There are 7 ways to get from Interlaken to Almaty by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Interlaken West to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ZRH - ALA
14h 45m$360–590Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Spiez to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MXP - ALA
14h 5m$296–674Train, bus
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2train
5d 13h$446–978Drive 6,481.4 km
- Drive from Interlaken to Almatycar 6,481.4 km
3d 2h$1,307–1,888Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BSL - ALA
14h 42m$340–889Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane GVA - ALA
15h 28m$338–563Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Interlaken West to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane FRA - ALA
15h 32m$351–978
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Interlaken to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $330 - $600 and takes 15h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Interlaken to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 14h 5m and costs $290 - $700.
The distance between Interlaken and Almaty is 5387 km. The road distance is 6481.4 km.
The best way to get from Interlaken to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 13h and costs $440 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 14h 45m to get from Interlaken to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Interlaken. It is currently 7:02 PM in Interlaken and 11:02 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Interlaken to Almaty is 6481 km. It takes approximately 3 days 2h to drive from Interlaken to Almaty.
There are 3186+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Interlaken, Switzerland and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
There is no direct connection from Interlaken to Almaty. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Almaty International Airport (ALA), walk to Ogareva, then take the line 92 bus to Kazybek Bi. Alternatively, you can take a train from Interlaken West to Almaty 2 via Basel SBB, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Riga Central Bus Station, Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal, Moskovsky Railway Terminal, and Kazan-Pass in around 5d 13h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Atyrau
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $290–700
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Interlaken West to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Interlaken West to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Interlaken West to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Interlaken West to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $220–300
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $220–430
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $220–310
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $310–430
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Spiez to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–29
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $72
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
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