There are 7 ways to get from Zurich to French Polynesia by plane, train, or car ferry
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Fly Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane ZRH - PPT
29h 11m$1,205–1,915Fly Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport, car ferry
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Moorea-Temae Airport (MOZ)plane ZRH - MOZ
- Take the car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminalcarferry
34h 57m$974–3,225Train to Basel, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane BSL - PPT
26h 51m$1,214–3,251Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane STR - PPT
29h 28m$1,253–4,462Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane FRA - PPT
28h 50m$1,180–2,515Fly Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bora Bora Airport (BOB)plane ZRH - BOB
33h 6m$1,405–2,615Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane MUC - PPT
29h 8m$1,180–2,253
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to French Polynesia is to fly which costs $1,200 - $2,000 and takes 29h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to French Polynesia is to train and fly which takes 26h 51m and costs $1,200 - $3,300.
The distance between Zurich and French Polynesia is 16160 km.
It takes approximately 29h 11m to get from Zurich to French Polynesia, including transfers.
There are 715+ hotels available in French Polynesia.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and French Polynesia?
United Airlines, Swiss, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport, Raiatea
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport, Moorea-Temae Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Vancouver, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport, Huahine
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Frankfurt, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Denver, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–3,500
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–6,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–5,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Train operators
- 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 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- 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
- $19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- $14–18
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +689 40 46 11 60
- contact@vaearai.pf
- Website
- vaearai.com
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $19
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $10
- Vehicle
- $35–70
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