There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Nova Gorica by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, car train, or night train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane DUS - TRS
5h 52m€112–280Train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Jesenice to Nova Goricatrain Re
16h 46m€75–170Train via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Jesenice to Nova Goricatrain Re
13h 19m€176–788Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Ljubljana bus stationbus 127 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana AP to Nova Gorica APbus
16h 36mDrive 950.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Nova Goricacar 950.3 km
10h 7m€136–196Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Nova Gorica
5h 39m€211–467Train to Frankfurt, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane FRA - TRS
5h 48m€134–397Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane CGN - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Nova Gorica
6h 29m€203–697Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane CGN - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to FVG Airport
7h 29m€226–667Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane DUS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to FVG Airport
8h 8m€237–700Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take a shuttle bus from Flughafen München to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Nova Gorica
8h 49m€413–617Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Nova Goricacar
13h 38m€150–205Train, night train
- Take the train from Koln Sud to München Osttrain Nj
- Take the night train from Muenchen Ost to Jesenicenighttrain En
- Take the train from Jesenice to Nova Goricatrain Re
17h 24m€183–328
Cologne to Nova Gorica by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Nova Gorica is to train which costs €75 - €170 and takes 16h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Nova Gorica is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 5h 39m and costs €210 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Nova Gorica. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Nova Gorica AP via Frankfurt central train station and Ljubljana AP. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Nova Gorica. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Nova Gorica via München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf and Jesenice. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 19m.
The distance between Cologne and Nova Gorica is 857 km. The road distance is 950.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Nova Gorica without a car is to train via Munich which takes 13h 19m and costs €170 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 52m to get from Cologne to Nova Gorica, including transfers.
Cologne to Nova Gorica bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
Cologne to Nova Gorica train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Nova Gorica is to train via Munich which takes 13h 19m and costs €170 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 36m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Nova Gorica, Slovenia?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nova Gorica via München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Villach Hbf, and Jesenice in around 13h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln to Nova Gorica AP via Frankfurt central train station, Ljubljana bus station, and Ljubljana AP in around 16h 36m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Klagenfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €29–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Train from Köln Hbf to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Jesenice to Nova Gorica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
Train from Jesenice to Nova Gorica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
Train from Jesenice to Nova Gorica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Koln Sud to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Jesenice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 431 77 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Ljubljana AP to Nova Gorica AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.nomago.si/en
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- [email protected]
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Nova Gorica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €80–95
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €55–65
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Nova Gorica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €80–95
Shuttle from Flughafen München to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €260–310
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €260–310
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Nova Gorica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €80–95
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €153
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to FVG Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €170–450
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to FVG Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €170–450
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
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Cologne to Nova Gorica bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB station.
Cologne to Nova Gorica train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Nova Gorica is 950 km. It takes approximately 10h 7m to drive from Cologne to Nova Gorica.
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