There are 11 ways to get from Swiss Alps to Spain by train, plane, train (Renfe), bus, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
best- Take the train from Airolo to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane ZRH - PMI
7h 46m€101–280Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Airolo to Bellinzonatrain
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane MXP - BCN
8h 45m€36–210Train
- Take the train from Airolo to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
15h 31m€224–465Train, bus
- Take the train from Airolo to Castione-Arbedotrain
- Take the bus from Bellinzona to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milan to Barcelonabus
20h 31m€85–202Drive 981.4 km
- Drive from Swiss Alps to Barcelonacar 981.4 km
10h 44m€171–246Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Take the train from Airolo to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane ZRH - BCN
8h 3m€98–271Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the train from Airolo to Bellinzonatrain
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane MXP - PMI
8h 28m€40–219Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Airolo to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane ZRH - VLC
8h 13m€124–340Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the train from Airolo to Bellinzonatrain
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane MXP - VLC
8h 55m€48–239Train, bus via Lyon
- Take the train from Airolo to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30bus
20h 53m€127–229Drive, bus
- Drive from Swiss Alps to Ponte Formazzacar
- Take the bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1bus 3
- Take the bus from Milan to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N95 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
23h 21m€119–213
Swiss Alps to Spain by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Swiss Alps to Spain is to train and fly which costs €35 - €210 and takes 8h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Swiss Alps to Spain is to train and fly which takes 7h 46m and costs €100 - €280.
The distance between Swiss Alps and Spain is 1151 km. The road distance is 981.4 km.
The best way to get from Swiss Alps to Spain without a car is to train which takes 15h 31m and costs €220 - €470.
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Swiss Alps to Spain, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Swiss Alps to Spain is 981 km. It takes approximately 10h 44m to drive from Swiss Alps to Spain.
There are 4989+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Swiss Alps, Canton Ticino, Switzerland and Spain?
You can take a bus from Gotthard Passhöhe to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via Airolo, Stazione, Airolo, Zürich HB, Mulhouse Ville, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona Sants in around 15h 31m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–95
Flights from Zurich Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–95
Flights from Zurich Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Valencia Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Valencia Airport via Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €16–85
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–90
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–380
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–410
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Airolo to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Airolo to Castione-Arbedo
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Airolo to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Airolo to Castione-Arbedo
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Airolo to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Airolo to Castione-Arbedo
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Airolo to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Bellinzona to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bellinzona to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- comazzibus.com
Bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.comazzibus.com/eng/index.php
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milan to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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