There are 13 ways to get from Bucharest to Lugano by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane OTP - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 6mCHF 32–171Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
23h 19mBus
- Take the bus from Bucureşti to Verona Porta Nuovabus
- Take the bus from Verona to Luganobus FlixBus 024
28h 57mCHF 132–167Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
31h 49mCHF 240–512Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane OTP - 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 31mCHF 61–292Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 29mCHF 139–414Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BBU - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
8h 2mCHF 56–249Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BBU - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
9h 56mCHF 41–178Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane OTP - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 50mCHF 73–289Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane OTP - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
8h 59mCHF 91–378Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Piacenzabus
- Take the train from Piacenza to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Ec
31h 32mBus, train #2
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bresciabus 1922
- Take the train from Brescia to Luganotrain Ec
32h 49mCHF 164–288Drive 1,637.6 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Luganocar 1,637.6 km
18h 11mCHF 266–384
Bucharest to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 30 - SFr 180 and takes 7h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 7h 6m and costs SFr 30 - SFr 180.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bucureşti and arriving at Lugano via Verona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Lugano via Budapest-Keleti, Sargans and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 49m.
The distance between Bucharest and Lugano is 1461 km. The road distance is 1637.6 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Lugano without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 23h 19m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 6m to get from Bucharest to Lugano, including transfers.
Bucharest to Lugano bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Bucureşti station.
Bucharest to Lugano train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Lugano is to bus which takes 28h 57m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 240 - SFr 550 and takes 31h 49m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Bucureşti to Lugano via Verona Porta Nuova and Verona in around 28h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Lugano via Budapest-Keleti, Sargans, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 31h 49m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–130
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–140
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- 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
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 100–150
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Sargans
- *
- CHF 110–180
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 17–25
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 58–63
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Sargans to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 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 21–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 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 21–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 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 21–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 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
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- 2nd Class
- CHF 13–17
Train from Brescia to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Piacenza to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–14
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Piacenza to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Piacenza to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bucureşti to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–140
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Verona to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–30
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
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
- TERRAVISION
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
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bucharest to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Lugano bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Verona Porta Nuova station.
Lugano is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 4:30 PM in Bucharest and 3:30 PM in Lugano.
Bucharest to Lugano train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Lugano is 1638 km. It takes approximately 18h 11m to drive from Bucharest to Lugano.
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