There are 10 ways to get from Karlovac to Locarno by bus, train (Trenitalia), car, plane, train, or shuttle
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Bellinzonabus
10h 11mCHF 122–124Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane ZAG - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 36mCHF 42–249Train
- Take the train from Karlovac Centar to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Re
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbftrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
15h 58mCHF 97–240Drive 664.6 km
- Drive from Karlovac to Locarnocar 664.6 km
7h 25mCHF 104–150Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
8h 17mCHF 126–308Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ZAG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 57mCHF 57–213Bus, bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijekabus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane TRS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
10h 3mCHF 136–319Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
9h 36mCHF 156–547Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain
9h 49mCHF 62–340Bus, shuttle, train
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Milano Centrale Station
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
12h 39mCHF 54–736
Karlovac to Locarno by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlovac to Locarno is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 40 - SFr 250 and takes 8h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Karlovac to Locarno is to drive which takes 7h 25m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct train from Karlovac to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Karlovac Centar and arriving at Locarno via Zagreb Glavni Kol., Villach Hbf, Venezia Mestre and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 58m.
The distance between Karlovac and Locarno is 688 km. The road distance is 664.6 km.
The best way to get from Karlovac to Locarno without a car is to bus which takes 10h 11m and costs SFr 122 - SFr 125.
It takes approximately 10h 11m to get from Karlovac to Locarno, including transfers.
Karlovac to Locarno train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Karlovac Centar station.
The best way to get from Karlovac to Locarno is to bus which takes 10h 11m and costs SFr 122 - SFr 125. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 240 and takes 15h 58m.
Karlovac to Locarno train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlovac to Locarno is 665 km. It takes approximately 7h 25m to drive from Karlovac to Locarno.
What companies run services between Karlovac, Croatia and Locarno, Switzerland?
Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Bellinzona 4 times a week. Tickets cost CHF 114 and the journey takes 9h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Karlovac Centar to Locarno via Zagreb Glavni Kol., Villach Hbf, Venezia Mestre, and Milano Centrale in around 15h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–200
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–350
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–160
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Karlovac Centar to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 114
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–7
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–23
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–6
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–12
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 47 777 276
- autopromet.slunj@gmail.com
- Website
- autopromet.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- autopromet.hr
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–14
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 47/600-740
- info@atsk.hr
- Website
- atsk.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- atsk.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–220
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 29–34
- Private
- CHF 120–220
Shuttle from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Milano Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 49–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 49–53
- Private
- CHF 360–700
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