There are 10 ways to get from Lugano to Prague by train, plane, bus, train (Trenitalia), night train, or car
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MXP - PRG
5h 31mKč 958–3,363Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Praguebus FlixBus N1308
11h 35mKč 1,200–2,200Train
- Take the train from Lugano to Arth-Goldautrain Ic2 / ...
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to St. Gallentrain Vae
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train Ec
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
13h 49mKč 5,103–16,651Train, night train
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain Ic2 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazinighttrain En
16h 19mKč 7,023–14,348Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
5h 53mKč 3,361–9,078Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LIN - PRG
7h 28mKč 2,487–7,069Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- 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 Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BGY - PRG
6h 16mKč 1,936–6,857Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
7h 11mKč 2,040–11,397Train, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Zurich to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
11h 50mKč 3,368–4,440Drive 768 km
- Drive from Lugano to Praguecar 768 km
7h 52mKč 3,317–4,791
Lugano to Prague by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Prague is to bus which costs 1 200 Kč - 2 200 Kč and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Prague is to train and fly which takes 5h 31m and costs 950 Kč - 3 400 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lugano and arriving at Prague. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Prague. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Arth-Goldau, St. Gallen, St. Margrethen Sg and Muenchen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 49m.
The distance between Lugano and Prague is 740 km. The road distance is 768 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Prague without a car is to bus which takes 11h 35m and costs 1 200 Kč - 2 200 Kč.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Lugano to Prague, including transfers.
Lugano to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Prague train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to Prague is to bus which takes 11h 35m and costs 1 200 Kč - 2 200 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 5 000 Kč - 17 000 Kč and takes 13h 49m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Prague, Czechia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Lugano to Prague once daily. Tickets cost Kč 1,200–2,200 and the journey takes 11h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lugano to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Arth-Goldau, St. Gallen, St. Margrethen SG, St. Margrethen Sg, and Muenchen Hbf in around 13h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–9,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–12,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–12,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–7,500
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–7,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–2,700
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–5,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–6,500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–3,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–7,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–6,500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–5,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–6,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–12,000
- 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
- Kč 150–190
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 110–150
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–3,300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–4,400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 470–1,400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–6,500
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–2,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,300–2,000
- 2nd Class
- Kč 850–1,200
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,600
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,800–2,600
- 2nd Class
- Kč 1,400–1,900
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–2,200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,500–2,200
- 2nd Class
- Kč 1,000–1,400
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 290–370
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 490–650
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–1,200
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–2,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,800–9,500
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 5,500–10,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lugano to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Kč 120–600
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +420 602 333 369
- noblessline@noblessline.cz
- Website
- noblessline.cz
Bus from Zurich to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300
- Schedules at
- noblessline.cz
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Lugano to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Lugano to Prague train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Arth-Goldau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Prague is 768 km. It takes approximately 7h 52m to drive from Lugano to Prague.
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