There are 11 ways to get from Switzerland to Channel Islands by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, 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 Geneva International Airport to Jersey Airport
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Jersey Airport (JER)GVA - JER
5h 57m$159–329Fly Basel to Guernsey Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Guernsey Airport (GCI)BSL - GCI
6h 33m$69–345Train, ferry
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBIce / ...
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Take the ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Alderney
13h 24m$196–752Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Caen774 / ...
- Take the train from Caen to GranvilleC12
- Take the ferry from Granville to Jersey St Helier
20h 18m$100–311Drive, ferry
- Drive from Zurich to St Malo Ferry Port
- Take the ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Chausey
- Take the ferry from Chausey to Granville
- Take the ferry from Granville to Jersey St Helier
15h 54m$246–414Fly Zurich Airport to Jersey Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Jersey Airport (JER)ZRH - JER
6h 3m$148–429Fly Basel to Jersey Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Jersey Airport (JER)BSL - JER
5h 48m$154–255Fly Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Guernsey Airport (GCI)GVA - GCI
5h 57m$74–339Fly Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Guernsey Airport (GCI)ZRH - GCI
6h 3m$208–339Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Zurich Airport to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Saint-Malo
- Take the car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Guernsey St Peter Port
24h 1m$130–354Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Rennes Place de la Gare
- Take the train from Rennes to St MaloTer
- Take the car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Guernsey St Peter Port
28h 54m$134–297
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Jersey Airport (JER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Channel Islands is to bus and train and ferry which costs $100 - $320 and takes 20h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Channel Islands is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs $150 - $260.
The distance between Switzerland and Channel Islands is 708 km.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Channel Islands without a car is to train and ferry which takes 13h 24m and costs $190 - $750.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Switzerland to Channel Islands, including transfers.
Channel Islands is 1h behind Switzerland. It is currently 8:56 AM in Switzerland and 7:56 AM in Channel Islands.
There are 53+ hotels available in Channel Islands.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Channel Islands, Guernsey?
easyJet and British Airways fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Jersey Airport (JER) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–440
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jersey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jersey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jersey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jersey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jersey Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jersey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–290
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–250
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jersey Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–38
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–310
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $295–310
- Couchette Carriage
- $140–170
- Seating Carriage
- $29–40
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to St Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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 Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- $110–160
Train from Caen to Granville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to St Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Granville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Airport to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Saint-Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Rennes Place de la Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 07781 119796
- Website
- alderneyferryservices.co.uk
Ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Alderney
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/book-here
- Phone
- 0825 138 100
- Website
- compagniecorsaire.com
Ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Chausey
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- compagniecorsaire.com
- Phone
- +33 2 33 50 31 81
- jolie-france@orange.fr
- Website
- vedettesjoliefrance.com
Ferry from Chausey to Granville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22
- Schedules at
- vedettesjoliefrance.com
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Guernsey St Peter Port
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
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