There are 9 ways to get from Prague to Lugano 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)plane PRG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 12mCHF 34–120Bus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Luganobus N1308
11h 10mCHF 35–70Train via Munich
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Muenchen Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Lindau-Reutin to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
13h 35mCHF 150–255Drive 768.1 km
- Drive from Prague to Luganocar 768.1 km
7h 52mCHF 120–174Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 24mCHF 100–241Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane PRG - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 45mCHF 88–213Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane PRG - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
6h 40mCHF 51–205Bus via Sankt Gallen
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to St. Gallen Lagerstrassebus RegioJet 95 / ...
- Take the bus from St. Gallen Lagerstrasse to Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Cianibus RegioJet 22
13h 40mCHF 42–78Train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
16h 57mCHF 199–280
Prague to Lugano by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prague to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 70 and takes 11h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 12m and costs SFr 30 - SFr 120.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží and arriving at Lugano. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Prague to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and arriving at Lugano via München Hbf, Lindau-Reutin and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 35m.
The distance between Prague and Lugano is 738 km. The road distance is 768.1 km.
The best way to get from Prague to Lugano without a car is to bus which takes 11h 10m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 70.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Prague to Lugano, including transfers.
Prague to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží station.
Prague to Lugano train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, depart from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi station.
The best way to get from Prague to Lugano is to bus which takes 11h 10m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 70. Alternatively, you can train via Munich, which costs SFr 150 - SFr 260 and takes 13h 35m.
What companies run services between Prague, Czechia and Lugano, Switzerland?
FlixBus operates a bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Lugano once daily. Tickets cost CHF 35–70 and the journey takes 11h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Lugano via Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Lindau-Reutin, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 13h 35m.
- 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 55–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- 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 65–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- 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 60–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- 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 45–110
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- 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 75–160
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- 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 70–90
- 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 36m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to St. Gallen Lagerstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from St. Gallen Lagerstrasse to Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–25
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Prague to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lugano station.
Prague to Lugano train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, arrive at Muenchen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Prague to Lugano is 768 km. It takes approximately 7h 52m to drive from Prague to Lugano.
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