There are 14 ways to get from Greece to Cologne by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SKG - CGN
5h 47m€83–258Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane HER - CGN
6h€47–197Bus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Köln Hbfbus
31h 18mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
33h 15m€219–359Drive 2,526.1 km
- Drive from Athens to Colognecar 2,526.1 km
24h 1m€483–697Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SKG - DUS
6h 21m€82–240Fly Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ATH - DUS
6h 47m€74–257Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane HER - DUS
6h 29m€81–239Fly Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane RHO - DUS
7h 1m€71–217Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SKG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h€129–277Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Hanau Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Hanau Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
35h 19m€262–499Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Librazhdbus
- Take the bus from Librazhd to Cologne Bonn Airportbus
47h 18m€196–237Train, Bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Mainbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
2d 2h€276–446Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Colognecar
28h 41m€463–651
Greece to Cologne by bus, foot, tram, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Cologne is to fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €80 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Köln Hbf via Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 18m.
The distance between Greece and Cologne is 1711 km. The road distance is 2526.1 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Cologne without a car is to bus via Tirana which takes 31h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 47m to get from Greece to Cologne, including transfers.
Greece to Cologne bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 47m and costs €80 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus via Tirana, which costs and takes 31h 18m.
Greece to Cologne bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
Cologne is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 12:42 AM in Greece and 11:42 PM in Cologne.
What companies run services between Greece and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Aegean Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Köln Hbf via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Tirana in around 31h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Innsbruck
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €34–40
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Hanau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hanau Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- €40–55
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- Crazy Holidays
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Crazy Holidays
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Librazhd to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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