There are 10 ways to get from Greece to Lucerne by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly from Athens International Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ATH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
4h 30mCHF 122–268Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, train
cheapest- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 22mCHF 92–332Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhofbus
27h 1mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
34h 53mCHF 207–406Drive 2,270.8 km
- Drive from Athens to Lucernecar 2,270.8 km
23h 23mCHF 385–555Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SKG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 14mCHF 103–263Fly from Rhodes International Airport, train
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RHO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 43mCHF 118–273Bus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhofbus
28h 53mBus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HBbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
33h 16mTrain, bus via Skopje
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Luzern, Bahnhofbus
37h 10mCHF 139–179
Greece to Lucerne by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Lucerne is to fly and train which costs SFr 100 - SFr 270 and takes 6h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Lucerne is to fly and train which takes 4h 30m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Εφετειο and arriving at Luzern, Bahnhof via Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloníki and Pristina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 53m.
The distance between Greece and Lucerne is 1734 km. The road distance is 2270.8 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Lucerne without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 30m to get from Greece to Lucerne, including transfers.
Greece to Lucerne bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
Greece to Lucerne bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Lucerne is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 9:20 AM in Greece and 8:20 AM in Lucerne.
Yes, the driving distance between Greece to Lucerne is 2271 km. It takes approximately 23h 23m to drive from Greece to Lucerne.
What companies run services between Greece and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Εφετειο to Luzern, Bahnhof via ΣΤ. Υπεραστικων Λεωφορειων Κηφισου, Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloníki, and Pristina in around 28h 53m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–170
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–700
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–750
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–700
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–750
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–170
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–240
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–28
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 70–110
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–21
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–21
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
Bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–50
- Website
- https://ktelthes.gr/en/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 47
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Thessaloníki to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 33
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–100
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
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