There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Patras by plane, bus, car, car ferry, train, ferry, night train, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane CGN - GPA
9h 21m€218–789Fly 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€79–227Bus
- 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€313–469Train, 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 43m€398–943Train 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€97–259Fly 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€110–269Train 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€128–301Train, 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€373–784Train, 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
42h 57m€250–419Train, 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€233–523Drive 2,472.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Patrascar 2,472.7 km
23h 41m€444–641Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Patrascar
31h 10m€389–559
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 €75 - €230 and takes 10h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Patras is to fly which takes 9h 21m and costs €210 - €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 1862 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 9h 21m 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 fly which takes 9h 21m and costs €210 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 29h 38m.
Cologne to Patras bus services, operated by Amr Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 1:51 AM in Cologne and 2:51 AM in Patras.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Patras, Greece?
Eurowings, Austrian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Hbf to Patra via Tirana and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 29h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- 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
- €80–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- +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
- 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 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
- €35–90
- 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
- €40
- 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 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Website
- http://www.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
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- 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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