There are 11 ways to get from Marbella to Cologne by bus, plane, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane AGP - CGN
5h 59m€74–257Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbftrain Tha
20h 28m€529–953Bus, train via Girona
- Take the bus from Marbella to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-El Clot to Gironatrain R11
- Take the train from Girona to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
29h 22m€468–814Drive 2,277.4 km
- Drive from Marbella to Colognecar 2,277.4 km
22h 27m€354–511Bus, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane AGP - DUS
6h 37m€80–320Bus, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane AGP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 23m€94–360Bus, fly to Weeze Airport, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane AGP - NRN
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 48mBus, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane AGP - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Koeln Hbftrain
9h 16m€89–358Bus, train via Madrid
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
22h 14m€418–791Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Marbella to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Frankfurt - Airport Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
37h 55m€192–451Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Cologne Airport CGNbus
38h 20m€180–337
Marbella to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Marbella to Cologne is to bus and fly which costs €70 - €260 and takes 5h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Marbella to Cologne is to bus and fly which takes 5h 59m and costs €70 - €260.
The distance between Marbella and Cologne is 1896 km. The road distance is 2277.4 km.
The best way to get from Marbella to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 20h 28m and costs €500 - €1000.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Marbella to Cologne, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Marbella to Cologne is 2277 km. It takes approximately 22h 27m to drive from Marbella to Cologne.
There are 1816+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Marbella, Spain and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Estación de Autobuses de Málaga, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 38h 20m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Weeze Airport via Tangier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Weeze Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Weeze Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Málaga Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Girona to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +34 900 41 00 41
- Website
- rodalies.gencat.cat
Train from Barcelona-El Clot to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html
- Website
- https://rodalies.gencat.cat/ca/inici/index.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-El Clot to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Marbella to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Marbella to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- infobus@interbus.es
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Marbella to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–100
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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