There are 9 ways to get from Venice to Riga by plane, train, bus, car, 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.
Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport
best- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane VCE - RIX
6h 42m$97–242Fly from Treviso Airport
cheapest- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane TSF - RIX
5h 59m$80–232Train
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Rj
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain 889
30h 25m$283–648Bus
- Take the bus from Venice to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus N1284
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1324 / ...
32h 30m$177–297Drive 1,876.4 km
- Drive from Venice to Rigacar 1,876.4 km
19h 18m$340–491Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane VRN - RIX
6h 40m$135–374Train, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airporttrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LJU - RIX
7h 58m$248–740Train, bus
- Take the train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1230
35h 27m$260–530Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre Train Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus : Prague Central Bus Station - Rome Tiburtina Bus Station
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīgabus 848104
37h 26m$171–379
Venice to Riga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Riga is to fly which costs $95 - $250 and takes 6h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Venice to Riga is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs $80 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Venezia and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Venice and Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Venice to Riga. However, there are services departing from Venezia S. Lucia and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Schwarzach-St.Veit, Salzburg Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 25m.
The distance between Venice and Riga is 1534 km. The road distance is 1876.4 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Riga without a car is to train which takes 30h 25m and costs $280 - $650.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Venice to Riga, including transfers.
Venice to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Venice station.
Venice to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Venezia S. Lucia station.
The best way to get from Venice to Riga is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs $95 - $250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $280 - $650 and takes 30h 25m, you could also bus, which costs $170 - $300 and takes 32h 30m.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Riga, Latvia?
Austrian Airlines, Air Baltic, and three other airlines fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Venezia S. Lucia to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Schwarzach-St.Veit, Salzburg Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 30h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–330
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Ljubljana to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $55–90
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $18–27
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $85–110
- Couchette Carriage
- $55–65
- Seating Carriage
- $18–22
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–390
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $60–90
- 2nd Class
- $35–50
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Venice to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- $110–140
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $160–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- $238
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Venice Mestre Train Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Venice to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Riga is 1h ahead of Venice. It is currently 12:28 AM in Venice and 1:28 AM in Riga.
Venice to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Schwarzach-St.Veit station.
Yes, the driving distance between Venice to Riga is 1876 km. It takes approximately 19h 18m to drive from Venice to Riga.
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