There are 13 ways to get from Zadar to Cologne by bus, plane, car, car train, or train
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Bus to Split Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)SPU - CGN
6h 46m€89–357Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)ZAG - CGN
8h 40m€62–313Drive, car train
- Drive from Zadar to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
12h 1m€173–1,107Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Munich Hbf
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf47 / ...
16h 55m€120–205Drive 1,285.3 km
- Drive from Zadar to Cologne1,285.3 km
12h 55m€181–261Fly Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)ZAD - CGN
4h 35m€116–372Bus to Split Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SPU - DUS
7h 38m€91–341Bus to Split Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Frankfurt (FRA)SPU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
7h 39m€121–395Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Frankfurt (FRA)ZAG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
9h 33m€114–341Bus, train via Villach
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Villach HbfN947
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12Ice
18h 45m€157–273Bus, train via Zagreb
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Gospić, Autobusni kolodvor
- Take the train from Perusic to Zagreb Glavni Kol.Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Muenchen HbfEc
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf47 / ...
21h 33m€86–191Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Frankfurt central train stationN948
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGNN280 / ...
22h 14m€75–141Bus
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica to Cologne
28h 38m
Zadar to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zadar to Cologne is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which costs €75 - €150 and takes 22h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Zadar to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 35m and costs €110 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Zadar to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Cologne via Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 38m.
The distance between Zadar and Cologne is 1226 km. The road distance is 1285.3 km.
The best way to get from Zadar to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 16h 55m and costs €120 - €210.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Zadar to Cologne, including transfers.
Zadar to Cologne bus services, operated by Tourist Company, depart from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
The best way to get from Zadar to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 35m and costs €110 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus via Frankfurt am Main, which costs €75 - €150 and takes 22h 14m.
Zadar to Cologne bus services, operated by Tourist Company, arrive at Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zadar to Cologne is 1285 km. It takes approximately 12h 55m to drive from Zadar to Cologne.
What companies run services between Zadar, Croatia and Cologne, Germany?
Ryanair and Eurowings fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zadar bus station to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Frankfurt central train station, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 22h 14m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–360
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Split Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–420
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Split Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zadar Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Split Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- 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 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- 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 Villach Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Perusic to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–18
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +49 711 3041678
- lubina.busfahrten@t-online.de
- Website
- lubina-busfahrten.de
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €86
- Schedules at
- lubina-busfahrten.de
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 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-tours.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Gospić, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- velebit-tours.hr
- 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
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.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
- €20
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Gospić, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +387 066 890 490
- tourist@teol.net
- Website
- touristcompany.ba
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- touristcompany.ba
- Phone
- +49 (0)7051 93 03 44
- info@prosicbus.com
- Website
- prosicbus.com
Bus from Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- http://www.prosicbus.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.prosicbus.com/#redvoznje-faq
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