There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Tropea by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane CGN - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Tropeatrain
6h 46mDrive 1,999.3 km
cheapest- Drive from Cologne to Tropeacar 1,999.3 km
18h 33m€309–445Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Padovatrain 89
- Take the train from Padova to Lamezia Terme C.train Fr
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Tropeatrain Ic / ...
22h 25mBus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centralebus N537
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Rosarnobus Milano
31h 9mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
- 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 train from Lamezia Terme C. to Tropeatrain
7h 12mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane FRA - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Tropeatrain
7h 18mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane CGN - REG
- Take the train from Reggio Calabria C.Le to Tropeatrain
10h 17mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane DUS - REG
- Take the train from Reggio Calabria C.Le to Tropeatrain
10h 52mTrain via Basel
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Tropeatrain Ic
25h 51mBus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurigo to Rendebus
- Take the train from Castiglione Cosentin to Tropeatrain Re
33h 35mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Tropeacar
19h 24m€316–1,328
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Tropea is to drive which costs €300 - €450 and takes 18h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Tropea is to drive which takes 18h 33m and costs €300 - €450.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Tropea. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Tropea via München Hbf, Padova and Lamezia Terme C.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 25m.
The distance between Cologne and Tropea is 1580 km. The road distance is 1999.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tropea without a car is to train which takes 22h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Cologne to Tropea, including transfers.
Cologne to Tropea train services, operated by DB Fernverkehr AG, depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tropea is to train which takes 22h 25m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 31h 9m.
Cologne to Tropea train services, operated by DB Fernverkehr AG, arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Tropea is 1999 km. It takes approximately 18h 33m to drive from Cologne to Tropea.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Tropea, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Tropea via München Hbf, Padova, and Lamezia Terme C. in around 22h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Tropea via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, Bologna Centrale, Rosarno, and Rosarno in around 31h 9m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Tropea
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Padova to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Reggio Calabria C.Le to Tropea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Tropea
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Castiglione Cosentin to Tropea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from München Hbf to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- 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
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- 0966 57552
- info@lirosiautoservizi.com
- Website
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Rosarno
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Schedules at
- lirosiautoserviziorari.com
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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