There are 11 ways to get from Riga to Locarno by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RIX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 51mCHF 58–227Bus via Prague
cheapest- Take the bus from Riia to Prahabus 000318
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Cianibus RegioJet 22
37h 28mCHF 52–100Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
29h 52mCHF 157–501Drive 2,066.1 km
- Drive from Riga to Locarnocar 2,066.1 km
20h 22mCHF 323–467Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 51mCHF 117–299Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane RIX - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 34mCHF 53–222Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane RIX - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
10h 7mCHF 100–239Bus, train
- Take the bus from Jelgava, station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
31h 36mCHF 174–348Bus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train stationbus
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus 171
36h 28mCHF 88–153Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarnotrain
37h 39mDrive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Locarnocar
24h 50mCHF 332–1,107
Riga to Locarno by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Locarno is to bus via Prague which costs SFr 50 - SFr 100 and takes 37h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 7h 51m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via Munich central bus station, Chur, Postautostation and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 28m.
The distance between Riga and Locarno is 1760 km. The road distance is 2066.1 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Locarno without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 29h 52m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 500.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Riga to Locarno, including transfers.
Riga to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Locarno is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 5:02 AM in Riga and 4:02 AM in Locarno.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Locarno is 2066 km. It takes approximately 20h 22m to drive from Riga to Locarno.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Locarno, Debarcadero via Munich central bus station, Chur station train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 36h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–250
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–180
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
- 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 Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- 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 Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- 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/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- 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 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 360–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 650–750
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Jelgava, station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–25
- 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
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Riia to Praha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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