There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Lecce by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or car train
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Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane CGN - BDS
6h 38m€98–325Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane EIN - BDS
9h 48m€83–307Train via Basel
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Leccetrain Fr
18h 52m€237–1,048Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne to Battipagliabus
- Take the bus from Battipaglia to Leccebus 570
27h 32mDrive 1,852.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Leccecar 1,852.4 km
16h 59m€288–416Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane DUS - BDS
7h 6m€101–304Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane CRL - BDS
9h 46m€98–432Train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Leccetrain Fr
19h 45m€387–1,143Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Baribus
- Take the bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Stationbus
28h 32m€159–374Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Leccecar
23h 30m€309–439
Cologne to Lecce by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to train and fly which costs €80 - €310 and takes 9h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €95 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Lecce. However, there are services departing from Cologne and arriving at Lecce via Battipaglia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Lecce. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Lecce via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 52m.
The distance between Cologne and Lecce is 1470 km. The road distance is 1852.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lecce without a car is to train via Basel which takes 18h 52m and costs €230 - €1100.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Cologne to Lecce, including transfers.
Cologne to Lecce bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Cologne station.
Cologne to Lecce train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lecce is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €95 - €330. Alternatively, you can train via Basel, which costs €230 - €1100 and takes 18h 52m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 27h 32m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lecce, Italy?
Eurowings, Ryanair, and Swiss fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Brindisi Airport (BDS) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Hbf to Lecce via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 18h 52m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Brindisi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Frankfurt to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–300
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Cologne to Battipaglia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Battipaglia to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- 0832.871016
- [email protected]
- Website
- eliosautoservizi.com
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Lecce Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- eliosautoservizi.com
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Lecce bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Battipaglia station.
Cologne to Lecce train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Lecce is 1852 km. It takes approximately 16h 59m to drive from Cologne to Lecce.
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