There are 11 ways to get from Zadar to Cologne by plane, car, car train, bus, or train
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Fly Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZAD - CGN
4h 32m€44–235Drive, car train
- Drive from Zadar to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Colognecar
16h 50m€200–277Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus N948
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
21h 48mDrive 1,286.3 km
- Drive from Zadar to Colognecar 1,286.3 km
12h 52m€186–269Fly Zadar Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 11m€117–335Bus to Split Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SPU - CGN
7h 7m€84–294Bus to Split Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SPU - DUS
7h 30m€107–333Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Zagrebbus 952 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the train from Maribor to Graz Hbftrain 676 / ...
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12train Ice
18h 52m€276–1,127Bus, train via Villach
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Ljubljana bus stationbus
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12train Ice
19h€206–672Bus, train via Villach #2
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Perušićbus
- Take the train from Perusic to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbftrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12train Ice
21h 44m€248–743Bus
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Prijedorbus
- Take the bus from Prijedor to Colognebus
28h 26m
Zadar to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zadar to Cologne is to fly which costs €40 - €240 and takes 4h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Zadar to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 32m and costs €40 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Zadar station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Zadar bus station and arriving at Köln via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 48m.
The distance between Zadar and Cologne is 1003 km. The road distance is 1286.3 km.
The best way to get from Zadar to Cologne without a car is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 21h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 32m to get from Zadar to Cologne, including transfers.
Zadar to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zadar bus station.
The best way to get from Zadar to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 32m and costs €40 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus via Frankfurt am Main, which costs and takes 21h 48m.
Zadar to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zadar to Cologne is 1286 km. It takes approximately 12h 52m to drive from Zadar to Cologne.
What companies run services between Zadar, Croatia and Cologne, Germany?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and Austrian Airlines fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zadar bus station to Köln via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 21h 48m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Split Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Split Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Zadar Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Split Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Split Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Zadar Airport to Frankfurt via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Graz Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Perusic to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Perušić
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- 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
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Zadar bus station to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit.traveling.com
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Perušić
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Zagreb to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €45–350
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €130
- Shared
- €45–70
- Phone
- +387 066 890 490
- tourist@teol.net
- Website
- touristcompany.ba
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Prijedor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- touristcompany.ba
- Phone
- +49 7476 9476939
- bakic-reisen@t-online.de
- Website
- bakic-reisen.com
Bus from Prijedor to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- bakic-reisen.com
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