There are 7 ways to get from Galway to Zurich by bus, plane, car, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SNN - ZRH
8h 37mCHF 98–356Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Galway Coach Stn to Airport Zone 13bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
7h 43mCHF 77–241Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Galway to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Zurichcar
36h 7mCHF 581–969Bus
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Stn to Liffey Valley SCbus 763
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Suceava to Zurich Bus Stationbus
3d 8hCHF 188–443Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NOC - ZRH
8h 23mCHF 78–296Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL)plane SNN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
10h 11mCHF 123–296Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Stn to Airport Zone 13bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
8h 52mCHF 107–271
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Galway to Zurich is to bus and fly which costs SFr 75 - SFr 250 and takes 7h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Galway to Zurich is to bus and fly which takes 7h 43m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Galway to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Galway Coach Stn and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Dublin, Rădăuţi and Suceava. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Galway and Zurich is 1476 km.
The best way to get from Galway to Zurich without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 8h and costs SFr 180 - SFr 450.
It takes approximately 8h 37m to get from Galway to Zurich, including transfers.
Galway to Zurich bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Galway Coach Stn station.
Galway to Zurich bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Liffey Valley SC station.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Galway. It is currently 9:49 PM in Galway and 10:49 PM in Zurich.
There are 1226+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Galway, Ireland and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Galway Coach Stn to Zurich Bus Station via Liffey Valley SC, Dublin, Rădăuţi, and Suceava in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Galway Coach Stn to Liffey Valley SC
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Galway Coach Stn to Airport Zone 13
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Galway Coach Stn to Airport Zone 13
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Suceava to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–700
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 414
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