There are 13 ways to get from Italy to Colchester by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport, train
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to London City Airport (LCY)LIN - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
5h 11m£71–285Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to London Stansted Airport (STN)BGY - STN
6h 23m£37–166Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano CentraleFr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon-Saint Exupery TgvFr
- Take the train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Tourcoing
- Take the train from Tourcoing to Gand-DampoortIc / ...
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Chatham
- Drive from Chatham to Colchester
20h 43m£176–393Train, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano CentraleFr / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
26h 28m£110–285Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rome to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Colchester
18h 32mFly Turin Caselle Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)TRN - STN
- Take the train from Chelmsford to Colchester
5h 33m£42–205Fly Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to London City Airport (LCY)FLR - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
5h 37m£90–274Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to London Stansted Airport (STN)BLQ - STN
5h 35m£39–137Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)MXP - STN
- Take the train from Chelmsford to Colchester
5h 50m£45–142Fly Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)LIN - LHR
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
6h 1m£101–332Fly Turin Caselle Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)TRN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
6h£68–229Bus, train
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
33h 10m£98–280Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Colchester
19h 28m£265–382
Italy to Colchester by train, foot, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Colchester is to fly and train which costs £45 - £150 and takes 5h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Colchester is to fly and train which takes 5h 11m and costs £70 - £290.
The distance between Italy and Colchester is 653 miles.
The best way to get from Italy to Colchester without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 28m and costs £110 - £290.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Italy to Colchester, including transfers.
Colchester is 1h behind Italy. It is currently 8:26 AM in Italy and 7:26 AM in Colchester.
There are 1016+ hotels available in Colchester.
What companies run services between Italy and Colchester, England?
Ryanair flies from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to London Stansted Airport (STN) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–210
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £25–130
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–470
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Chelmsford to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv to Tourcoing
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–210
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £95–150
- Rail 1st Class
- £150–210
Train from Tourcoing to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £9–14
- Rail 1st Class
- £14–21
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Tourcoing to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £6–10
- 1st Class
- £10–15
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Chatham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- £7–9
- 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
- £3–15
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- £11–15
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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