There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Rapallo by plane, train (Trenitalia), train, bus, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane CGN - GOA
7h 23m€78–288Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Rapallotrain
7h 42m€65–317Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Rapallotrain Ic
13h€134–377Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stopbus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 34m€84–176Drive 985.1 km
- Drive from Cologne to Rapallocar 985.1 km
9h 17m€154–222Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Pavia to Rapallotrain
8h 3m€108–316Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CGN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Rapallotrain
8h 5m€79–248Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Rapallotrain
8h 31m€76–255Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Rapallotrain Ic
13h 15m€146–312Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoabus FlixBus N177
17h 55m€70–128
Cologne to Rapallo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Rapallo is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 17h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Rapallo is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs €75 - €290.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Rapallo. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Rapallo via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h.
The distance between Cologne and Rapallo is 783 km. The road distance is 985.1 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Rapallo without a car is to train which takes 13h and costs €130 - €380.
It takes approximately 7h 23m to get from Cologne to Rapallo, including transfers.
Cologne to Rapallo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Rapallo is to fly which takes 7h 23m and costs €75 - €290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €130 - €380 and takes 13h, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €130 and takes 17h 55m.
Cologne to Rapallo train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Rapallo is 985 km. It takes approximately 9h 17m to drive from Cologne to Rapallo.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Rapallo, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Rapallo via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 13h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €47–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €49–54
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- 1st Class
- €150–260
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- 1st Class
- €80–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Rapallo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pavia to Rapallo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Rapallo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pavia to Rapallo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pavia to Rapallo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Pavia to Rapallo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Genoa - Via Fanti d'Italia Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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