There are 12 ways to get from Croatia to Switzerland by plane, bus, train, night train, shuttle, 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 Split Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SPU - ZRH
4h 33mCHF 99–243Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
4h 53mCHF 39–218Bus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zürich Hbfbus
12h 48mCHF 135Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
12h 53mCHF 431–903Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
13h 44mCHF 61Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
5h 7mCHF 89–239Fly Split Airport to Basel
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Basel (BSL)plane SPU - BSL
4h 24mCHF 60–217Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
6h 37mCHF 124–577Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane ZAG - 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 4mCHF 54–305Bus via Autobusni kol.
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N953
14h 10mCHF 61–98Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljanatrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Buchs Sgtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
15hCHF 97–224Drive 761.5 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Zurichcar 761.5 km
9h 25mCHF 129–186
Croatia to Switzerland by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Croatia to Switzerland is to night train which costs SFr 61 and takes 13h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Croatia to Switzerland is to fly which takes 4h 24m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Croatia to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Zagreb and arriving at Zürich Hbf via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Croatia to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Zürich Stadelhofen via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 44m.
The distance between Croatia and Switzerland is 779 km. The road distance is 761.5 km.
The best way to get from Croatia to Switzerland without a car is to bus which takes 12h 48m and costs SFr 136.
It takes approximately 4h 33m to get from Croatia to Switzerland, including transfers.
Croatia to Switzerland bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, depart from Zagreb station.
Croatia to Switzerland train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Croatia to Switzerland is to fly which takes 4h 33m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 136 and takes 12h 48m, you could also train, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 230 and takes 15h.
What companies run services between Croatia and Switzerland?
Croatia Airlines, Edelweiss Air, and two other airlines fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) twice daily. Alternatively, Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Zagreb to Zürich Hbf twice a week. Tickets cost CHF 135 and the journey takes 12h 45m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–160
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–230
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Split Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–60
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- CHF 27–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Buchs Sg
- *
- CHF 45–75
Train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 18–28
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–24
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–85
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 75–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 19–23
Train from Buchs Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zagreb to Zürich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 135
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–150
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 21
- Private
- CHF 86
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–550
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–310
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 26–70
- Private
- CHF 130–170
- [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 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Croatia to Switzerland bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, arrive at Zürich Hbf station.
Croatia to Switzerland train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Croatia to Switzerland is 762 km. It takes approximately 9h 25m to drive from Croatia to Switzerland.
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