There are 12 ways to get from Istanbul to Zermatt by plane, train, bus, or night train
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Fly Istanbul to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane IST - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Visptrain
10h 40mCHF 146–408Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Basel (BSL)plane SAW - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain
11h 6mCHF 66–405Bus, train via Pristina
- Take the bus from Instabul to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Oltenbus
- Take the train from Olten to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
34h 26mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia S. Luciatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Visptrain Ec
45h 27mCHF 282–420Fly Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane IST - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
10h 48mCHF 111–278Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SAW - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Visptrain
11h 1mCHF 85–360Fly Istanbul to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IST - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
10h 27mCHF 161–364Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SAW - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 55mCHF 109–370Fly Istanbul to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane IST - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
12h 23mCHF 149–341Fly Istanbul to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane IST - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
13hCHF 144–354Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Lindaubus
- Take the train from Lindau-Reutin to Romanshorntrain Re
- Take the train from Romanshorn to Visptrain Ic8
37h 38mCHF 182–253Bus, train via Kragujevac
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanica to Sion, poste/garebus
- Take the train from Sion to Visptrain
47h 6mCHF 185–234
Istanbul to Zermatt by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Zermatt is to fly and train which costs SFr 85 - SFr 360 and takes 11h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Zermatt is to fly and train which takes 10h 27m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 370.
No, there is no direct train from Istanbul to Zermatt. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Zermatt via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Venezia S. Lucia and Visp. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 27m.
The distance between Istanbul and Zermatt is 2173 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Zermatt without a car is to bus and train via Pristina which takes 34h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 40m to get from Istanbul to Zermatt, including transfers.
Istanbul to Zermatt train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Zermatt is 2h behind Istanbul. It is currently 3:43 AM in Istanbul and 1:43 AM in Zermatt.
Istanbul to Zermatt train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
There are 2358+ hotels available in Zermatt.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Zermatt, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Istanbul to Zermatt. However, you can take the train to Gayrettepe, take the train to Istanbul Airport, walk to Istanbul (IST) airport, fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA), walk to Genève-Aéroport, take the train to Visp, then take the train to Zermatt. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Instabul to Zermatt via Pristina, Olten, Olten, and Visp in around 34h 26m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
Flights from Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–350
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
Flights from Istanbul to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
Flights from Istanbul to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–140
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–320
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–240
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Istanbul to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–130
Flights from Istanbul to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
Flights from Istanbul to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–170
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–190
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–210
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–240
Flights from Istanbul to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Romanshorn to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sion to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Olten to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–29
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 16–24
- 1st Class
- CHF 22–29
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–85
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 85–130
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 90–130
- 2nd Class
- CHF 85–120
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lindau-Reutin to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- info@regionalps.ch
- Website
- regionalps.ch
Train from Sion to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–31
- Schedules at
- regionalps.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 15–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 28–31
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- erhantrans@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Instabul to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- lukstempotur@gmail.com
Bus from Instabul to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Luks-Tempo-Turizm-61561171973637
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Lindau
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 34
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +381 020 313101
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kragujevac, Autobuska Stanica to Sion, poste/gare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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