There are 16 ways to get from Cologne to Patras by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, ferry, night train, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Patras Araxos Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane DUS - GPA
7h 2m€256–761Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CGN - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
10h 1m€84–257Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
29h 38mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Anconacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
33h 11m€314–481Train, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Anconatrain 89
- Take the train from Ancona to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
37h 40m€367–829Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane CGN - GPA
9h 36m€228–789Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
- Take the train from Ano Liosia to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
10h 26m€102–279Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Preveza Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane DUS - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
10h 27m€158–494Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CGN - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
12h 50m€120–279Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUS - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
13h 21m€138–351Train to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane FRA - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
13h 32m€150–374Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Anconatrain 89
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
37h 53m€367–780Train, Bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Patrasbus
45h 37m€250–418Train, night train, line 2 ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 42 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia S. Lucianighttrain Nj
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
2d 3h€243–530Drive 2,472.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Patrascar 2,472.7 km
23h 41m€447–646Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Patrascar
31h 10m€399–560
Cologne to Patras by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €80 - €260 and takes 10h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Patras is to train and fly which takes 7h 2m and costs €250 - €800.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Patras. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Patra via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 38m.
The distance between Cologne and Patras is 1947 km. The road distance is 2472.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Patras without a car is to bus which takes 29h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Cologne to Patras, including transfers.
Cologne to Patras bus services, operated by Amr Travel, depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Patras is to bus which takes 29h 38m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €220 - €800 and takes 9h 36m.
Cologne to Patras bus services, operated by Amr Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 8:52 PM in Cologne and 9:52 PM in Patras.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Köln Hbf to Patra via Tirana and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 29h 38m. Alternatively, Eurowings and Austrian Airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) twice a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- 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 München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–330
- 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 Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- 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
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Ano Liosia to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/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 Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- 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
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +302651083071
- ktelioamagazine@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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