There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Spain by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane CGN - PMI
4h 48m€39–207Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
11h 42m€277–496Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
21h 45m€107–207Drive 1,329.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Barcelonacar 1,329.3 km
13h 1m€207–298Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane CGN - BCN
5h 3m€53–208Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane DUS - PMI
5h 9m€86–244Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane DUS - BCN
5h 34m€70–235Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane CGN - VLC
5h 3m€62–277Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane DUS - MAD
5h 40m€98–264Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30bus
22h 28m
Cologne to Spain by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Spain is to fly which costs €35 - €210 and takes 4h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 48m and costs €35 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Spain. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30 via FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Spain. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 42m.
The distance between Cologne and Spain is 1331 km. The road distance is 1329.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Spain without a car is to train which takes 11h 42m and costs €270 - €500.
It takes approximately 4h 48m to get from Cologne to Spain, including transfers.
Cologne to Spain bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
Cologne to Spain train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Spain is to fly which takes 4h 48m and costs €35 - €210. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €270 - €500 and takes 11h 42m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 22h 28m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Spain?
Eurowings, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona Sants in around 11h 42m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €25–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Valencia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–220
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- leav.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- hahnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–380
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €110–160
- Comfort
- €130–190
- Premium
- €170–230
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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €160–220
- 1st Class
- €210–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Spain bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB station.
Cologne to Spain train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Spain is 1329 km. It takes approximately 13h 1m to drive from Cologne to Spain.
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