There are 6 ways to get from Hvar to Lugano by ferry, plane, train, bus, or car ferry
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Ferry, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Take the ferry from Hvar to Port of Splitferry
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SPU - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 55mCHF 74–240Ferry, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
cheapest- Take the ferry from Hvar to Port of Splitferry
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane SPU - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 47mCHF 65–293Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Hvar to Port of Splitferry 9602
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Luganobus
16h 5mCHF 141–155Ferry, car ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Hvar to Port of Splitferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Split to Port of Anconacarferry
- Take the train from Ancona to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
20h 3mCHF 140–420Ferry, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Hvar to Port of Splitferry
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SPU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
8h 13mCHF 152–443Ferry, bus via Livno
- Take the ferry from Hvar to Port of Splitferry
- Take the bus from Split Bus Station to Livnobus
- Take the bus from Livno to Luganobus
19h 50mCHF 141–166
Hvar to Lugano by ferry and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hvar to Lugano is to ferry and fly and train which costs SFr 70 - SFr 240 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Hvar to Lugano is to ferry and fly and train which takes 7h 47m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 300.
The distance between Hvar and Lugano is 787 km.
The best way to get from Hvar to Lugano without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 16h 5m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 160.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Hvar to Lugano, including transfers.
There are 4605+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Hvar, Croatia and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Hvar to Lugano. However, you can take the ferry to Port of Split, walk to Split Bus Station, take the shuttle to Split Airport, walk to Split Airport (SPU) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Hvar to Lugano via Port Of Split and Split Bus Station in around 16h 5m.
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–330
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–380
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Split Bus Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 132
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Split Bus Station to Livno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +387 35 320-321
- info@transturist.ba
- Website
- transturist.ba
Bus from Split Bus Station to Livno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–17
- Schedules at
- transturist.ba
- Phone
- +387 34 206 501
- Website
- livnobus.com
Bus from Livno to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 119
- Schedules at
- livnobus.com
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- luka@krilo.hr
- Website
- krilo.hr
Ferry from Hvar to Port of Split
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–23
- Website
- https://www.krilo.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 20 313 119
- support@tp-line.hr
- Website
- tp-line.hr
Ferry from Hvar to Port of Split
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://www.tp-line.hr/en/
- Phone
- +39 081 428 5555
- booking@snav.it
- Website
- snav.it
Car ferry from Port of Split to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Schedules at
- snav.it
- Passenger
- CHF 37
- Vehicle
- CHF 55
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