There are 7 ways to get from Almaty to Geneva by plane, train, bus, 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.
Fly to Geneva International Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ALA - GVA
12h 39mCHF 250–550Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ALA - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
16h 52mCHF 242–825Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genèvetrain
5d 13hCHF 535–1,186Drive 6,638.2 km
- Drive from Almaty to Genevacar 6,638.2 km
3d 2hCHF 1,054–1,522Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL)plane ALA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain
17h 29mCHF 300–927Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ALA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Genèvetrain
16h 40mCHF 371–755Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ALA - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Genèvetrain
16h 30mCHF 256–757
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Geneva is to fly and train which costs SFr 250 - SFr 800 and takes 16h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Geneva is to fly which takes 12h 39m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 550.
The distance between Almaty and Geneva is 5428 km. The road distance is 6638.2 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Geneva without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 13h and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1200.
It takes approximately 12h 39m to get from Almaty to Geneva, including transfers.
Geneva is 3h behind Almaty. It is currently 9:24 PM in Almaty and 6:24 PM in Geneva.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Geneva is 6638 km. It takes approximately 3 days 2h to drive from Almaty to Geneva.
There are 555+ hotels available in Geneva.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Geneva, Switzerland?
Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–350
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- CHF 180–260
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- CHF 250–350
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 170–240
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 40–55
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 55–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Domodossola to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 7–11
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
Train from Domodossola to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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