There are 9 ways to get from Tuscany to Cologne by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or car train
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Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)FLR - CGN
6h 8m€106–279Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)BLQ - CGN
4h 45m€85–281Train
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim HbfEc
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf43 / ...
11h 36m€168–377Bus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGNN537
19h 4m€93–136Drive 1,120.8 km
- Drive from Florence to Cologne1,120.8 km
10h 26m€173–250Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)FLR - DUS
5h 15m€98–263Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)FLR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
5h 16m€123–347Train via Basel
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel SbbEc
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf43 / ...
11h 59m€135–365Drive, car train
- Drive from Florence to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
12h 2m€180–1,116
Tuscany to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tuscany to Cologne is to bus which costs €90 - €140 and takes 19h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Tuscany to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 4h 45m and costs €85 - €290.
No, there is no direct train from Tuscany to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Florence Santa Maria Novella and arriving at Köln Hbf via Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 36m.
The distance between Tuscany and Cologne is 864 km. The road distance is 1120.8 km.
The best way to get from Tuscany to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 11h 36m and costs €160 - €380.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Tuscany to Cologne, including transfers.
Tuscany to Cologne train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Florence Santa Maria Novella station.
The best way to get from Tuscany to Cologne is to fly which takes 6h 8m and costs €100 - €280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €160 - €380 and takes 11h 36m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €140 and takes 19h 4m.
Tuscany to Cologne train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tuscany to Cologne is 1121 km. It takes approximately 10h 26m to drive from Tuscany to Cologne.
What companies run services between Tuscany, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
Air Dolomiti, Eurowings, and five other airlines fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Köln Hbf via Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 11h 36m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–470
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–120
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- 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
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- 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
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €30–50
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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