There are 8 ways to get from Algiers to Zurich by plane, car ferry, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ALG - ZRH
7h 20mCHF 74–392Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Algiers to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the train from Marseille Saint-Charles to Mulhouse Villetrain 84
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
30h 38mCHF 369–506Fly to Mulhouse, train
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane ALG - MLH
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
6h 44mCHF 200–836Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ALG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
9h 30mCHF 140–332Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ALG - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HBtrain
8h 49mCHF 220–570Fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane ALG - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
8h 33mCHF 171–503Car ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Algiers to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Marseille to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N882
34h 5mCHF 298–333Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Algiers to Béjaïabus
- Take the carferry from Bejaia to Vieux Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Zürichbus
38h 38mCHF 305–530
Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Algiers to Zurich is to fly and train which costs SFr 140 - SFr 340 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Algiers to Zurich is to fly and train which takes 6h 44m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 850.
The distance between Algiers and Zurich is 1311 km.
The best way to get from Algiers to Zurich without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 30h 38m and costs SFr 360 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 7h 20m to get from Algiers to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Algiers. It is currently 10:10 PM in Algiers and 11:10 PM in Zurich.
There are 1240+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Algiers, Algeria and Zurich, Switzerland?
Vueling Airlines, Air Algérie, and two other airlines fly from Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–600
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–470
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–490
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–600
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Mulhouse via Constantine
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–430
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–250
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
- Website
- aslairlines.fr
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–750
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–550
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Houari Boumediene Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Marseille Saint-Charles to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Marseille to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (213) 21 77 00 66
- [email protected]
- Website
- sogral.dz
Bus from Algiers to Béjaïa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–170
- Schedules at
- sogral.dz
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +213 (0)21 64 43 77 / 78
- [email protected]
- Website
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Algiers to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 246
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Algiers to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 246
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Bejaia to Vieux Port
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 240
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
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