There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Kos by train, plane, bus, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Kos
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kos (KGS)DUS - KGS
7h 21m€86–272Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kos (KGS)CGN - KGS
6h 57m€81–303Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf41 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of KosBsf
42h 49mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Bodrum
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
28h 56m€436–634Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kos (KGS)FRA - KGS
7h 24m€122–290Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)DUS - RHO
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
10h 22m€140–602Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV)CGN - BJV
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
8h 48m€112–485Train, bus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof47 / ...
- Take the bus from Ulm to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Take the bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrum
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
46h 33m€177–443Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Istanbul
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Bodrum
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
2d 1h€133–199Bus, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Ag. KirykosBsf
- Take the car ferry from Agios Kirikos to Port of Kos
2d 10hTrain, Bus, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt78 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Take the train from Larissa to AthensIc
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of KosBsf
2d 12h€325–517
Cologne to Kos by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kos is to train and fly which costs €85 - €280 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kos is to fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €80 - €310.
The distance between Cologne and Kos is 2350 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 42h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Cologne to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 11:40 AM in Cologne and 12:40 PM in Kos.
There are 1200+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kos, Greece?
Eurowings, Lufthansa City, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kos (KGS) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–330
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milas–Bodrum Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €65–95
- 1st Class
- €130–230
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Nuremberg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Ulm to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- http://en.fudeks.rs/timetable/
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- office@balbuss.rs
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €51
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Kumanovo to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–80
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Ag. Kirykos
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Car ferry from Agios Kirikos to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
- Phone
- +90 252 612 99 19
- info@skymarineferries.com.tr
- Website
- skymarineferries.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.skymarineferries.com.tr/en
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.yesilmarmarislines.com/
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