There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Zakynthos by plane, bus, busferry, train, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane CGN - ZTH
7h 52m€80–314Bus, bus and ferry via Agrínio
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agríniobus
- Take the bus from Agrinio to Patrasbus
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
32h 31mTrain, ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Senigalliatrain 89
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrasferry
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
42h 15m€257–404Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Killinicar
- Take the car ferry from Killini to Poroscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Pesáda to Zakynthos Agios Nikolaoscarferry
29h 23m€480–693Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane DUS - ZTH
6h 42m€140–421Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane FRA - ZTH
6h 49m€121–302Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane BRU - ZTH
8h 14m€159–352Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
- Take the busferry from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Zakynthosbusferry
12h 27m€103–439Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane AMS - ZTH
9h 34m€204–381Train, bus, bus and ferry via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patrabus
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
34h 59mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrasbus
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
41h 20mTrain, Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurttrain 78 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Patrasbus
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
46h 27m€256–423
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Zakynthos is to fly which costs €80 - €320 and takes 7h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Zakynthos is to train and fly which takes 6h 42m and costs €140 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Zakynthos. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Zakynthos via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Agrinio and Patras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 31m.
The distance between Cologne and Zakynthos is 1838 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Zakynthos without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Agrínio which takes 32h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 52m to get from Cologne to Zakynthos, including transfers.
Cologne to Zakynthos bus services, operated by Amr Travel, depart from Köln Hbf station.
Cologne to Zakynthos bus services, operated by Amr Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Zakynthos is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 12:57 PM in Cologne and 1:57 PM in Zakynthos.
There are 2553+ hotels available in Zakynthos.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Zakynthos, Greece?
Lufthansa City, Airbus France, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) 4 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Senigallia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Agrínio
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 26410 54444
- info@ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Website
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
Bus from Agrinio to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- ktel-aitolnias.gr
- Phone
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
Busferry from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from München Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armenditours.com
Bus from Köln Süd Bf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- armenditours.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 26510 25014
- ktelioa@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Schedules at
- ktelioannina.gr
- Book at
- eticket.ktelioannina.gr
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- +30 210 94 99 400
- info@levanteferries.gr
- Website
- levanteferries.com
Car ferry from Killini to Poros
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.levanteferries.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 26740-22111
- ionionplines@gmail.com
- Website
- ionionpelagos.com
Car ferry from Pesáda to Zakynthos Agios Nikolaos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- http://ionionpelagos.com/
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