There are 6 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 42mCHF 94–383Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Galway Coach Stn to Airport Zone 11bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
7h 13mCHF 88–228Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Galway to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Zurichcar
36h 11mCHF 580–838Bus 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 53mCHF 104–213Bus to Cork Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Stn to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORK - ZRH
8h 8mCHF 107–288Bus 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 21mCHF 133–380
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Galway to Zurich is to bus and fly which costs SFr 85 - SFr 230 and takes 7h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Galway to Zurich is to bus and fly which takes 7h 13m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 230.
The distance between Galway and Zurich is 1476 km.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Galway to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Galway. It is currently 7:27 PM in Galway and 8:27 PM in Zurich.
There are 1231+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Galway, Ireland and Zurich, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Galway to Zurich. However, you can take the bus to Shannon Airport, walk to Shannon Airport (SNN) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, then take the train to Zürich Stadelhofen. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Galway to Zurich via Rosslare Harbour and Dunkirk in around 36h 11m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–370
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–350
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–250
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–220
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Galway Coach Stn to Airport Zone 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Galway Coach Stn to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–600
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 421
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