There are 10 ways to get from Portugal to Cologne by plane, bus, train, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), or car
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Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane OPO - CGN
5h 31m€61–254Bus, train via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Bordeaux Saint-Jean Terres de Bordebus
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
23h 30mTrain
- Take the train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Porto Campanhatrain Ic
- Take the train from Porto Campanha to Redondela De Galiciatrain Ic
- Take the train from Redondela De Galicia to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
33h 2m€170–540Drive 2,193.9 km
- Drive from Lisbon to Colognecar 2,193.9 km
20h 49m€333–481Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane OPO - DUS
6h 2m€86–316Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LIS - CGN
5h 39m€67–272Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIS - DUS
6h 19m€87–304Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane OPO - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 54m€100–287Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Paris - Massy-Palaiseaubus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbftrain Tha
31h 59m€96–278Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
34h 42m€82–182
Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Cologne is to fly which costs €60 - €260 and takes 5h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs €60 - €260.
No, there is no direct train from Portugal to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Porto Campanha, Redondela De Galicia, Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 2m.
The distance between Portugal and Cologne is 1645 km. The road distance is 2193.9 km.
The best way to get from Portugal to Cologne without a car is to bus and train via Bordeaux which takes 23h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Portugal to Cologne, including transfers.
Portugal to Cologne train services, operated by Comboios de Portugal, depart from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia station.
The best way to get from Portugal to Cologne is to fly which takes 5h 31m and costs €60 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €170 - €550 and takes 33h 2m.
Portugal to Cologne train services, operated by Comboios de Portugal, arrive at Porto Campanha station.
Yes, the driving distance between Portugal to Cologne is 2194 km. It takes approximately 20h 49m to drive from Portugal to Cologne.
What companies run services between Portugal and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings and Ryanair fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Koeln Hbf via Porto Campanha, Redondela De Galicia, Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 33h 2m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Brussels Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Porto Campanha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–65
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Porto Campanha to Redondela De Galicia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Redondela De Galicia to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- 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 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- contact@euroscoach.com
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Bordeaux Saint-Jean Terres de Borde
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Paris - Massy-Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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