There are 7 ways to get from Lugano to Cork by train, plane, car, car ferry, or bus
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cork Airport
best- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane MXP - ORK
9h 6m€60–213Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Kerry Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane MXP - KIR
- Take the train from Killarney to Corktrain
12h 2m€45–165Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lugano to Port de Roscoffcar
- Take the car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Portcarferry
27h 43mTrain to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane LIN - ORK
9h 22m€86–317Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- 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 Cork Airport (ORK)plane BGY - ORK
7h 44m€95–259Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MXP - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
10h 6m€77–212Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- 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 Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BGY - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
10h 50m€97–248
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Cork is to train and fly which costs €45 - €170 and takes 12h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Cork is to train and bus and fly which takes 7h 44m and costs €90 - €260.
The distance between Lugano and Cork is 1519 km.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Lugano to Cork, including transfers.
Cork is 1h behind Lugano. It is currently 2:03 PM in Lugano and 1:03 PM in Cork.
There are 281+ hotels available in Cork.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Cork, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Lugano to Cork. However, you can take the train to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, walk to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) airport, fly to Cork Airport (ORK), walk to Cork Airport, then take the line 225 bus to Eglinton Street. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Lugano to Cork via Port de Roscoff and Cork Port in around 27h 43m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kerry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Dublin Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- 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/
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- 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
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
Train from Killarney to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- 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
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Port
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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