There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Amalfi by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane CGN - NAP
- Take the bus from Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto to Amalfi - Piazza Flavio Gioiabus
7h 9m€93–314Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Napolitrain
17h 3m€516–786Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Mühlheim am Main to Salernobus
- Take the ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Amalfiferry
18h 11m€174–282Drive 1,640.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Amalficar 1,640.6 km
15h 15m€308–445Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Naples Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane DUS - NAP
- Take the bus from Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto to Amalfi - Piazza Flavio Gioiabus
8h 2m€111–282Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train, line 5120 bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane CGN - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Salernotrain
- Take the bus from Salerno to Amalfibus
8h 46m€100–303Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane DUS - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Salernotrain
9h 35m€118–321Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne to Salernobus
23h 57m€180–245Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Pescarabus
- Take the bus from Pescara to Salernobus 433
29h 10m€169–291Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Amalficar
21h 9m€310–445
Cologne to Amalfi by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Amalfi is to train and fly and bus which costs €110 - €290 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Amalfi is to fly and bus which takes 7h 9m and costs €90 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Amalfi. However, there are services departing from Cologne and arriving at Amalfi via Salerno. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Amalfi. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Via Nocera via Frankfurt, Chiasso, Milano Centrale and Napoli P. Garibaldi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 3m.
The distance between Cologne and Amalfi is 1332 km. The road distance is 1640.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Amalfi without a car is to train which takes 17h 3m and costs €500 - €800.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Cologne to Amalfi, including transfers.
Cologne to Amalfi bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Cologne station.
Cologne to Amalfi train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Amalfi is to train which takes 17h 3m and costs €500 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €180 - €250 and takes 23h 57m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Amalfi, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Amalfi via Frankfurt, Chiasso, Milano Centrale, Napoli, Napoli P. Garibaldi, and Via Nocera in around 17h 3m. Alternatively, Onebus operates a bus from Cologne to Salerno once a week. Tickets cost €170–250 and the journey takes 21h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Naples Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Napoli
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +39 081 879 2645
- [email protected]
- Website
- shuttlebus.pintourbus.com
Bus from Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto to Amalfi - Piazza Flavio Gioia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- Pintour
Bus from Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto to Amalfi - Piazza Flavio Gioia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- Pintour
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Mühlheim am Main to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Cologne to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–250
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- [email protected]
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Salerno to Amalfi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pescara to Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 089 87 29 50
- [email protected]
- Website
- Travelmar
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Amalfi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Travelmar
- Phone
- +39 089 811 605
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grassi Junior
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Amalfi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Grassi Junior
- Phone
- (+39)081.552.07.63
- [email protected]
- Website
- Navigazione Libera del Golfo
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Amalfi
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Navigazione Libera del Golfo
- Phone
- +39 089 875326
- [email protected]
- Website
- Positano Jet Ferries
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Amalfi
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Positano Jet Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Cologne to Amalfi bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Salerno station.
Cologne to Amalfi train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Amalfi is 1641 km. It takes approximately 15h 15m to drive from Cologne to Amalfi.
There are 8289+ hotels available in Amalfi.

















































