There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Marsala by plane, bus, train, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
7h 6m€75–267Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Trapani Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane CGN - TPS
7h 42m€71–280Train, bus via Rome
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Marsala via A.Faziobus
29h 17m€382–998Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermocarferry
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Marsalacar
31h 33m€262–391Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kevelaer Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane NRN - TPS
8h 30mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane DTM - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
8h 48mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus
35h 14m€320–827Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centralebus N537
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Marsala Train Station Bus Stopbus Autoservizi Salemi 701 / ...
37h 8m€128–216Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurigo to Napolibus
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Ic
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Marsala via A.Faziobus
40h 16m
Cologne to Marsala by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Marsala is to fly and bus which costs €75 - €270 and takes 7h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Marsala is to fly and bus which takes 7h 6m and costs €75 - €270.
The distance between Cologne and Marsala is 1630 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Marsala without a car is to train and bus via Rome which takes 29h 17m and costs €380 - €1000.
It takes approximately 7h 6m to get from Cologne to Marsala, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cologne to Marsala is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs €70 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €220 and takes 37h 8m.
There are 1745+ hotels available in Marsala.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Marsala, Italy?
Ryanair and Eurowings fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Trapani Airport (TPS) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Bologna Centrale in around 37h 8m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Trapani Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Weeze Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Weeze Airport to Trapani Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Marsala via A.Fazio
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, San Donato M3 to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Marsala Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Marsala via A.Fazio
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurigo to Napoli
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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