There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Skiathos by plane, bus, car ferry, train, night train, car, or ferry
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)CGN - JSI
10h 2m€94–330Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
31h 31m€180–285Train, night train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf41 / ...
- Take the night train from Nuernberg Hbf to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Sibiu347
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
42h 18m€356–870Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Thessaloniki
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
21h 53m€437–707Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)DUS - JSI
8h 51m€129–249Train to Frankfurt, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)FRA - JSI
5h 39m€145–317Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, car ferry
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)CGN - SKG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
9h 40m€156–502Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)DUS - SKG
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
10h 15m€131–491Bus, Hydrofoil
- Take the bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Volos
- Take the ferry from Port of Volos to Skiathos
32h 49m€154–163Bus, car ferry via Tirana
- Take the bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Volos
- Take the car ferry from Volos to Skiathos
40h 25mTrain, Bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt78 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Thessaloniki
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
2d 1h€325–604
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Skiathos is to bus and Hydrofoil which costs €150 - €165 and takes 32h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Skiathos is to train and fly which takes 5h 39m and costs €140 - €320.
The distance between Cologne and Skiathos is 1840 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Skiathos without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 31h 31m and costs €180 - €290.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Cologne to Skiathos, including transfers.
Skiathos is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 3:49 AM in Cologne and 4:49 AM in Skiathos.
There are 1191+ hotels available in Skiathos.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Skiathos, Greece?
Eurowings, Edelweiss Air, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) 4 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Nuernberg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
Train from Wien Hbf to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €81
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
Bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
Bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2421033254
- ktelvol@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelvolou.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Volos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://ktelvolou.gr/en/home/
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armenditours.com
Bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- armenditours.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Volos
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 43h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €240–360
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €65–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
- Phone
- +30 210 4121654
- info@aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
- Website
- aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
Ferry from Port of Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 4441788
- reservations.dpt@anes.gr
- Website
- anes.gr
Car ferry from Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Anes Ferries
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