There are 10 ways to get from Ascona to Budapest by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
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 30mFt 11,409–62,989Train via Vienna
- Take the train from Locarno to Rotkreuztrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Rotkreuz to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Take the train from Zuerich Flughafen to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
16h 39mFt 62,439–124,739Bus
- 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 34,867–56,676Drive 983.2 km
- Drive from Ascona to Budapestcar 983.2 km
10h 53mFt 64,251–92,807Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ZRH - BUD
7h 49mFt 49,709–123,389Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- 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 33mFt 27,209–93,489Train to Basel, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BSL - BUD
9h 12mFt 19,839–106,649Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bratislava Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)plane MXP - BTS
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
10h 1mFt 17,139–98,239Train
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain Ec
- Take the train from Bregenz to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Rjx
18h 37mFt 81,415–123,724Train, 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 42,915–118,724
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 11 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Ascona to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 7h 30m and costs 11 000 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 Rotkreuz, Zuerich Flughafen and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 39m.
The distance between Ascona and Budapest is 962 km. The road distance is 983.2 km.
The best way to get from Ascona to Budapest without a car is to train via Vienna which takes 16h 39m and costs 60 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 30m 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 Vienna which takes 16h 39m and costs 60 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 34 000 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, Rotkreuz, Zürich Flughafen, Zuerich Flughafen, and Wien Hbf in around 16h 39m. 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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–39,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–60,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–60,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–60,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–90,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–100,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–120,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–80,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–95,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–37,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–60,000
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–130,000
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–9,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Rotkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–24,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Rotkreuz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–7,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–18,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–36,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–9,500
- 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 22,000–33,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–19,000
- 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 22,000–33,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–19,000
- 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
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
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Rotkreuz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,700
- Schedules at
- 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
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–60,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 39,000–60,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Bregenz to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- *
- Ft 45,000–70,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–22,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–19,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–32,000
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,400–7,000
- 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 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- 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 22,000–33,000
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–33,000
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,082
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–16,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,700–3,000
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–46,000
- 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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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 Rotkreuz station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ascona to Budapest is 983 km. It takes approximately 10h 53m to drive from Ascona to Budapest.
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