There are 12 ways to get from Mantua to Cologne by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
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Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VRN - CGN
5h 2m€79–274Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the bus from Verona to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
6h 30m€55–252Train
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
11h 58m€159–186Bus, train
- Take the bus from Mantova FS to Brescia Autostazionebus 2
- Take the train from Brescia to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus
14h 35mDrive 956.6 km
- Drive from Mantua to Colognecar 956.6 km
9h 13m€151–218Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Mantova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
5h 21m€58–279Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Mantova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
6h 7m€98–291Shuttle to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Mantova to Milano Linate airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
7h 20m€117–485Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VRN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 2m€148–355Train via Innsbruck
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain 89
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain Drf
15h 33m€114–336Bus
- Take the bus from Mantova Viale Mincio to Verona - Stazione FSbus 148
- Take the bus from Verona to Leverkusenbus N28
16h 35m€64–115Drive, car train
- Drive from Mantua to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Colognecar
8h 58m€198–273
Mantua to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mantua to Cologne is to bus which costs €60 - €120 and takes 16h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Mantua to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 2m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Mantua to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Mantova Viale Mincio and arriving at Köln Heumarkt via Verona and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Mantua to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Mantova and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Verona Porta Nuova and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 58m.
The distance between Mantua and Cologne is 734 km. The road distance is 956.6 km.
The best way to get from Mantua to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 11h 58m and costs €150 - €190.
It takes approximately 5h 2m to get from Mantua to Cologne, including transfers.
Mantua to Cologne bus services, operated by Azienda Trasporti Verona Srl, depart from Mantova Viale Mincio station.
Mantua to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Verona Porta Nuova station.
The best way to get from Mantua to Cologne is to train which takes 11h 58m and costs €150 - €190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €120 and takes 16h 35m.
What companies run services between Mantua, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Mantova to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Verona Porta Nuova and München Hbf in around 11h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mantova Viale Mincio to Köln Heumarkt via Verona - Stazione FS, Verona, Leverkusen, and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf in around 16h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brescia to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €85–130
- 2nd Class
- €70–100
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Mantova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–170
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 0376 230 339
- apam@apam.it
- Website
- apam.it
Bus from Mantova FS to Brescia Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- apam.it
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Mantova to Milano Linate airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €33–220
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €33–36
- Private
- €110–220
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Verona to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Verona to Leverkusen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 049 8241199
- servizioclienti@fsbusitalia.it
- Website
- fsbusitalia.it
Bus from Verona to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- fsbusitalia.it
- Phone
- +39 045 805 7922
- info@atv.verona.it
- Website
- atv.verona.it
Bus from Mantova Viale Mincio to Verona - Stazione FS
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- atv.verona.it
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More Questions & Answers
Mantua to Cologne bus services, operated by Azienda Trasporti Verona Srl, arrive at Verona - Stazione FS station.
Mantua to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mantua to Cologne is 957 km. It takes approximately 9h 13m to drive from Mantua to Cologne.
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