There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Lecce by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane DUS - BDS
7h 16m€116–290Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane CGN - BDS
6h 48m€73–294Train
- 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
19h 6m€239–1,016Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne to Battipagliabus
- Take the bus from Battipaglia to Leccebus 570
27h 32mDrive 1,852.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Leccecar 1,852.4 km
16h 59m€293–423Train, 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 54m€118–337Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain
- 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 52m€98–417Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- 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
19h 16m€220–1,015Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Baribus
- Take the bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Stationbus
28h 43m€159–369Drive, 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 train and bus and fly which costs €95 - €420 and takes 9h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to fly which takes 6h 48m and costs €70 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Lecce. However, there are services departing from Cologne and arriving at Lecce via Battipaglia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 32m.
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 19h 6m.
The distance between Cologne and Lecce is 1555 km. The road distance is 1852.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lecce without a car is to train which takes 19h 6m and costs €230 - €1100.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Cologne to Lecce, including transfers.
Cologne to Lecce bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Cologne 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 train which takes 19h 6m and costs €230 - €1100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 27h 32m, you could also fly, which costs €70 - €300 and takes 6h 48m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lecce, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Lecce via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 19h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cologne to Lecce via Battipaglia in around 27h 32m.
- 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 Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
- €90–280
- 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 Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- 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
- 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
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 Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Cologne to Battipaglia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Battipaglia to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 0832.871016
- elios.trasporti@libero.it
- Website
- eliosautoservizi.com
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- eliosautoservizi.com
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Lecce bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Battipaglia 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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