There are 8 ways to get from Trieste to Ascona by train (Trenitalia), bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Milan
best- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
7h 40mCHF 81–216Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Trieste to Veronabus
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
10h 5mCHF 30–48Drive 485.7 km
- Drive from Trieste to Asconacar 485.7 km
5h 20mCHF 77–111Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane TRS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
8h 7mCHF 63–314Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bellinzonatrain Ec
7h 58mCHF 98–180Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane TRS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
8h 53mCHF 88–211Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 36mCHF 168–578Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
8h 18mCHF 277–680
Trieste to Ascona by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Ascona is to bus and train which costs SFr 30 - SFr 50 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Ascona is to drive which takes 5h 20m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 120.
The distance between Trieste and Ascona is 516 km. The road distance is 485.7 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Ascona without a car is to train via Milan which takes 7h 40m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Trieste to Ascona, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Ascona is 486 km. It takes approximately 5h 20m to drive from Trieste to Ascona.
There are 3151+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Ascona, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Ascona, Scuole via Venezia Mestre, Milano Centrale, Locarno, and Locarno, Piazza Stazione in around 7h 40m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–400
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–470
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–400
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–470
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–400
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–470
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–440
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–440
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–12
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 80–120
- 2nd Class
- CHF 70–95
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–240
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 29
- Private
- CHF 127
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–350
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
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