There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Stromboli by plane, bus, ferry, train, or night train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus, ferry
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane CGN - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo Port Stopbus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Stromboliferry
9h 57m€97–317Train, night train, ferry via Naples
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia Mestrenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Napolitrain
- Take the ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Stromboliferry
26h 35m€280–722Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus N77
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus 538 / ...
- Take the ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Stromboliferry
31h 28m€219–496Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Naples Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane DUS - NAP
- Take the ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Stromboliferry
11h 15m€172–476Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane DUS - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo Port Stopbus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Stromboliferry
10h 27m€120–339Train to Frankfurt, fly to Naples Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane FRA - NAP
- Take the ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Stromboliferry
11h 21m€184–580Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane CGN - SUF
- Take the ferry from Vibo Valentia to Stromboliferry
10h 49m€103–261Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane CGN - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Milazzotrain
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Stromboliferry
11h 43m€117–370Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, ferry
- 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 ferry from Vibo Valentia to Stromboliferry
11h 15m€126–303Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane CGN - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Stromboliferry
13h 33mTrain, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Verona Porta Nuovanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Paolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Paola to Milazzotrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Stromboliferry
30h 36m€291–635Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centralebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Milazzo Via dei Millebus
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Stromboliferry
34h 23m€139–236
Cologne to Stromboli by train, night train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Stromboli is to fly and ferry which costs €100 - €270 and takes 10h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Stromboli is to fly and bus and ferry which takes 9h 57m and costs €95 - €320.
The distance between Cologne and Stromboli is 1834 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Stromboli without a car is to train and night train and ferry via Naples which takes 26h 35m and costs €280 - €750.
It takes approximately 9h 57m to get from Cologne to Stromboli, including transfers.
There are 102+ hotels available in Stromboli.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Stromboli, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Cologne to Stromboli. However, you can take the train to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, walk to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), walk to Catania Airport, take the bus to Milazzo Port Stop, walk to Milazzo, then take the ferry to Stromboli. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Stromboli via Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart Hbf, Venezia Mestre, Venezia Mestre, Napoli Piazza Garibaldi, Napoli Mergellina, and Napoli Mergellina in around 26h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Napoli
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Napoli
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–270
- 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
- €16–26
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Milazzo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Milazzo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Milazzo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo Port Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 090.673782
- info@giuntabus.com
- Website
- giuntabus.com
Bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo Port Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Schedules at
- giuntabus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milazzo Via dei Mille
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Stromboli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Vibo Valentia to Stromboli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39 081 428 5555
- booking@snav.it
- Website
- snav.it
Ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Stromboli
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Schedules at
- snav.it
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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