There are 8 ways to get from Lugano to Sylt by train (Trenitalia), bus, train, night train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBEc
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf20 / ...
- Take the train from Elmshorn to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/BahnhofRe6
14h 58m€154–395Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)MXP - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
9h 48m€74–221Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lugano to Zurich Bus Station401 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN24 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Rendsburg central bus station050
- Take the bus from Rendsburg Bahnhofstraße/ZOB to Heide(Holst) Bahnhof200
- Take the train from Heide(Holst) to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/BahnhofRe6
22h 57m€86–190Train, night train
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich HbEc
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg-AltonaNj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/BahnhofRe6
17h 50m€148–417Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Westerland
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Westerland (GWT)MXP - GWT
9h 45m€116–407Train, night train via Zurich
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBEc / ...
- Take the night train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-AltonaNj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/BahnhofRe6
18h 56m€352–628Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Westerland
- Take the train from Lugano to Monza
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Westerland (GWT)LIN - GWT
7h 51m€167–661Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Monza
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)LIN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
10h 9m€125–305
Lugano to Sylt by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Sylt is to train and fly which costs €70 - €230 and takes 9h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Sylt is to train and fly which takes 7h 51m and costs €160 - €700.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Sylt. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof via Basel SBB, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Hamburg Hbf and Elmshorn. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 58m.
The distance between Lugano and Sylt is 1334 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Sylt without a car is to train which takes 14h 58m and costs €150 - €400.
It takes approximately 14h 58m to get from Lugano to Sylt, including transfers.
Lugano to Sylt train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Sylt train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Sylt, Germany?
You can take a train from Lugano to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof via Basel SBB, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Hamburg Hbf, and Elmshorn in around 14h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Westerland via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Westerland via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Westerland via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Westerland via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Westerland via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Westerland via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–95
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €280–500
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Heide(Holst) to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Elmshorn to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Heide(Holst) to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Westerland(Sylt) ZOB/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €75–95
- 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/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lugano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Rendsburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lugano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Rendsburg Bahnhofstraße/ZOB to Heide(Holst) Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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