There are 8 ways to get from Messina to Cologne by train, plane, ferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CTA - CGN
7h 19m€79–320Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 42 / ...
19h 50mBus
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Colognebus
32h 14m€250–360Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovannicarferry
- Drive from Villa S. Giovanni to Colognecar
19h 34m€350–527Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CTA - DUS
7h 50m€92–500Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PMO - CGN
8h 57m€95–382Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CTA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 31m€120–303Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Hahn, bus, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Hahn (HHN)plane CTA - HHN
- Take the bus from Hahn to Koblenz Bahnhof Stadtmitte/Löhr-Centerbus
- Take the train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Suedtrain
10h 48m
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €75 - €320 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs €75 - €320.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at Cologne. Services depart once a week, and operate Wednesday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 32h 14m.
The distance between Messina and Cologne is 1732 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Cologne without a car is to ferry and train which takes 19h 50m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Messina to Cologne, including transfers.
Messina to Cologne bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Cologne bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Cologne station.
Book your Messina to Cologne bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 1846+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
Onebus operates a bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Cologne once a week. Tickets cost €250–360 and the journey takes 32h 14m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Hahn via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Frankfurt via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250–360
- Website
- Onebus
- [email protected]
- Website
- KVG Zickenheiner GmbH
Bus from Hahn to Koblenz Bahnhof Stadtmitte/Löhr-Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- KVG Zickenheiner GmbH
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- 090774409
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
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