There are 12 ways to get from Algarve to Switzerland by bus, plane, train, or car
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Line 83 bus, line 59 bus to Faro Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
best- Take the bus from Alte - Fonte Pequena to Terminal Rodoviário de Loulébus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Loulé to Pontes de Marchilbus
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FAO - GVA
8hCHF 69–244Train, bus via Coimbra
- Take the train from Tunes to Coimbra-Btrain Ic
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
31h 6mCHF 290–490Drive 2,143.9 km
- Drive from Algarve to Zurichcar 2,143.9 km
22h 58mCHF 352–508Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Tunes to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LIS - GVA
8h 38mCHF 111–349Fly Faro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FAO - ZRH
8h 23mCHF 106–241Fly Faro Airport to Basel
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Basel (BSL)plane FAO - BSL
8h 4mCHF 70–192Train to Lisbon-Portela Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Tunes to Lisboa Orientetrain
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LIS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
10h 33mCHF 99–260Fly Faro Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane FAO - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
10h 43mCHF 107–283Fly Faro Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane FAO - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
10h 41mCHF 83–276Train, bus
- Take the train from Tunes to Lisboa Orientetrain Ic
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Gare de Saint-Cyr-l'Écolebus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
34h 16mCHF 277–391Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de São Bartolomeu de Messines to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Riosbus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhãbus
- Take the bus from Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquaibus
37h 52mCHF 200–387Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Tunes to Lisboa Orientetrain Ic
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Annemassebus
- Take the train from Annemasse to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
40h 37mCHF 304–668
Faro Airport (FAO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Algarve to Switzerland is to fly which costs SFr 70 - SFr 200 and takes 8h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Algarve to Switzerland is to line 83 bus and line 59 bus and fly which takes 8h and costs SFr 65 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Algarve to Switzerland station. However, there are services departing from Alte and arriving at Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai via Terminal Rodoviário de São Bartolomeu de Messines, Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios, Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã and Geneva Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 52m.
The distance between Algarve and Switzerland is 1606 km. The road distance is 2143.9 km.
The best way to get from Algarve to Switzerland without a car is to train and bus via Coimbra which takes 31h 6m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 490.
It takes approximately 8h to get from Algarve to Switzerland, including transfers.
Algarve to Switzerland bus services, operated by Rede Expressos, depart from Terminal Rodoviário de São Bartolomeu de Messines station.
The best way to get from Algarve to Switzerland is to fly which takes 8h 23m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 200 - SFr 390 and takes 37h 52m.
Algarve to Switzerland bus services, operated by Rede Expressos, arrive at Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios station.
Yes, the driving distance between Algarve to Switzerland is 2144 km. It takes approximately 22h 58m to drive from Algarve to Switzerland.
What companies run services between Algarve, Portugal and Switzerland?
Edelweiss Air and Swiss fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Alte to Zürich Stadelhofen via Terminal Rodoviário de São Bartolomeu de Messines, Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios, Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, Geneva Bus Station, Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai, and Zürich HB in around 37h 52m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–220
Flights from Faro Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Faro Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Geneva International Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Geneva International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
Flights from Faro Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Faro Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Faro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
Flights from Faro Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Faro Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Faro Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Faro Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–300
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Tunes to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Tunes to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Tunes to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Tunes to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Tunes to Lisboa Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–29
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Annemasse to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +351 300 074 830
- [email protected]
- Website
- vamusalgarve.pt
Bus from Alte - Fonte Pequena to Terminal Rodoviário de Loulé
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–9
- Schedules at
- vamusalgarve.pt
- Simple Ticket
- CHF 3–5
- Aerobus
- CHF 7–9
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Loulé to Pontes de Marchil
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–7
- Schedules at
- vamusalgarve.pt
- Simple Ticket
- CHF 2–4
- Aerobus
- CHF 6–7
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–180
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 114
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Gare de Saint-Cyr-l'École
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 114
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de São Bartolomeu de Messines to Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Porto - Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–260
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Geneva Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–28
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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