There are 9 ways to get from Ascona to Budapest by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, or car
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MXP - BUD
7h 8mFt 10,941–65,042Train via Venice
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
17h 10mFt 63,241–121,242Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N403 / ...
18h 49mFt 37,282–60,192Drive 983.2 km
- Drive from Ascona to Budapestcar 983.2 km
10h 54mFt 74,199–107,177Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ZRH - BUD
7h 55mFt 51,141–129,142Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BGY - BUD
8h 11mFt 28,241–96,542Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BSL - BUD
8h 50mFt 19,691–119,422Train
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
17h 50mFt 70,667–125,277Train, bus
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain Ec
- Take the bus from Bregenz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
21h 48mFt 46,917–128,727
Ascona to Budapest by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ascona to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 10 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 7h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Ascona to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 7h 8m and costs 10 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Ascona to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Ascona, Centro and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Lugano, Stazione, Lugano and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Ascona to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 10m.
The distance between Ascona and Budapest is 963 km. The road distance is 983.2 km.
The best way to get from Ascona to Budapest without a car is to train via Venice which takes 17h 10m and costs 60 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 8m to get from Ascona to Budapest, including transfers.
Ascona to Budapest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lugano station.
Ascona to Budapest train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Locarno station.
The best way to get from Ascona to Budapest is to train via Venice which takes 17h 10m and costs 60 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 37 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 18h 49m.
What companies run services between Ascona, Switzerland and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a bus from Ascona, Centro to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Locarno, Debarcadero, Locarno, Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre, and Wien Hbf in around 17h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ascona, Centro to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Locarno, Piazza Stazione, Locarno, Lugano, Lugano, Stazione, Lugano, Via Ciani/Cornaredo, Lugano, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 18h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–90,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–90,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–90,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–90,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–40,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–60,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–85,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–95,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–40,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–90,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–60,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–80,000
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–120,000
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–10,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–43,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–39,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–39,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–23,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,700–2,100
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,800–2,300
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–22,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- *
- Ft 33,000–50,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- Ft 41,000–60,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,661
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,704
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–30,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- Ft 21,000–30,000
- 2nd Class
- Ft 14,000–19,000
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–36,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- Ft 25,000–36,000
- 2nd Class
- Ft 19,000–26,000
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–37,000
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–34,000
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–34,000
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–8,500
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–16,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lugano to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–3,500
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–48,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,800–8,500
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,200–5,500
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bregenz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–65,000
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Ascona to Budapest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Ascona to Budapest train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ascona to Budapest is 983 km. It takes approximately 10h 54m to drive from Ascona to Budapest.
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