There are 9 ways to get from Geneva to Trieste by plane, shuttle, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane GVA - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
3h 45m€79–418Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Geneva to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 405 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Triestebus N907 / ...
11h 46m€54–75Train
- Take the train from Genève to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
10h 6m€88–193Drive 716.4 km
- Drive from Geneva to Triestecar 716.4 km
7h 9m€124–178Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane GVA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
4h 37m€121–408Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane GVA - TRS
4h 40m€69–184Fly to Rijeka Airport, bus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane GVA - RJK
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
6h 48m€217–641Train via Venice
- Take the train from Genève to Brigtrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Venezia Mestretrain Ec
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
11h 56m€133–260Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lancy Pont Rouge Gare-Etoile P+R to Gare Routièrebus 272
- Take the train from Annecy to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Chambéry - Bus Station to Triestebus
15h 8m€67–92
Geneva to Trieste by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Trieste is to bus which costs €50 - €75 and takes 11h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Trieste is to fly and shuttle which takes 3h 45m and costs €75 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Geneva to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Geneva and arriving at Trieste via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Geneva to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Genève and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Domodossola and Rho-Fiera Milano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 6m.
The distance between Geneva and Trieste is 662 km. The road distance is 716.4 km.
The best way to get from Geneva to Trieste without a car is to train which takes 10h 6m and costs €85 - €200.
It takes approximately 3h 45m to get from Geneva to Trieste, including transfers.
Geneva to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Geneva station.
Geneva to Trieste train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Genève station.
The best way to get from Geneva to Trieste is to train which takes 10h 6m and costs €85 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €75 and takes 11h 46m, you could also fly, which costs €65 - €190 and takes 4h 40m.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a train from Genève to Trieste Centrale via Domodossola, Rho Fiera Milano, and Rho-Fiera Milano in around 10h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Geneva to Trieste via Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) in around 11h 46m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- trade-air.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Super Economy
- €30–45
- Base Standard
- €55–75
- Base Premium
- €65–95
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–140
- 2nd Class
- €80–110
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Annecy to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Annecy to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–250
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +33 4 8000 7000
- Website
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
Bus from Lancy Pont Rouge Gare-Etoile P+R to Gare Routière
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- laregionvoustransporte.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Chambéry - Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Geneva to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) station.
Geneva to Trieste train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Domodossola station.
Yes, the driving distance between Geneva to Trieste is 716 km. It takes approximately 7h 9m to drive from Geneva to Trieste.
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