There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Tulcea by plane, bus, night train, train, car, or car 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 Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)CGN - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
10h 14mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Köln to Brăila
- Take the bus from Brăila to Tulcea3901
33h 30m$120–173Bus via Bucharest
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Autogara Augustina to Tulcea
29h 6m$169–248Night train, train
- Take the night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
- Take the train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Take the train from Medgidia to Tulcea Oraş
37h 17m$338–673Drive 2,138.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Tulcea2,138.3 km
23h 12m$353–509Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
10h 49mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DTM - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
11h 44mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)DUS - RMO
- Take the bus from Chişinău Sud Vest to Galaţi
- Take the bus from Galați to Tulcea
14h 18m$122–426Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof47 / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Aalen HbfRe
- Take the bus from Aalen, ZOB to Tulcea
30h 43mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Tulcea
23h 22m$397–1,620
Cologne to Tulcea by night train and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Tulcea is to bus which costs $120 - $180 and takes 33h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Tulcea is to train and fly and bus which takes 14h 18m and costs $120 - $430.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Tulcea. However, there are services departing from Köln Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Tulcea via Bucharest Autogara Augustina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Tulcea. However, there are services departing from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 and arriving at Tulcea Oraş via Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Medgidia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 17m.
The distance between Cologne and Tulcea is 1890 km. The road distance is 2138.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tulcea without a car is to bus via Bucharest which takes 29h 6m and costs $160 - $250.
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Cologne to Tulcea, including transfers.
Cologne to Tulcea bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Köln Hauptbahnhof station.
Cologne to Tulcea train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 station.
Cologne to Tulcea bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Tulcea, Romania?
You can take a bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Tulcea via Bucharest and Bucharest Autogara Augustina in around 29h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–260
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–320
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–320
- Couchette Carriage
- $180–210
- Seating Carriage
- $85–110
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–21
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Medgidia to Tulcea Oraş
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–17
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Aalen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $60–100
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $60–90
- 1st Class
- $120–210
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $29–45
- Comfort
- $30–45
- Premium
- $50–65
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Aalen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- $20–29
- 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
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- 0241 518 581
- rezervari@kirvad.ro
- Website
- kirvad.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- kirvad.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $158
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0743-334.840
- Website
- augustina.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Autogara Augustina to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–90
- Schedules at
- augustina.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.autogari.ro
Bus from Chişinău Sud Vest to Galaţi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Galați to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brăila to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Aalen, ZOB to Tulcea
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Köln to Brăila
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Tulcea is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 10:31 PM in Cologne and 11:31 PM in Tulcea.
Cologne to Tulcea train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Tulcea is 2138 km. It takes approximately 23h 12m to drive from Cologne to Tulcea.
There are 151+ hotels available in Tulcea.

























































