There are 6 ways to get from Europe to Swiss Alps by train, bus, car, night train, car train, 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 Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Airolotrain
11h 57mDrive 628.1 km
cheapest- Drive from Europe to Swiss Alpscar 628.1 km
6h 37mCHF 99–143Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Bad Hersfeld to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zurich Airport bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Zürich Airport Bus Station Platform R to Iseltwald Dorfplatzbus
- Drive from Iseltwald Dorfplatz to Swiss Alpscar
17h 4mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Hanau Hauptbahnhoftrain Re5
- Take the night train from Hanau Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Airolotrain
14h 33mDrive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Swiss Alpscar
7h 10mCHF 148–202Train, fly
- 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 Airolotrain
9h 29m
Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Swiss Alps is to drive which costs SFr 95 - SFr 150 and takes 6h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Swiss Alps is to drive which takes 6h 37m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 150.
The distance between Europe and Swiss Alps is 716 km. The road distance is 628.1 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Swiss Alps without a car is to train which takes 11h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 57m to get from Europe to Swiss Alps, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Swiss Alps is 628 km. It takes approximately 6h 37m to drive from Europe to Swiss Alps.
There are 450+ hotels available in Swiss Alps.
What companies run services between Europe and Swiss Alps, Canton Ticino, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Gotthard Passhöhe via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof, Basel SBB, Airolo, and Airolo, Stazione in around 11h 57m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Hanau Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Airolo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hanau Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–239
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 236–239
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 120–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 40–50
- 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 85–100
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Bad Hersfeld to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zurich Airport bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Zürich Airport Bus Station Platform R to Iseltwald Dorfplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
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