There are 10 ways to get from Prague to Locarno by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)PRG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarno
6h 36mCHF 36–131Bus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Chur station train stationN1308
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione171
13h 5mCHF 44–91Train via Munich
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Muenchen HbfEc
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof88
- Take the train from Lindau-Reutin to Zuerich HbEc
- Take the train from Zürich HB to BellinzonaIc2 / ...
13h 49mCHF 162–267Drive 757.6 km
- Drive from Prague to Locarno757.6 km
7h 54mCHF 121–174Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
6h 37mCHF 103–236Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)PRG - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarno
8h 28mCHF 89–204Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)PRG - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
7h 21mCHF 52–197Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)PRG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
8h 8mCHF 90–278Bus, train
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sankt Gallen
- Take the train from St. Gallen to Chur
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione171
13h 58mTrain
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich HbEc
- Take the train from Zürich HB to LocarnoIr46
18h 56mCHF 206–282
Prague to Locarno by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prague to Locarno is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 95 and takes 13h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 140.
No, there is no direct bus from Prague to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via Chur, Postautostation and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Prague to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and arriving at Locarno via München Hbf, Lindau-Reutin, Zürich HB and Bellinzona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 49m.
The distance between Prague and Locarno is 773 km. The road distance is 757.6 km.
The best way to get from Prague to Locarno without a car is to bus which takes 13h 5m and costs SFr 40 - SFr 95.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Prague to Locarno, including transfers.
Prague to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží station.
Prague to Locarno train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, depart from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi station.
The best way to get from Prague to Locarno is to bus which takes 13h 5m and costs SFr 40 - SFr 95. Alternatively, you can train via Munich, which costs SFr 160 - SFr 270 and takes 13h 49m.
What companies run services between Prague, Czechia and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Locarno, Debarcadero via Chur station train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 13h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Locarno via Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Lindau-Reutin, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, and Bellinzona in around 13h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–90
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Lindau-Reutin to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from St. Gallen to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
- Phone
- +420 602 333 369
- noblessline@noblessline.cz
- Website
- noblessline.cz
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sankt Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 82
- Schedules at
- noblessline.cz
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Prague to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Chur station train station.
Prague to Locarno train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, arrive at Muenchen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Prague to Locarno is 758 km. It takes approximately 7h 54m to drive from Prague to Locarno.
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