There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Lesbos by plane, bus, ferry, or train
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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
8h 16m€112–322Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
39h 18m€199–284Train 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
8h 7m€190–374Train 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 3m€197–358Fly 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 32m€167–276Train 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€180–298Train, 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€178–411Bus, ferry via Prizren
- Take the bus from Köln Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
2d 3h€163–331Train, Bus, ferry
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
2d 10h€330–592
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 fly and ferry which costs €160 - €280 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lesbos is to train and fly which takes 8h 7m and costs €190 - €380.
The distance between Cologne and Lesbos is 2058 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lesbos without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 39h 18m and costs €190 - €290.
It takes approximately 8h 16m to get from Cologne to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 8:29 PM in Cologne and 9:29 PM in Lesbos.
There are 538+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lesbos, Greece?
Eurowings, Aegean Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–450
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–270
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- 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
- €130–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- 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
- €85–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–490
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- 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 Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- €16–26
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- 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
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Köln Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 43h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €240–360
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- 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
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