There are 11 ways to get from Mantua to Cologne by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Mantova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
5h 22m€71–258Bus, train
- Take the bus from Mantova FS to Brescia Autostazionebus 2
- Take the train from Brescia to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain Ice
12h 55m€266–437Bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf
- Take the bus from Verona to Cologne Airport CGNbus N537
16h 26m€86–150Drive 956.6 km
- Drive from Mantua to Colognecar 956.6 km
9h 13m€180–260Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Mantova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
5h 54m€99–327Shuttle to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Mantova to Milano Linate airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
7h 17m€292–583Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VCE - CGN
6h 27m€77–289Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the bus from Verona to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
6h 34m€81–266Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VRN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 26m€148–343Train
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain Ice
12h 58m€269–501Bus
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova Station to Colognebus
16h 29m€134–195
Mantua to Cologne by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Mantua to Cologne is to bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf which costs €85 - €150 and takes 16h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Mantua to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €70 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Mantua to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Mantova Viale Mincio and arriving at Cologne Airport CGN via Verona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Mantua to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Mantova and arriving at Köln Hbf via Verona Porta Nuova, Milano Centrale and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 58m.
The distance between Mantua and Cologne is 890 km. The road distance is 956.6 km.
The best way to get from Mantua to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 12h 55m and costs €260 - €440.
It takes approximately 5h 22m to get from Mantua to Cologne, including transfers.
Mantua to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Verona station.
Mantua to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Verona Porta Nuova station.
The best way to get from Mantua to Cologne is to bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf which takes 16h 26m and costs €85 - €150. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €260 - €500 and takes 12h 58m.
What companies run services between Mantua, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
FlixBus operates a bus from Verona to Cologne Airport CGN 4 times a week. Tickets cost €80–130 and the journey takes 13h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Mantova to Köln Hbf via Verona Porta Nuova, Milano Centrale, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 12h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Mantova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Mantova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Brescia to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €85–130
- 2nd Class
- €70–100
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Mantova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 0376 230 339
- [email protected]
- Website
- apam.it
Bus from Mantova FS to Brescia Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- apam.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Verona to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Verona to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Mantova to Milano Linate airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €190–310
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +39 049 8241199
- [email protected]
- Website
- fsbusitalia.it
Bus from Verona to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Schedules at
- fsbusitalia.it
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova Station to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Mantua to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Cologne Airport CGN station.
Mantua to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mantua to Cologne is 957 km. It takes approximately 9h 13m to drive from Mantua to Cologne.
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