There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Locarno by train, bus, car, plane, or car train
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
11h 26mCHF 86–242Train, fly to Milan Linate Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
10h 20mCHF 74–196Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquaibus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
14h 41mCHF 92–177Drive 685.4 km
- Drive from Europe to Locarnocar 685.4 km
6h 39mCHF 111–161Train, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
8h 34mCHF 143–329Train
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarnotrain
12h 4mTrain, bus via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N73
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Chur station train stationbus N76
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus 171
17h 32mCHF 84–139Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Locarnocar
7h 23mCHF 159–222Train, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
9h 43mCHF 99–243
Europe to Locarno by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Locarno is to train and bus via Nuremberg which costs SFr 80 - SFr 140 and takes 17h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Locarno is to drive which takes 6h 39m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 160.
The distance between Europe and Locarno is 807 km. The road distance is 685.4 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Locarno without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 26m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 250.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Europe to Locarno, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Locarno is 685 km. It takes approximately 6h 39m to drive from Europe to Locarno.
There are 2501+ hotels available in Locarno.
What companies run services between Europe and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Locarno via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Bellinzona in around 11h 26m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
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 60–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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 Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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/
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–50
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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