There are 10 ways to get from Lugano to Budva by train, plane, shuttle, ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Podgorica Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane MXP - TGD
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Bečići
6h 56mTrain to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane MXP - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h€61–164Train, ferry
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Port of Bari to Barferry
19h 57m€273–551Bus via Bugojno
- Take the bus from Lugano to Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
20h 49m€158–162Drive 1,166.2 km
- Drive from Lugano to Budvacar 1,166.2 km
14h 19m€202–292Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane BGY - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 25m€86–282Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dubrovnik Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane ZRH - DBV
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 51m€162–489Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Dubrovnik Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane BGY - DBV
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 49m€76–298Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Ancona to Splitferry 53
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
24h 50m€207–385Bus
- Take the bus from Sesto San Giovanni, Piazza Primo Maggio to Hani Hotitbus
- Take the bus from Hani Hotit to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
27h 59m
Lugano to Budva by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Budva is to train and fly and bus which costs €60 - €170 and takes 10h.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Budva is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h and costs €60 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Lugano to Budva. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Budva, Autobuska Stanica via Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 49m.
The distance between Lugano and Budva is 1060 km. The road distance is 1166.2 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Budva without a car is to train and ferry which takes 19h 57m and costs €270 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 56m to get from Lugano to Budva, including transfers.
Lugano to Budva bus services, operated by Livno Bus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Budva bus services, operated by Livno Bus, arrive at Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Budva is 1166 km. It takes approximately 14h 19m to drive from Lugano to Budva.
There are 7359+ hotels available in Budva.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Budva, Montenegro?
You can take a bus from Lugano to Budva, Autobuska Stanica via Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor in around 20h 49m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Podgorica Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €15–100
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €12–110
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- support@gomontenegro.me
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Bečići
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +387 34 206 501
- Website
- livnobus.com
Bus from Lugano to Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- livnobus.com
- Phone
- +387 51 306 855
- info@neobas.org
- Website
- neobas.org
Bus from Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- http://www.neobas.org/v2/
- Phone
- +387 51 215-725
- bocacturs@gmail.com
- Website
- bocactours.com
Bus from Bugojno, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Schedules at
- bocactours.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €36
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €53
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +382 20 633 807
- bozur.cg@gmail.com
- Website
- bozur.net
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Schedules at
- bozur.net
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Sesto San Giovanni, Piazza Primo Maggio to Hani Hotit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Hani Hotit to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- + 39 080 5789843
- balcani@morfimare.it
- Website
- montenegrolines.net
Ferry from Port of Bari to Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €51–120
- Website
- https://www.montenegrolines.net/en/
- Deck
- €55–70
- Cabin
- €100–120
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Ancona to Split
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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