There are 8 ways to get from Zermatt to Ettal by train (Trenitalia), train, bus, or plane
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 Olten
best- Take the train from Visp to OltenIc6 / ...
- Take the train from Olten to Sargans
- Take the train from Sargans to Innsbruck HauptbahnhofRjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
12h 44m€167–436Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Visp to BernIc8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Innsbruck Südbahnstraße
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Südbahnstraße to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station040 / ...
12h 50m€93–194Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Visp to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
10h 10m€208–459Train
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Chur900 / ...
- Take the train from Sargans to Innsbruck HauptbahnhofRjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
13h 1mTrain #2
- Take the train from Visp to RomanshornIc8
- Take the train from Bregenz to Innsbruck HauptbahnhofRjx / ...
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
13h 55m€149–450Train to Geneva International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)GVA - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
11h 22m€173–399Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Munich International Airport (MUC)MXP - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
11h 52m€125–357Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)LIN - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
12h 24m€143–389
Zermatt to Ettal by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Ettal is to train and bus which costs €90 - €200 and takes 12h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Ettal is to train and fly which takes 10h 10m and costs €200 - €460.
The distance between Zermatt and Ettal is 595 km.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Ettal without a car is to train via Olten which takes 12h 44m and costs €160 - €440.
It takes approximately 12h 44m to get from Zermatt to Ettal, including transfers.
There are 2182+ hotels available in Ettal.
What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Ettal, Germany?
You can take a train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Ettal Klostergasthof via Visp, Olten, Sargans, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in around 12h 44m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Olten to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Bregenz to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bregenz to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Bregenz to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bregenz to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- Schedules at
- Swiss Railways
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €27–33
- 1st Class Ticket
- €45–60
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €10–15
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €14–21
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Innsbruck Südbahnstraße
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Innsbruck Südbahnstraße to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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