There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Patras by plane, bus, car, car ferry, train, ferry, night train, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane DUS - GPA
7h 12m€186–419Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CGN - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
12h 52m€120–328Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
29h 49mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Anconacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
33h 11m€316–473Train, ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rj
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
40h 48m€363–894Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane CGN - GPA
8h 23m€221–748Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane DUS - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
10h 38m€152–515Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUS - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
13h 31m€135–349Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the bus from München Hackerbrücke to Anconabus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
36hTrain, Bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioanninabus
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Patrasbus
45h 37m€251–479Train, night train, line 2 ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 42 / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia S. Lucianighttrain Nj
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
2d 3h€244–629Drive 2,472.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Patrascar 2,472.6 km
23h 43m€451–651Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Patrascar
31h 11m€400–570
Cologne to Patras by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Patras is to fly and bus which costs €120 - €330 and takes 12h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Patras is to fly which takes 7h 12m and costs €180 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Patras. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Patra via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 49m.
The distance between Cologne and Patras is 1944 km. The road distance is 2472.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Patras without a car is to bus which takes 29h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Cologne to Patras, including transfers.
Cologne to Patras bus services, operated by Amr Travel, depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Patras is to fly which takes 7h 12m and costs €180 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 29h 49m.
Cologne to Patras bus services, operated by Amr Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 3:05 PM in Cologne and 4:05 PM in Patras.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Patras, Greece?
TUIfly and Austrian Airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Hbf to Patra via Tirana and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 29h 49m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €190–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–450
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- 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
- +355 68 204 4475
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Köln Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from München Hackerbrücke to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +302651083071
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://ktelioannina.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- [email protected]
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- [email protected]
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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