There are 9 ways to get from Lucerne to Tende by train (Trenitalia), bus, train, car, 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 Luzern to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Cuneotrain
- Take the train from Cuneo to Tendetrain Re
8h 46m€107–164Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Luzern to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milan to Sanremobus
- Take the bus from Vintimille to Tende Gare SNCFbus 25
12h 59m€41–72Bus, train
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Lugano Stazionebus
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T2train S50
- Take the bus from Milan Malpensa Airport Arrivals Terminal 2 to Turin Train Station Lingottobus
- Take the train from Torino Lingotto to Cuneotrain
- Take the train from Cuneo to Tendetrain Re
11h 12m€47–79Drive 474.3 km
- Drive from Lucerne to Tendecar 474.3 km
5h 47m€86–123Train to Zurich Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane ZRH - NCE
- Take the train from Nice-Ville to Tendetrain
7h 58m€119–294Train via Como
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Cuneotrain
- Take the train from Cuneo to Tendetrain Re
9h 59m€98–204Train via Novara
- Take the train from Luzern to Bellinzonatrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Busto Arsizio Nordtrain S50
- Take the train from Novara to Torino Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Cuneotrain
- Take the train from Cuneo to Tendetrain Re
10h 33m€77–114Train to Basel, fly, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BSL - NCE
- Take the train from Nice-Ville to Tendetrain
8h 22m€101–273Train to Geneva International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane GVA - NCE
- Take the train from Nice-Ville to Tendetrain
10h 12m€143–276
Lucerne to Tende by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lucerne to Tende is to bus which costs €40 - €75 and takes 12h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Lucerne to Tende is to drive which takes 5h 47m and costs €85 - €130.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucerne to Tende. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Tende Gare SNCF via Milan, San Remo - Autostazione and Vintimille. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Lucerne to Tende. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Tende via Lugano, Milano Centrale, Torino Porta Nuova and Cuneo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 46m.
The distance between Lucerne and Tende is 512 km. The road distance is 474.3 km.
The best way to get from Lucerne to Tende without a car is to train which takes 8h 46m and costs €100 - €170.
It takes approximately 8h 46m to get from Lucerne to Tende, including transfers.
Lucerne to Tende bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Luzern station.
Lucerne to Tende train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Lucerne to Tende is to train which takes 8h 46m and costs €100 - €170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €75 and takes 12h 59m.
What companies run services between Lucerne, Switzerland and Tende, France?
You can take a train from Luzern to Tende via Lugano, Milano Centrale, Torino Porta Nuova, and Cuneo in around 8h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Luzern to Tende Gare SNCF via Milan, Sanremo, San Remo - Autostazione, Ventimiglia, and Vintimille in around 12h 59m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Train from Luzern to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Arth-Goldau to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Cuneo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cuneo to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Lingotto to Cuneo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cuneo to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Cuneo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cuneo to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Novara to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Cuneo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cuneo to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Bellinzona to Busto Arsizio Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nice-Ville to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nice-Ville to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nice-Ville to Tende
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €40–60
- 2nd Class
- €17–24
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- + 381 31 510 060
- zlatanprevoz@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Lugano Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Milan Malpensa Airport Arrivals Terminal 2 to Turin Train Station Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luzern to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Sanremo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luzern to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +33 4 93 35 93 60
- contact-zestbus@keolis.com
- Website
- Zestbus
Bus from Vintimille to Tende Gare SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- Zestbus
- Credit Card / Digital Purchase
- €2
- Standard Adult One-Way
- €2
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Booking & Getting There
Lucerne to Tende bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Lucerne to Tende train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Lugano station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lucerne to Tende is 474 km. It takes approximately 5h 47m to drive from Lucerne to Tende.
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