There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Zakynthos by train, plane, bus, busferry, or ferry
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Train to Basel, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)BSL - ZTH
9h 52m€68–309Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Zürich hbf to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Zakynthos
34h 17m€169–196Train, ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Zürich HB to LuganoIc2 / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano CentraleEc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to PatrasAsf
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
34h 26m€171–372Fly Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)ZRH - ZTH
5h 58m€138–230Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)MXP - ZTH
9h 50m€112–298Fly Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport, bus and ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)ZRH - ATH
- Take the busferry from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Zakynthos
11h 42m€101–198Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Zakynthos International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Monza
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)LIN - ZTH
11h 52m€153–311Bus, bus and ferry via Sarandë
- Take the bus from Zürich to Struga
- Take the bus from Struga to Sarandë
- Take the bus from Sarandë to Patra
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
38h 11m€141–177Bus, bus and ferry #2
- Take the bus from Zürich HB to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
43h 23m
Basel (BSL) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Zakynthos is to fly and bus and ferry which costs €100 - €200 and takes 11h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Zakynthos is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €130 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to Zakynthos. However, there are services departing from Zürich hbf and arriving at Zakynthos via Kumanovo and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 17m.
The distance between Zurich and Zakynthos is 1642 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Zakynthos without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 34h 17m and costs €160 - €200.
It takes approximately 9h 52m to get from Zurich to Zakynthos, including transfers.
Zurich to Zakynthos bus services, operated by Hak Bus, depart from Zürich hbf station.
Zurich to Zakynthos bus services, operated by Hak Bus, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Zakynthos is 1h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 8:58 AM in Zurich and 9:58 AM in Zakynthos.
There are 2105+ hotels available in Zakynthos.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Zakynthos, Greece?
Edelweiss Air and ITA Airways fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) twice a week.
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- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 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
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Zürich hbf to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
Busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
Busferry from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Zürich to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 70 212 106
- info@senadtours.com
- Website
- senadtours.com
Bus from Struga to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €38
- Schedules at
- senadtours.com
- Phone
- +389 71 77 55 29
- ganic.ekskluziv@yahoo.com
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Struga to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- (+30) 210 822 4112
- contact@ahmetitravel.com
- Website
- ahmetitravel.com
Bus from Sarandë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- ahmetitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Zürich HB to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
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