There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Scalea by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane DUS - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
7h 16m€90–337Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane CGN - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 6m€73–347Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozentrain 89
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr
18h 25m€174–440Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Cosenzabus
- Take the bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principibus 7
29h 28mDrive 1,800.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Scaleacar 1,800.3 km
16h 35m€271–391Train to Frankfurt, fly to Naples Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane FRA - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 38m€119–385Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane CGN - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 54m€101–360Train to Frankfurt, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane FRA - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
9h 31m€97–348Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Sibaribus
- Take the train from Sibari to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr
31h 6m€161–338Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Scaleacar
17h 26m€275–1,268
Cologne to Scalea by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Scalea is to fly and train which costs €70 - €350 and takes 8h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Scalea is to train and fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €90 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Scalea - Parco Dei Principi via Frankfurt and Cosenza Autostazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Scalea-S.Domen.Talao via München Hbf and Bolzano Bozen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 25m.
The distance between Cologne and Scalea is 1727 km. The road distance is 1800.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Scalea without a car is to train which takes 18h 25m and costs €170 - €440.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Cologne to Scalea, including transfers.
Cologne to Scalea bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
Cologne to Scalea train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Scalea is to train which takes 18h 25m and costs €170 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 29h 28m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Scalea, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao via München Hbf and Bolzano Bozen in around 18h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB, Frankfurt, and Cosenza Autostazione in around 29h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Sibari to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €13–18
- Base Standard
- €29–40
- Base Premium
- €35–55
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/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
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Frankfurt to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–160
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0984 413001
- info@autoservizipreite.it
- Website
- autoservizipreite.it
Bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- autoservizipreite.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Scalea bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB station.
Cologne to Scalea train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Scalea is 1800 km. It takes approximately 16h 35m to drive from Cologne to Scalea.
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