There are 5 ways to get from Denver to Lugano by plane or train
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DEN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
16h 59mCHF 243–615Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DEN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
15h 18mCHF 371–791Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DEN - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
17h 17mCHF 244–768Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Basel (BSL)plane DEN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
18h 31mCHF 459–963Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane DEN - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
18h 35mCHF 312–1,057
Denver (DEN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Denver to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 240 - SFr 650 and takes 16h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 15h 18m and costs SFr 370 - SFr 800.
The distance between Denver and Lugano is 8546 km.
It takes approximately 16h 59m to get from Denver to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 8h ahead of Denver. It is currently 1:01 AM in Denver and 9:01 AM in Lugano.
There are 6272+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Denver, CO, USA and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Denver to Lugano. However, you can take the train to Denver Airport Station, walk to Denver (DEN) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano. Alternatively, you can take the train to Denver Airport Station, walk to Denver (DEN) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Lugano.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–600
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–950
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
Flights from Denver to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Denver to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–410
Flights from Denver to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,300
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Denver to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–360
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–380
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–550
Flights from Denver to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Denver to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
- 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/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- 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 Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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