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
28h 3m$1,008–2,210Fly 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
31h 50m$620–1,920Train 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
28h 36m$714–3,643Train, 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
31h 50m$1,369–3,219Fly Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bora Bora Airport (BOB)plane ZRH - BOB
32h 18m$1,308–2,210Train, 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 55m$1,055–2,247Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT)plane MUC - PPT
29h 19m$1,057–1,811
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 and car ferry which costs $600 - $2,000 and takes 31h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to French Polynesia is to fly which takes 28h 3m and costs $1,000 - $2,300.
The distance between Zurich and French Polynesia is 16160 km.
It takes approximately 28h 3m to get from Zurich to French Polynesia, including transfers.
There are 689+ hotels available in French Polynesia.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and French Polynesia?
United Airlines, French Bee, and seven other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fa'A'Ā International Airport (PPT) twice daily.
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bora Bora Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Moorea-Temae Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles, Fa'A'Ā International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,600
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Frankfurt, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Dublin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via London Heathrow, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Frankfurt, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,600
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Basel to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via London Heathrow, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Frankfurt, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Frankfurt, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Calgary, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fa'A'Ā International Airport via Las Vegas, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- 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 Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- 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
- $33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- 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
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- 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
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +689 40 50 57 57
- contact@aremiti.net
- Website
- aremiti.pf
Car ferry from Moorea to Papeete Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Schedules at
- aremiti.pf
- Passenger (Adult)
- $17
- Passenger (Child)
- $9
- Passenger (Senior)
- $14
- Vehicle
- $35–80
- Phone
- +689 40 46 11 80
- 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
- $2–70
- Schedules at
- vaearai.com
- Adult one way
- $13
- Child (2-12 years) one way
- $7
- Vehicle
- $35–70
- Bicycle
- $2
- Motorbike/Scooter
- $10
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