There are 11 ways to get from Manchester to Ascona by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MAN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 27mCHF 41–244Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
14h 24mCHF 346–637Bus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Zürichbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain
28h 2mCHF 157–268Train, night train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain
24h 21mCHF 430–719Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane MAN - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
7h 56mCHF 63–203Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 30mCHF 108–317Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane MAN - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 20mCHF 45–182Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarnotrain
10h 53mCHF 180–391Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane MAN - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
9h 45mCHF 78–219Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Asconacar
15h 49mCHF 369–490Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Asconacar
16h 49mCHF 271–446
Manchester to Ascona by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Ascona is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 45 - SFr 190 and takes 8h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 7h 27m and costs SFr 40 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Ascona. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Locarno via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Basel SBB and Bellinzona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 24m.
The distance between Manchester and Ascona is 1300 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Ascona without a car is to train which takes 14h 24m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 650.
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Manchester to Ascona, including transfers.
Manchester to Ascona train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
Ascona is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 1:20 AM in Manchester and 2:20 AM in Ascona.
Manchester to Ascona train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
There are 2826+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Ascona, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Ascona, Scuole via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, Bellinzona, Locarno, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 14h 24m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–28
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–25
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–200
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–260
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–340
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–170
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–25
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 128
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- CHF 128
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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