There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Potes by train, taxi, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, taxi
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to HendayeTgv
- Take the train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-BilbaoE1
- Take the train from Bilbao La Concordia to Vado-CerveraC4
- Take the taxi from Vado-Cervera to Potes
19h 50m€237–512Train, bus #2
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen-Rothe ErdeRe
- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Brussels SouthN79 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
29h 25m€73–184Train, bus via Bordeaux
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Massy TgvTgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St JeanTgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
19h 55m€163–543Drive 1,570.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Potes1,570.3 km
15h 16m€249–359Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Santander Airport (SDR)CGN - SDR
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
12h 9m€94–294Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris NordTha
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
21h 7m€96–290Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
30h 27m€132–216Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)DUS - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
11h 20m€99–293Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)CGN - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
13h 28m€84–254Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)FRA - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
11h 38m€142–351Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)BRU - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the bus from Santander to Potes
12h 26m€108–336
Cologne to Potes by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Potes is to train and bus which costs €70 - €190 and takes 29h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Potes is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 20m and costs €95 - €300.
The distance between Cologne and Potes is 1672 km. The road distance is 1570.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Potes without a car is to train and taxi which takes 19h 50m and costs €230 - €550.
It takes approximately 19h 50m to get from Cologne to Potes, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Potes is 1570 km. It takes approximately 15h 16m to drive from Cologne to Potes.
There are 409+ hotels available in Potes.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Potes, Spain?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Potes via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Santander in around 30h 27m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santander Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santander Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santander Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Santander Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Massy Tgv to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €90–130
- Rail 1st Class
- €130–200
- Phone
- +34 944 333 333
- Website
- euskotren.eus
Train from Amara-Donostia to Zazpikaleak/Casco Viejo-Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.euskotren.eus/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Bilbao La Concordia to Vado-Cervera
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen-Rothe Erde
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen-Rothe Erde
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aachen station west to Brussels South
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://jimenezmovilidad.es/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Aachen station west to Brussels South
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Estimated price
- €120–150
Taxi Autos Avelino
- Phone
- +34 979 87 01 31
González Martín Manuel
- Phone
- +34 979 87 01 31
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