There are 12 ways to get from Scalea to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, night train, or car train
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Train to Naples Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane NAP - CGN
8h 2m€79–316Train
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Napoli to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
17h 19m€266–537Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sapri to Pergolabus
- Take the bus from Pergola to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
27h 37m€186–312Drive 1,799.4 km
- Drive from Scalea to Colognecar 1,799.4 km
16h 41m€282–407Train to Naples Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane NAP - DUS
8h 45m€101–279Train, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paolatrain
- Take the train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SUF - CGN
7h 21m€104–390Train, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paolatrain
- Take the train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SUF - DUS
8h 9m€101–273Train to Naples Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NAP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 57m€142–409Train, train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain
- Take the train from Napoli to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane FCO - CGN
9h 13m€114–336Train, night train
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Bolzano Bozentrain Fr
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brennertrain Re
- Take the night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbfnighttrain
18h 36m€267–454Bus
- Take the bus from Scalea to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Frankfurt central train stationbus N77
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kölnbus
30h 49mDrive, car train
- Drive from Scalea to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
17h 52m€294–1,282
Scalea to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scalea to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €75 - €320 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Scalea to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 21m and costs €100 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Scalea to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Scalea and arriving at Köln via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Scalea to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao and arriving at Köln Hbf via Napoli, Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 19m.
The distance between Scalea and Cologne is 1470 km. The road distance is 1799.4 km.
The best way to get from Scalea to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 17h 19m and costs €260 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Scalea to Cologne, including transfers.
Scalea to Cologne bus services, operated by Rocco Bus, depart from Scalea station.
Scalea to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao station.
The best way to get from Scalea to Cologne is to train which takes 17h 19m and costs €260 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 30h 49m.
What companies run services between Scalea, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Köln Hbf via Napoli, Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 17h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Scalea to Köln via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 30h 49m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Naples Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Naples Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +390975 343195
- info@ventrebus.com
- Website
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Sapri to Pergola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Pergola to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
- Phone
- +39 0973 22943
- info@roccobus.it
- Website
- roccobus.it
Bus from Scalea to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- roccobus.it
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Scalea to Cologne bus services, operated by Rocco Bus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Scalea to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Napoli Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Scalea to Cologne is 1799 km. It takes approximately 16h 41m to drive from Scalea to Cologne.
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