There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Scalea by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane ZRH - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
6h 26m€104–301Train to Basel, fly to Naples Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane BSL - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 45m€79–307Train via Casoria
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Napoli Afragolatrain Fr
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr / ...
11h 26m€145–353Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N177 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Scalea Via Gen. C.A. dalla Chiesabus Consorzio Autolinee 300R
18h 5m€113–188Drive 1,255.9 km
- Drive from Zurich to Scaleacar 1,255.9 km
11h 59m€216–312Fly Zurich Airport to Naples Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane ZRH - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
7h 42m€84–298Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane MXP - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
9h 9m€88–349Fly Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ZRH - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 39m€79–289Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane BGY - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
9h 49m€134–363Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr
12h 19m€128–343Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich to Pergolabus
- Take the bus from Pergola to Sapribus Villa D'Agri
20h 24m€86–122
Zurich to Scalea by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Scalea is to bus which costs €85 - €130 and takes 20h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Scalea is to fly and train which takes 6h 26m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Scalea Via Gen. C.A. dalla Chiesa via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Scalea-S.Domen.Talao via Lugano, Milano Centrale and Napoli Afragola. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 26m.
The distance between Zurich and Scalea is 1262 km. The road distance is 1255.9 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Scalea without a car is to train via Casoria which takes 11h 26m and costs €140 - €360.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Zurich to Scalea, including transfers.
Zurich to Scalea bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Scalea train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Scalea is to train via Casoria which takes 11h 26m and costs €140 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus via Milan, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 18h 5m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Scalea, Italy?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao via Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Napoli Afragola in around 11h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Scalea Via Gen. C.A. dalla Chiesa via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 18h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €8–11
- 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
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 0984 401468
- info@consorzioautolinee.it
- Website
- consorzioautolinee.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Scalea Via Gen. C.A. dalla Chiesa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Schedules at
- consorzioautolinee.it
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- +390975 343195
- info@ventrebus.com
- Website
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Zürich to Pergola
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €76
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Pergola to Sapri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Scalea bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Zurich to Scalea train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Lugano station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Scalea is 1256 km. It takes approximately 11h 59m to drive from Zurich to Scalea.
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