There are 11 ways to get from Bristol to Zugspitze by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, night train, or car ferry
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Fly Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport, train
best- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BRS - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
9h 3m€143–381Train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
18h 52m€405–731Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 040
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen stationbus 040 / ...
28h 30m€203–298Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bristol to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zugspitzecar
13h 49m€344–448Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BHX - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
10h 5m€199–405Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LHR - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
10h 29m€212–513Fly Bristol Airport to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane BRS - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 53m€172–450Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane LGW - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
11h 19m€176–600Train to London City Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train, drive
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Flughafen to Imst-Pitztaltrain
- Drive from Telfs-Pfaffenhofen to Zugspitzecar
12h 8m€217–673Train, night train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mannheim Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain 62
20h 39m€346–647Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bristol to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zugspitzecar
14h 58m€237–403
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Munich International Airport (MUC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Zugspitze is to fly and train which costs €140 - €390 and takes 9h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Zugspitze is to fly and train which takes 8h 53m and costs €170 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Bristol station to Zugspitze station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Garmisch-Partenkirchen station via London Victoria and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Bristol to Zugspitze. However, there are services departing from Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at Riffelriß via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal, München Hbf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 52m.
The distance between Bristol and Zugspitze is 1254 km.
The best way to get from Bristol to Zugspitze without a car is to train which takes 18h 52m and costs €400 - €750.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Bristol to Zugspitze, including transfers.
Bristol to Zugspitze bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Bristol to Zugspitze train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Bristol Temple Meads station.
The best way to get from Bristol to Zugspitze is to train which takes 18h 52m and costs €400 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €200 - €300 and takes 28h 30m.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Zugspitze, Germany?
You can take a train from Bristol Temple Meads to Riffelriß via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in around 18h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Zugspitze via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Munich central bus station, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen station in around 28h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Bristol Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–450
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–101
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €97–101
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Bristol to Zugspitze bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Zugspitze is 1h ahead of Bristol. It is currently 5:39 AM in Bristol and 6:39 AM in Zugspitze.
Bristol to Zugspitze train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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