There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Imperia by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), 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 Cologne Bonn Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane CGN - NCE
- Take the train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimigliatrain
6h 51m€78–291Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Imperiatrain
9h 34m€70–250Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Imperiatrain Ic
14h 3m€126–612Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurigo to Milanobus
- Take the train from Milan Rogoredo to Imperiatrain
18h 28mDrive 1,056.9 km
- Drive from Cologne to Imperiacar 1,056.9 km
9h 51m€163–236Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane DUS - NCE
- Take the train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimigliatrain
7h 17m€86–283Train to Frankfurt, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane FRA - NCE
- Take the train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimigliatrain
7h 23m€142–378Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Imperiatrain
9h 2m€89–316Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Monaco (MCM)plane CGN - MCM
7h 9m€90–313Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Imperiatrain Ic
14h 18m€145–620Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoabus FlixBus N177
- Take the bus from Genoa to Imperiabus FlixBus N739
18h 48m€80–140
Cologne to Imperia by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Imperia is to bus which costs €80 - €140 and takes 18h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Imperia is to fly and train which takes 6h 51m and costs €75 - €300.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Imperia. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Imperia via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 3m.
The distance between Cologne and Imperia is 900 km. The road distance is 1056.9 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Imperia without a car is to train which takes 14h 3m and costs €120 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Cologne to Imperia, including transfers.
Cologne to Imperia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Imperia is to train which takes 14h 3m and costs €120 - €650. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €90 - €320 and takes 7h 9m, you could also bus, which costs €80 - €140 and takes 18h 48m.
Cologne to Imperia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Imperia is 1057 km. It takes approximately 9h 51m to drive from Cologne to Imperia.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Imperia, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Imperia via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 14h 3m. Alternatively, Eurowings, Heli Securite, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Monaco (MCM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- helisecurite.fr
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco via Zurich, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco via Munich, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco via Zurich, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Monaco via Munich, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- 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 Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milan Rogoredo to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Pavia to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurigo to Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Imperia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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