There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Marbella by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane CGN - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
6h 33m€74–257Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
20h 31m€531–956Train, bus via Girona
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Gironatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Girona to Barcelona-El Clottrain R11
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Marbellabus
29h 35m€467–814Drive 2,278.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Marbellacar 2,278.3 km
22h 28m€355–512Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane DUS - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
6h 59m€82–329Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane FRA - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
7h 15m€127–363Train to Weeze Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kevelaer Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane NRN - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
8h 47mTrain, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane EIN - AGP
- Take the bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
9h 31m€91–353Train, bus via Madrid
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
21h 30m€428–799Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbellabus
38h 58m€180–357Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Marbellabus
39h 10m€192–453
Cologne to Marbella by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Marbella is to fly and bus which costs €70 - €260 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Marbella is to fly and bus which takes 6h 33m and costs €70 - €260.
The distance between Cologne and Marbella is 1894 km. The road distance is 2278.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Marbella without a car is to train and bus which takes 20h 31m and costs €500 - €1000.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Cologne to Marbella, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Marbella is 2278 km. It takes approximately 22h 28m to drive from Cologne to Marbella.
There are 5328+ hotels available in Marbella.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Marbella, Spain?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Estación de Autobuses de Málaga in around 38h 58m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Weeze Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–1,400
Flights from Weeze Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–1,400
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Málaga Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Weeze Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Málaga Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Málaga Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- rodalies.gencat.cat
Train from Girona to Barcelona-El Clot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/ca/inici/index.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Girona to Barcelona-El Clot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- 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 Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kevelaer Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Malaga Airport to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- infobus@interbus.es
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–100
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
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