There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Siena by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane DUS - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
7h 1m€102–292Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CGN - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
7h 22m€90–307Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuovatrain 89
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain Re
15h 43m€131–321Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus N537
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Sienabus N528 / ...
19h 30m€95–153Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 42 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia Mestrenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the bus from Firenze Autostazione to Siena-Via Tozzibus 131
19h 38mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane CGN - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
8h 10m€112–295Train to Frankfurt, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane FRA - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
7h 12m€133–347Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
7h 53m€105–324Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
7h 54m€151–379Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
- Take the bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Siena Central Train Stationbus
19h 52m€162–459Drive 1,185.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Sienacar 1,185.6 km
11h 12m€185–266Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sienacar
12h 3m€191–1,138
Cologne to Siena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Siena is to bus which costs €95 - €160 and takes 19h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Siena is to train and fly which takes 7h 1m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Siena. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Siena via München Hbf, Verona Porta Nuova and Firenze S.M.N.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 43m.
The distance between Cologne and Siena is 1043 km. The road distance is 1185.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Siena without a car is to train which takes 15h 43m and costs €130 - €330.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Cologne to Siena, including transfers.
Cologne to Siena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Siena is to train which takes 15h 43m and costs €130 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €160 and takes 19h 30m.
Cologne to Siena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Siena is 1186 km. It takes approximately 11h 12m to drive from Cologne to Siena.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Siena, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Siena via München Hbf, Verona Porta Nuova, and Firenze S.M.N. in around 15h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Siena via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 19h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- 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
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €50–80
- 1st Class
- €110–180
Train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €95–140
- 1st Class
- €200–340
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–80
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–23
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Siena Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Firenze Autostazione to Siena-Via Tozzi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
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