There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Greece by plane, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CGN - SKG
5h 40m€80–229Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane CGN - HER
5h 39m€69–279Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
31h 8mTrain, night train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Augsburg Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Augsburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain En
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
38h 1mDrive 2,531.2 km
- Drive from Cologne to Athenscar 2,531.2 km
23h 59m€457–660Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUS - SKG
6h 11m€98–301Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUS - HER
5h 50m€102–281Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane CGN - RHO
6h 7m€99–290Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
6h 42m€100–268Train, bus via Skopje
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
32h 46m€200–313Bus via Köln Süd Bf
- Take the bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Stationbus
37h 15mTrain, Bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
47h 43m€277–439Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
28h 36m€429–619
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Greece is to fly which costs €80 - €230 and takes 5h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 39m and costs €65 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Greece. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Athens via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 8m.
The distance between Cologne and Greece is 1711 km. The road distance is 2531.2 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Greece without a car is to bus which takes 31h 8m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 40m to get from Cologne to Greece, including transfers.
Cologne to Greece bus services, operated by Amr Travel, depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 40m and costs €80 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 31h 8m.
Cologne to Greece bus services, operated by Amr Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 12:25 AM in Cologne and 1:25 AM in Greece.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Greece?
Eurowings, Aegean Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Hbf to Athens via Tirana and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 31h 8m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- leav.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–1,100
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–105
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–105
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Augsburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–41
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/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
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Nürnberg to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armendtours.com
Bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- armendtours.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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