There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Tralee by plane, car, car ferry, bus, ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kerry Airport (KIR)CGN - KIR
7h 59m€83–215Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Kerry Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kerry Airport (KIR)DUS - KIR
10h 45m€53–234Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Dunkirk
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Tralee
31h 32m€284–600Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Station508
- Take the ferry from Fishguard Harbour to Rosslare Harbour0
- Take the bus from Rosslare Harbour to Tralee Bus Station40
36h 38m€181–341Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cork Airport (ORK)CGN - ORK
- Take the train from Mallow to Tralee
10h 30m€91–236Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Shannon Airport (SNN)CGN - SNN
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Tralee Prince's Street
10h 17m€90–214Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Shannon Airport (SNN)DUS - SNN
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Tralee Prince's Street
10h 59m€120–293Train, bus to Hahn, fly to Kerry Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Stadtmitte
- Take the bus from Koblenz Bahnhof Stadtmitte/Löhr-Center to Hahn
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Kerry Airport (KIR)HHN - KIR
9h 11mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Cork Airport (ORK)AMS - ORK
- Take the train from Mallow to Tralee
11h 9m€145–373
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kerry Airport (KIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Tralee is to train and fly which costs €50 - €240 and takes 10h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Tralee is to fly which takes 7h 59m and costs €80 - €220.
The distance between Cologne and Tralee is 1192 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tralee without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 36h 38m and costs €180 - €350.
It takes approximately 7h 59m to get from Cologne to Tralee, including transfers.
Tralee is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 12:56 PM in Cologne and 11:56 AM in Tralee.
There are 189+ hotels available in Tralee.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Tralee, Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kerry Airport (KIR) 6 times a week.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kerry Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Hahn to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Hahn to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kerry Airport via London Gatwick, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kerry Airport via Birmingham, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kerry Airport via Newquay, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Mallow to Tralee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–14
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Stadtmitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Stadtmitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–55
- 1st Class
- €70–120
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €14–23
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Rosslare Harbour to Tralee Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Tralee Prince's Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- service@zickenheiner.de
- Website
- zickenheiner.de
Bus from Koblenz Bahnhof Stadtmitte/Löhr-Center to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- zickenheiner.de
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Fishguard Harbour to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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