There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Lesbos by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane CGN - MJT
9h 6m€107–311Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
32h 53mTrain, bus, car ferry via Sankt Pölten
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
34h 19m€361–852Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Thessalonikicar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
26h 42m€524–927Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane DUS - MJT
7h 57m€170–271Train to Frankfurt, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane FRA - MJT
9h 8m€179–382Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane CGN - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
9h 42m€132–295Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane DUS - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
10h 3m€160–275Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane AMS - MJT
9h 8m€196–396Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilenecarferry
37h 55m€251–500Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Bonn to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
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Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Lesbos is to train and fly and ferry which costs €160 - €280 and takes 10h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lesbos is to train and fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €170 - €280.
The distance between Cologne and Lesbos is 2058 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lesbos without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 32h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Cologne to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 11:59 PM in Cologne and 12:59 AM in Lesbos.
There are 463+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lesbos, Greece?
Eurowings, Aegean Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/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
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Würzburg to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €81
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 44 338 003
- info@bashkimtours.com
Bus from Bonn to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- http://www.bashkimtours.com/en/index.php
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–370
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- 0 232 330 89 22
- iletisim@izdeniz.com.tr
- Website
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- bilet.izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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