There are 15 ways to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LHR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
7h 7mCHF 87–276Bus to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LGW - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
7h 49mCHF 42–194Train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel SbbTgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarno
14h 36mBus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R BouillonRegioJet 10
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to LuganoBlaBlaCar Bus
22h 58mCHF 252–376Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ascona
12h 15mFly London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)LHR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
6h 53mCHF 116–352Fly London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LHR - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarno
7h 34mCHF 87–339Fly London City Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
7h 54mCHF 159–434Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LTN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
8h 28mCHF 53–231Fly London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LCY - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarno
8h 40mCHF 90–311Fly London Heathrow Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)LHR - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
8h 23mCHF 98–394Bus, train via Domodossola
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Take the train from Genève to DomodossolaEc
- Take the train from Domodossola to Locarno S. Antonio72
24h 30mCHF 108–266Bus, train
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Take the train from Genève to LocarnoIc
24h 40mCHF 111–307Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)099
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarno
25h 49mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Ascona
13h 16mCHF 197–299
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 40 - SFr 200 and takes 7h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 6h 53m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 360.
The distance between Heathrow Terminal 5 and Ascona is 1054 km.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona without a car is to train which takes 14h 36m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona, including transfers.
The best way to get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona is to train which takes 14h 36m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 250 - SFr 380 and takes 22h 58m.
Ascona is 1h ahead of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is currently 2:11 AM in Heathrow Terminal 5 and 3:11 AM in Ascona.
There are 2709+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Heathrow Terminal 5, England and Ascona, Switzerland?
You can take a subway from Heathrow Terminal 5 station to Ascona, Centro via King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, Locarno, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 14h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Ascona via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Luxembourg, and Lugano in around 22h 58m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–410
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–490
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–290
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–450
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–410
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–490
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–110
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–600
- 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 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- 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/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- 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 Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–21
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 (0)91 756 04 00
- fart@centovalli.ch
- Website
- centovalli.ch
Train from Domodossola to Locarno S. Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- Autolinee FART
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to South Terminal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 70–180
- On Foot
- CHF 30–40
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