There are 6 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
8h 32mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Lugano to Port de Roscoffcar
- Take the car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Cork Portcarferry
27h 43m€279–478Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ZRH - ORK
7h 3mTrain, 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 Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BGY - ORK
7h 22mTrain to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane LIN - ORK
8h 54mTrain 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 12m
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Cork is to drive and car ferry which costs €270 - €480 and takes 27h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Cork is to drive and car ferry which takes 27h 43m and costs €270 - €480.
The distance between Lugano and Cork is 1520 km.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Lugano to Cork, including transfers.
Cork is 1h behind Lugano. It is currently 3:43 AM in Lugano and 2:43 AM in Cork.
There are 134+ 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 Cork Bus Station. 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 Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–470
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cork Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dublin Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- trenord.it
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- 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
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
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