There are 10 ways to get from Dublin to Ascona by plane, train, ferry, night train, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUB - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 47mCHF 47–176Ferry, train, night train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain
30h 31mCHF 411–1,137Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain K2+
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Genevetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Genève to Locarnotrain Ic
33h 23mCHF 319–571Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Genève to Locarnotrain Ic
45h 1mFly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 37mCHF 135–307Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUB - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
8h 33mCHF 82–216Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane DUB - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 35mCHF 50–248Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUB - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarnotrain
11h 13mCHF 179–374Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane DUB - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
10h 1mCHF 93–207Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Asconacar
35h 51mCHF 323–654
Dublin to Ascona by ferry, train, foot, night train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Ascona is to fly and train which costs SFr 50 - SFr 250 and takes 8h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 7h 37m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 310.
The distance between Dublin and Ascona is 1509 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Ascona without a car is to ferry and train and night train which takes 30h 31m and costs SFr 410 - SFr 1200.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Dublin to Ascona, including transfers.
Ascona is 1h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 2:52 AM in Dublin and 3:52 AM in Ascona.
There are 2889+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Ascona, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Dublin to Ascona. However, you can take the bus to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, take the train to Mendrisio, take the train to Locarno, walk to Locarno, Piazza Stazione, then take the line 1 bus to Ascona, Centro. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Ascona, Centro via Holyhead Ferry, Holyhead, London Euston, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, Amsterdam Centraal, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, Locarno, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 30h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- CHF 100–150
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- CHF 170–250
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 160–280
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 110–170
- 1st Class
- CHF 240–400
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 110–160
- Comfort
- CHF 130–180
- Premium
- CHF 170–220
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- 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 55–85
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 85–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–100
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–130
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- CHF 30–40
- Smart Flex
- CHF 30–40
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–75
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 190–900
- On Foot
- CHF 60–75
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–407
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 407
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