There are 9 ways to get from Catania to Aachen by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CTA - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
3h 59m€83–353Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane CTA - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclinedbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbftrain
5h 29m€80–277Train, ferry
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
23h 48mBus, train
- Take the bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Liege - Rue Varinbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbftrain Ice / ...
30h 53m€271–386Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Catania to Port of Palermocar
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Aachencar
33h 16m€283–418Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CTA - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Westtrain
4h 51mFly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CTA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
4h 58m€121–306Fly to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane CTA - LUX
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbftrain
6h 41m€104–327Bus
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Milan Lampugnanobus Itabus
- Take the bus from Milan to Maastrichtbus FlixBus N473
35h 46m€157–258
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Aachen is to fly and bus and train which costs €80 - €280 and takes 5h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 3h 59m and costs €80 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Catania to Aachen. However, there are services departing from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop and arriving at Aachen, Elisenbrunnen via Milan and Maastricht, Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 46m.
The distance between Catania and Aachen is 1702 km.
The best way to get from Catania to Aachen without a car is to train and ferry which takes 23h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 59m to get from Catania to Aachen, including transfers.
Catania to Aachen bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop station.
Catania to Aachen bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Milan Lampugnano station.
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What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Aachen, Germany?
You can take a bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Aachen, Elisenbrunnen via Milan, Maastricht, and Maastricht, Station in around 35h 46m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Luxembourg via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Friday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Luxembourg via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €140–200
- 2nd Class
- €130–180
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Liege - Rue Varin
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €260–360
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Milan Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- 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
- €100–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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