There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Zermatt by plane, train, ferry, bus, or car ferry
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 Basel, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain
9h 31mCHF 100–348Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Genève to Visptrain
43h 50mCHF 502–1,274Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBBbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
46h 51mCHF 509–954Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUB - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Visptrain
9h 24mCHF 145–352Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
9h 26mCHF 144–367Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUB - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
10h 47mCHF 122–376Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUB - MXP
- Take the bus from Gallarate to Domodossolabus
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
10h 35mFly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane DUB - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 5mCHF 109–353Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUB - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Visptrain
12h 26mCHF 183–407Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Rosslare to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Martignybus
- Take the train from Martigny to Visptrain R91
2d 7hCHF 386–503
Ireland to Zermatt by tram, foot, ferry, bus, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Zermatt is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 100 - SFr 360 and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Zermatt is to fly and train which takes 9h 24m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 360.
The distance between Ireland and Zermatt is 1429 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Zermatt without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 43h 50m and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1300.
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Ireland to Zermatt, including transfers.
Zermatt is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 1:10 PM in Ireland and 2:10 PM in Zermatt.
There are 2619+ hotels available in Zermatt.
What companies run services between Ireland and Zermatt, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Ireland to Zermatt. However, you can take the vehicle to Red Cow, walk to Red Cow Luas, take the line 726 bus to Airport Zone 16, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, take the train to Visp, then take the train to Zermatt. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Spencer Dock to Zermatt via The Point, Dublin Ferryport B+I, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-Gare, Rennes - Bus Station, Geneva - Bus Station, Genève, and Visp in around 43h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–220
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–170
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Martigny to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 13–19
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 13–19
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- info@regionalps.ch
- Website
- RegionalAlps
Train from Martigny to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–46
- Schedules at
- RegionalAlps
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 23–27
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 41–46
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- Cap Cotentin
- Pre-purchased ticket
- CHF 1
- On board ticket
- CHF 2
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–700
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 414
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Rosslare to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 224
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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