There are 9 ways to get from Karpathos to Cologne by plane, ferry, bus, train, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Karpathos Island National Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)AOK - CGN
8h 4m€112–377Ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the ferry from Karpathos to Rhodes
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)RHO - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
11h 46m€106–334Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Karpathos to Port of PiraeusBsf
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf43
2d 4hFly Karpathos Island National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)AOK - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
8h 56m€131–463Fly Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) to Frankfurt (FRA)AOK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
9h 8m€152–339Ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the ferry from Karpathos to Rhodes
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)RHO - CGN
11h 10m€118–243Ferry, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Karpathos to SitiaBsf
- Take the bus from Sitia to Heraklion Central Station
- Take the busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Simeonidis Tours Office to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Cologne
2d 6h€192–231Ferry, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Karpathos to HeraklionBsf
- Take the busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Take the bus from Durrës to Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2
2d 11hFerry, train, Bus
- Take the ferry from Karpathos to Port of PiraeusBsf
- Take the train from Athens to LarissaIc
- Take the bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf41 / ...
2d 18h€322–508
Karpathos to Cologne by ferry, foot, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karpathos to Cologne is to ferry and fly which costs €110 - €250 and takes 11h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Karpathos to Cologne is to fly which takes 8h 4m and costs €110 - €380.
The distance between Karpathos and Cologne is 2379 km.
The best way to get from Karpathos to Cologne without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Karpathos to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 1h behind Karpathos. It is currently 11:16 PM in Karpathos and 10:16 PM in Cologne.
There are 1736+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Karpathos, Greece and Cologne, Germany?
Austrian Airlines, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) once daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–360
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Karpathos Island National Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Sitia to Heraklion Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Heraklion to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Simeonidis Tours Office to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €83
- Schedules at
- nasirtours.mk
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- albtrans.net
Busferry from Heraklion Port to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.autobus.al/en/operator/alb___trans_sh.p.k-22
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Durrës to Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
Ferry from Karpathos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Karpathos to Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–18
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Karpathos to Sitia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Karpathos to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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