There are 12 ways to get from Vernazza to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or night train
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Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)BLQ - CGN
8h 8m€109–368Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Take the train from Pavia to Milano Bovisa Politecnico
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MXP - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
9h 53m€63–293Train
- Take the train from Levanto to Milano CentraleIc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim HbfEc
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf43 / ...
13h 57m€136–294Bus
- Take the bus from La Spezia to GenoaN1508 / ...
- Take the bus from Genoa to Cologne Airport CGNN177
20h 14m€87–188Drive 1,053.4 km
- Drive from Vernazza to Cologne1,053.4 km
10h 12m€165–238Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LIN - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
9h 11m€109–340Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BLQ - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
8h 49m€117–400Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Take the train from Pavia to Milano Bovisa Politecnico
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)MXP - CGN
9h 12m€85–261Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Levanto to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)BGY - CGN
8h 50m€79–287Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Levanto to Pavia
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Frankfurt (FRA)LIN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
9h 6m€78–257Train via Vernazza
- Take the train from Levanto to Milano CentraleIc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim HbfEc
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf43 / ...
14h 9m€132–339Train, night train
- Take the train from Sestri Levante to Zürich HBEc
- Take the night train from Zürich HB to Bonn-BeuelNj
18h 42m€321–606
Vernazza to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vernazza to Cologne is to bus which costs €85 - €190 and takes 20h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Vernazza to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs €100 - €370.
No, there is no direct train from Vernazza to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Vernazza and arriving at Köln Hbf via Levanto, Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 57m.
The distance between Vernazza and Cologne is 1048 km. The road distance is 1053.4 km.
The best way to get from Vernazza to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 13h 57m and costs €130 - €300.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Vernazza to Cologne, including transfers.
Vernazza to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Levanto station.
The best way to get from Vernazza to Cologne is to train which takes 13h 57m and costs €130 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €190 and takes 20h 14m.
Vernazza to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vernazza to Cologne is 1053 km. It takes approximately 10h 12m to drive from Vernazza to Cologne.
What companies run services between Vernazza, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Vernazza to Köln Hbf via Levanto, Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 13h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Vernazza to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via La Spezia Centrale, La Spezia - Stazione FS, La Spezia, Genoa, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 20h 14m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Levanto to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Levanto to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–52
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Pavia to Milano Bovisa Politecnico
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €30–50
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Sestri Levante to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Zürich HB to Bonn-Beuel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from La Spezia to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from La Spezia to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
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