There are 11 ways to get from Alicante to Lugano by plane, train, train (Renfe, Trenitalia), bus, car ferry, 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 Alicante-Elche Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ALC - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 41mCHF 29–141Train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Ec
19h 4mCHF 211–367Bus
- Take the bus from Alicante to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus
25h 25mCHF 131–250Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Ec
31h 24mCHF 167–277Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane ALC - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 18mCHF 66–242Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane ALC - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8h 31mCHF 87–215Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ALC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 14mCHF 144–395Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane VLC - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 45mCHF 56–194Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane VLC - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 23mCHF 84–275Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milan to Luganobus
25h 50mCHF 127–210Drive 1,453.7 km
- Drive from Alicante to Luganocar 1,453.7 km
16h 5mCHF 238–343
Alicante to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 29 - SFr 150 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 41m and costs SFr 29 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Alicante and arriving at Lugano via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Lugano via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 4m.
The distance between Alicante and Lugano is 1207 km. The road distance is 1453.7 km.
The best way to get from Alicante to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 19h 4m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 370.
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Alicante to Lugano, including transfers.
Alicante to Lugano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Alicante station.
Alicante to Lugano train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Lugano is to train which takes 19h 4m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 250 and takes 25h 25m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Lugano via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, and Milano Centrale in around 19h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Alicante to Lugano via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 25h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Menorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Thursday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Menorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Valencia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Valencia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–220
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–110
Flights from Valencia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–110
- 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/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- 2nd Class
- CHF 13–17
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–16
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Alicante to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–11
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Milan to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- [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/
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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Milan to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Want to know more about travelling around Switzerland
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Italian Lakes: Getting around by train
Read the travel guide
Italy Travel Guides
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Alicante to Lugano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Alicante to Lugano train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Alicante to Lugano is 1454 km. It takes approximately 16h 5m to drive from Alicante to Lugano.
Book your Alicante to Lugano train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Alicante to Lugano bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 7276+ hotels available in Lugano.























































