There are 11 ways to get from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CLJ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 57mCHF 60–187Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
25h 28mCHF 23–123Bus, train via Venice
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Venezia, Piazzale Romabus
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Ec
17h 49mTrain
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
24h 22mCHF 171–354Drive 1,356.2 km
- Drive from Cluj-Napoca to Luganocar 1,356.2 km
15h 45mCHF 222–320Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CLJ - 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 30mCHF 48–341Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane CLJ - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8h 42mCHF 125–230Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CLJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 26mCHF 163–439Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CLJ - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 37mCHF 87–266Bus, train
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Molino Dorinobus
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Varesetrain S5 / ...
25h 3mCHF 49–55Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Milano, Stazione Centralebus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Re80
25h 57m
Cluj-Napoca to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano is to bus and train which costs SFr 45 - SFr 60 and takes 25h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 57m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 190.
No, there is no direct bus from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest and arriving at Lugano via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Cluj Napoca and arriving at Lugano via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 22m.
The distance between Cluj-Napoca and Lugano is 1241 km. The road distance is 1356.2 km.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano without a car is to bus and train via Venice which takes 17h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano, including transfers.
Cluj-Napoca to Lugano bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest station.
Cluj-Napoca to Lugano train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Cluj Napoca station.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano is to train which takes 24h 22m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 23 - SFr 130 and takes 25h 28m.
What companies run services between Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Cluj Napoca to Lugano via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, and Zürich HB in around 24h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Lugano via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 25h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
- 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 Rho Fiera Milano to Varese
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
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 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
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 41–45
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 35–55
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Wien Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- 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
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Venezia, Piazzale Roma
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- [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
- 0231 519 925
- Website
- trans-dor.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Molino Dorino
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 41–45
- Schedules at
- trans-dor.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
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
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More Questions & Answers
Cluj-Napoca to Lugano bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Lugano is 1h behind Cluj-Napoca. It is currently 11:08 PM in Cluj-Napoca and 10:08 PM in Lugano.
Cluj-Napoca to Lugano train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cluj-Napoca to Lugano is 1356 km. It takes approximately 15h 45m to drive from Cluj-Napoca to Lugano.
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