There are 9 ways to get from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne by plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, bus, train, or night train
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Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CTA - CGN
3h 4m€77–280Train
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
24h 19m€305–712Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Catania Airport (CTA) to Port of Palermocar
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Colognecar
32h 6m€272–426Bus
- Take the bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Colognebus
34h 27mFly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CTA - DUS
3h 40m€81–273Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CTA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
3h 44m€114–335Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane CTA - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
6h 43m€86–323Fly to Hahn, bus, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Hahn (HHN)plane CTA - HHN
- Take the bus from Hahn to Koblenz Bahnhof Stadtmitte/Löhr-Centerbus
- Take the train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Suedtrain
6h 28mNight train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Catania Centrale to Milano Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
30h 59m€280–932
Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne is to fly which costs €80 - €280 and takes 3h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne is to fly which takes 3h 4m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Catania Airport and arriving at Cologne via Catania Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Catania Centrale and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 19m.
The distance between Catania Airport (CTA) and Cologne is 1633 km.
The best way to get from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 24h 19m and costs €300 - €750.
It takes approximately 3h 4m to get from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne, including transfers.
Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Catania Central Bus Station.
Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Catania Centrale station.
The best way to get from Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne is to fly which takes 3h 4m and costs €75 - €280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €300 - €750 and takes 24h 19m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 34h 27m.
What companies run services between Catania Airport (CTA), Italy and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Lufthansa City, and Lufthansa fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Catania Airport to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Catania, Catania Centrale, Roma Termini, Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 24h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Hahn via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Catania Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Catania Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–550
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- [email protected]
- Website
- KVG Zickenheiner GmbH
Bus from Hahn to Koblenz Bahnhof Stadtmitte/Löhr-Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- KVG Zickenheiner GmbH
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Catania Airport (CTA) to Cologne bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Cologne station.
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