There are 9 ways to get from Avignon to Lugano by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part DieuTgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
8h 36mCHF 66–213Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Avignon Le Pontet Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione LampugnanoUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3602 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano076 / ...
11h 45mCHF 30–107Drive 522.3 km
- Drive from Avignon to Lugano522.3 km
7h 23mCHF 84–121Train, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)MRS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
6h 23mCHF 64–194Train via Geneva
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to GeneveTgv
- Take the train from Genève to LocarnoIc
9h 52mCHF 137–277Bus, train
- Take the bus from Avignon to Turin
- Take the bus from Turin Porta Susa to Milan Malpensa Airport Arrivals Terminal 2
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T2 to Lugano
14h 5mCHF 45–98Train, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)MRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
7h 5mCHF 132–330Train, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)MRS - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
6h 50mCHF 63–239Train, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)MRS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Lugano
8h 52mCHF 90–257
Avignon to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Avignon to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 29 - SFr 110 and takes 11h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Avignon to Lugano is to train and fly which takes 6h 23m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 200.
No, there is no direct bus from Avignon station to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Avignon Le Pontet Bus Station and arriving at Lugano via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Avignon to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Avignon Tgv and arriving at Lugano via Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 36m.
The distance between Avignon and Lugano is 748 km. The road distance is 522.3 km.
The best way to get from Avignon to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 8h 36m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 8h 36m to get from Avignon to Lugano, including transfers.
Avignon to Lugano bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Avignon Le Pontet Bus Station.
Avignon to Lugano train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Avignon Tgv station.
The best way to get from Avignon to Lugano is to train which takes 8h 36m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 29 - SFr 110 and takes 11h 45m.
What companies run services between Avignon, France and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Avignon Tgv to Lugano via Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale in around 8h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Avignon Le Pontet Bus Station to Lugano via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 11h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 60–80
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–110
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–17
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 18–25
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T2 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Avignon Tgv to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- CHF 16–26
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Avignon Le Pontet Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Avignon Le Pontet Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Avignon to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–22
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–14
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Turin Porta Susa to Milan Malpensa Airport Arrivals Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Turin Porta Susa to Milan Malpensa Airport Arrivals Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–21
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- CHF 16–21
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More Questions & Answers
Avignon to Lugano bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Avignon to Lugano train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Avignon to Lugano is 522 km. It takes approximately 7h 23m to drive from Avignon to Lugano.
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