There are 7 ways to get from Genoa to Colombo by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)BLQ - CMB
18h 29mRs 123,420–207,767Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)GOA - CMB
17h 36mRs 95,433–264,224Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)MXP - CMB
18h 16mRs 100,728–359,515Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)BGY - CMB
17h 39mRs 115,728–200,015Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Nice Saint-Augustin
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)NCE - CMB
18h 23mRs 138,583–324,685Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)LIN - CMB
19h 15mRs 134,527–254,944Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)ZRH - CMB
19h 46mRs 118,428–390,015
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Genoa to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 100000 - Rs. 360000 and takes 18h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Genoa to Colombo is to fly which takes 17h 36m and costs Rs. 95000 - Rs. 270000.
The distance between Genoa and Colombo is 8078 km.
It takes approximately 18h 29m to get from Genoa to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Genoa. It is currently 7:40 AM in Genoa and 12:10 PM in Colombo.
There are 1477+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Genoa, Italy and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) 6 times a week.
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- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–270,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–280,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–360,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–300,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–370,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–310,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–310,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–320,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–370,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–340,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–420,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Naples, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–350,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–360,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–390,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–270,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–340,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–300,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–310,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–310,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–320,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–220,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 70,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 85,000–120,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 65,000–180,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–360,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Frankfurt, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–370,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Munich, Bengaluru
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–380,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–200,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–270,000
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–320,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 60,000–190,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–300,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Vienna, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–310,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Rome, Male
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–310,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–300,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Naples, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–350,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–360,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–200,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–290,000
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,500–8,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,500–16,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,200–6,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,900–9,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–7,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,500–7,500
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,500–10,000
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 4,200–10,000
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,500–2,000
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Genova Brignole to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,700–3,400
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,330
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Nice Saint-Augustin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,400–5,500
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- Rs 2,400–3,500
- Rail 1st Class
- Rs 3,700–5,500
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 13,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Rs 13,000–20,000
- 2nd Class
- Rs 17,000–23,000
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,300–3,600
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,500–6,000
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- Rs 4,600–6,000
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