weeze Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Weeze Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Faro Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Faro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Faro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
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
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Sevilla-Santa Justa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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 Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Malaga to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne - Airport Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Seville to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Lisbon to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Cologne - Airport Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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