There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Lugano by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
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 Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUB - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 28mCHF 48–169Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane DUB - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
8hCHF 47–244Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Luganocar
35h 48mCHF 194–674Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bolognabus
- Take the bus from Bologna to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus
3d 5hCHF 84–356Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUB - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 55mCHF 79–222Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 32mCHF 126–362Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane DUB - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 27mCHF 95–266Train, car ferry, bus via Basel
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to The Haguebus
- Take the bus from The Hague to Basel SBBbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
2d 1hCHF 118–783Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Luganobus
2d 2hCHF 123–584Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenescbus
- Take the bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Milano, Stazione Centralebus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
3d 9h
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 45 - SFr 170 and takes 7h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 7h 28m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 170.
The distance between Ireland and Lugano is 1482 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Lugano without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 5h and costs SFr 80 - SFr 360.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Ireland to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 3:39 AM in Ireland and 4:39 AM in Lugano.
There are 6297+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Ireland and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Lugano via Dublin, Rădăuți, Bologna, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
- 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/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 13–19
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–110
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dunkerque Port to The Hague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from The Hague to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +40744-530.349
- Website
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenesc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–411
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 411
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