There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Lecce by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, busferry, or car train
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Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane CGN - BDS
6h 36m€68–231Train via Basel
- 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 Leccetrain Fr
18h 49m€240–941Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Baribus
- Take the bus from Bari Largo Sorrentino to Leccebus
29h 4mDrive 1,852.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Leccecar 1,852.4 km
16h 59m€294–424Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane DUS - BDS
7h 6m€116–284Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane CRL - BDS
9h 38m€100–323Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane EIN - BDS
9h 46m€121–345Train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Leccetrain Fr
19h 43m€407–1,158Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
36h 54mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Leccecar
23h 30m€310–440
Cologne to Lecce by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to fly which costs €65 - €240 and takes 6h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to fly which takes 6h 36m and costs €65 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Lecce. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Lecce via Frankfurt central train station and Bari Largo Sorrentino. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Lecce. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Lecce via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 49m.
The distance between Cologne and Lecce is 1470 km. The road distance is 1852.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lecce without a car is to train via Basel which takes 18h 49m and costs €240 - €950.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Cologne to Lecce, including transfers.
Cologne to Lecce bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
Cologne to Lecce train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to fly which takes 6h 36m and costs €65 - €240. Alternatively, you can train via Basel, which costs €240 - €950 and takes 18h 49m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 29h 4m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lecce, Italy?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Lecce via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 18h 49m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–950
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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
- €95–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €230–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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 Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/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
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0832.871016
- elios.trasporti@libero.it
- Website
- eliosautoservizi.com
Bus from Bari Largo Sorrentino to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- eliosautoservizi.com
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Lecce bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB station.
Cologne to Lecce train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Lecce is 1852 km. It takes approximately 16h 59m to drive from Cologne to Lecce.
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