There are 8 ways to get from Zakopane to Zermatt by train, plane, car, bus, 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 to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)KRK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Visp
11h 24mCHF 163–373Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)KRK - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
12h 4mCHF 82–246Drive, train
- Drive from Zakopane to Strba
- Take the train from Strba to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica42 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf46 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to WinterthurRjx
- Take the train from Winterthur to VispIc8
20h 23mCHF 254–364Bus, train
- Take the bus from Nowy Targ to Verona
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to VispEc
25h 20mTrain to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Basel (BSL)KRK - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visp
11h 53mCHF 104–313Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)KRK - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
12h 42mCHF 102–338Shuttle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zakopane to Budapest
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)BUD - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
15h 7mCHF 132–273Train
- Take the train from Trstena to KralovanyRe
- Take the train from Kralovany to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica42 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Zuerich HbRjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to VispIc8 / ...
21h 48mCHF 176–316
John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zakopane to Zermatt is to train and fly which costs SFr 80 - SFr 250 and takes 12h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Zakopane to Zermatt is to train and fly which takes 11h 24m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 380.
The distance between Zakopane and Zermatt is 1273 km.
The best way to get from Zakopane to Zermatt without a car is to bus and train which takes 25h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 24m to get from Zakopane to Zermatt, including transfers.
There are 2273+ hotels available in Zermatt.
What companies run services between Zakopane, Poland and Zermatt, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Zakopane Górka to Zermatt, Bahnhof via Trstená autobusová stanica, Trstena, Kralovany, Bratislava Hlavna Stanica, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, and Visp in around 21h 48m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–120
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–85
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–90
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–80
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–11
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Winterthur to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–96
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Strba to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–6
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Trstena to Kralovany
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–5
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Kralovany to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–20
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Strba to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- 2nd class
- CHF 30–45
Train from Kralovany to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- 2nd class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 7–12
Train from Wien Hbf to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 95–150
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 100–160
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–110
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–85
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Schedules at
- Swiss Railways
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- 13 43 232 76
- biuro@miskrosno.pl
- Website
- miskrosno.pl
Bus from Nowy Targ to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- miskrosno.pl
- Book at
- api.euroticket.pl
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Zakopane to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
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