There are 12 ways to get from Bonn to Lugano by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
9h 34mCHF 77–348Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 52mCHF 46–177Bus
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Luganobus 421 / ...
10h 10mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
10h 15mCHF 87–334Drive 704.3 km
- Drive from Bonn to Luganocar 704.3 km
7h 6mCHF 109–158Train, bus
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
- Take the bus from Zürich to Luganobus
13hCHF 103–315Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CGN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 7mCHF 51–164Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 5mCHF 101–247Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 14mCHF 82–250Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 53mCHF 81–215Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
6h 39mCHF 51–205Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 10mCHF 57–198
Bonn to Lugano by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 50 - SFr 170 and takes 6h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 5m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Bonn to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Lugano via Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Bonn to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bonn Stadthaus and arriving at Lugano via Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 34m.
The distance between Bonn and Lugano is 748 km. The road distance is 704.3 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 9h 34m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 350.
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from Bonn to Lugano, including transfers.
Bonn to Lugano bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Bonn Hbf station.
Bonn to Lugano train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Siegburg Bf station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Lugano is to train which takes 9h 34m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 10m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Bonn Stadthaus to Lugano via Siegburg Bf, Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, and Basel SBB in around 9h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bonn Hbf to Lugano via Zurich Bus Station in around 10h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–110
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 160–260
Train from Bonn Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 80–130
- 1st Class
- CHF 170–290
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–70
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–241
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 237–241
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 120–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
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 Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Zürich to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
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More Questions & Answers
Bonn to Lugano bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Bonn to Lugano train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bonn to Lugano is 704 km. It takes approximately 7h 6m to drive from Bonn to Lugano.
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