There are 8 ways to get from Gold Coast to Lugano by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BNE - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
30h 45mCHF 466–823Fly Gold Coast Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Gold Coast Airport (OOL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane OOL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
33h 18mCHF 366–958Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BNE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
31h 13mCHF 624–1,317Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BNE - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
30h 32mCHF 636–954Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane BNE - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
32h 45mCHF 567–1,237Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BNE - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
35h 2mCHF 716–1,396Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train
- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BNE - NCE
- Take the train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimigliatrain
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
36h 25mCHF 609–963Train to Brisbane Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BNE - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
36h 59mCHF 686–1,598
Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gold Coast to Lugano is to train and fly which costs SFr 460 - SFr 850 and takes 30h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Gold Coast to Lugano is to train and fly and bus which takes 30h 32m and costs SFr 600 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Gold Coast and Lugano is 16463 km.
It takes approximately 30h 45m to get from Gold Coast to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 8h behind Gold Coast. It is currently 2:33 AM in Gold Coast and 6:33 PM in Lugano.
There are 7276+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Gold Coast, QLD, Australia and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Gold Coast to Lugano. However, you can take the vehicle to Helensvale station, platform 4, walk to Helensvale station, platform 2, take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Brisbane-Airport-BNE airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano. Alternatively, you can take the vehicle to Broadbeach South station, platform 1, walk to Broadbeach South station, stop B, take the line 777 bus to Gold Coast Airport, walk to Gold Coast Airport (OOL) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano.
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,200
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,300
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,600
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,200
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dubai, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,400
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Zurich Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–1,600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairns, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 450–3,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Gold Coast Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Ngurah Rai, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–950
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Doha, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Munich International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–1,700
- Phone
- 13 12 30
- Website
- translink.com.au
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
Train from Helensvale station, platform 2 to International Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://translink.com.au/
- 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 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/
- 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 Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–290
- 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
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- 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 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
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 10–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- 2nd Class
- CHF 13–17
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- zou.maregionsud.fr
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–20
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- [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/
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