There are 10 ways to get from Positano to Cologne by ferry, plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Ferry to Naples Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverelloferry
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane NAP - CGN
6h 41m€94–264Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverelloferry
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
15h 57m€272–663Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Port of Salernoferry
- Take the bus from Salerno to Colognebus
24h 34mDrive 1,639.4 km
- Drive from Positano to Colognecar 1,639.4 km
15h 25m€258–373Ferry to Naples Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverelloferry
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane NAP - DUS
7h 9m€117–285Ferry to Naples Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverelloferry
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NAP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 15m€142–402Ferry, train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverelloferry
- Take the train from Napoli to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane FCO - CGN
7h 10m€128–327Ferry to Naples Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverelloferry
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane NAP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 59m€139–436Train, bus
- Take the train from Sorrento to Napoli P. Garibalditrain 0
- Take the bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus 501 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGNbus
28h 6m€144–253Drive, car train
- Drive from Positano to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Colognecar
21h 24m€289–406
Positano to Cologne by ferry, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Positano to Cologne is to ferry and fly which costs €90 - €270 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Positano to Cologne is to ferry and fly which takes 6h 41m and costs €90 - €270.
The distance between Positano and Cologne is 1315 km. The road distance is 1639.4 km.
The best way to get from Positano to Cologne without a car is to ferry and train which takes 15h 57m and costs €270 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Positano to Cologne, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Positano to Cologne is 1639 km. It takes approximately 15h 25m to drive from Positano to Cologne.
There are 1842+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Positano, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Positano to Cologne. However, you can take the ferry to Naples Beverello, walk to Napoli - Piazza Bovio, take the bus to Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto, walk to Naples Airport (NAP) airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), walk to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, then take the train to Köln Hbf. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Port of Positano to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Naples Beverello, Municipio, Piazza Garibaldi, Napoli Centrale, Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 15h 57m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Naples Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Naples Airport to Brussels Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Naples Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Naples Airport to Brussels Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Naples Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Napoli Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 800 211 388
- infoeav@eavsrl.it
- Website
- eavsrl.it
Train from Sorrento to Napoli P. Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- eavsrl.it
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Salerno to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Napoli P.zza Garibaldi to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39)081.552.07.63
- customercare@nlg.it
- Website
- nlg.it
Ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Positano to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Positano to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 089 87 29 50
- info@travelmar.it
- Website
- travelmar.it
Ferry from Port of Positano to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.travelmar.it/en/index
- Phone
- +39 089 811 605
- info@grassiboatpositano.com
- Website
- grassiboatpositano.com
Ferry from Port of Positano to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.grassiboatpositano.com/
- Phone
- +39 089 875326
- info@lucibello.it
- Website
- lucibello.it
Ferry from Port of Positano to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.lucibello.it/en/welcome-services
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