There are 8 ways to get from Bern to Samarkand by train, plane, or bus
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 Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane ZRH - SKD
12h 14m$326–626Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchaktrain
- Take the train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkandtrain
5d 16h$238–494Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain
5d 6h$360–569Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane BSL - SKD
13h 24m$435–1,061Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane GVA - SKD
14h 36m$345–1,029Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane MXP - SKD
15h 11m$391–886Train, bus to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane STR - SKD
15h 29m$405–1,123Train, bus via Верхний Баскунчак
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchaktrain
- Take the train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkandtrain
5d 18h$279–458
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Samarkand is to train and bus which costs $230 - $500 and takes 5 days 16h.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 12h 14m and costs $320 - $650.
The distance between Bern and Samarkand is 4805 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Samarkand without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 5 days 6h and costs $360 - $600.
It takes approximately 12h 14m to get from Bern to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 4h ahead of Bern. It is currently 9:04 AM in Bern and 1:04 PM in Samarkand.
There are 594+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Samarkand. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport (SKD), then take the taxi to Samarkand. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bern to Samarkand via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Riga Central Bus Station, Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal, St Petersburg Glavny, Aksaraiskaia, and Aksarayskaya-1 in around 5d 6h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–850
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $310–430
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $70–110
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $85–120
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $280–390
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–95
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–110
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $33–53
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $33–36
- Coupe
- $49–53
- SV
- $90–105
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Frankfurt to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–110
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–75
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $104–109
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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