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 223–1,015Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DEN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
15h 17mCHF 401–891Fly 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 254–818Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Basel (BSL)plane DEN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
18h 33mCHF 309–1,213Fly 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 39mCHF 298–1,159
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 220 - SFr 1100 and takes 16h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 15h 17m and costs SFr 400 - SFr 900.
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 12:16 PM in Denver and 8:16 PM in Lugano.
There are 5991+ 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 260–1,000
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,100
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Denver to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Denver to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,400
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,200
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–430
Flights from Denver to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,400
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
- 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 220–900
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
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 270–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–650
Flights from Denver to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Denver to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Denver to Turin Caselle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Denver to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Denver to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- 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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- 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 18–24
- 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 3 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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