There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Switzerland by plane, ferry, train, bus, car ferry, 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 to Basel
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
5h 10mCHF 68–211Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUB - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 31mCHF 50–144Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
29h 41mCHF 287–964Bus via Regensburg
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburgbus
- Take the bus from Regensburg to Zürichbus
3d 3hCHF 96–299Fly to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUB - GVA
5h 21mCHF 77–213Fly to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
5h 24mCHF 69–210Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane DUB - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
8h 3mCHF 75–215Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUB - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
8h 22mCHF 106–252Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Zurichcar
30h 27mCHF 301–1,122Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenescbus
- Take the bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Colmarbus
- Take the bus from Colmar to Zürichbus
3d 18h
Ireland to Switzerland by tram, foot, ferry, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Switzerland is to fly and train which costs SFr 45 - SFr 150 and takes 7h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Switzerland is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Dublin and arriving at Zürich via Rădăuţi and Regensburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 3h.
The distance between Ireland and Switzerland is 1199 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Switzerland without a car is to ferry and train which takes 29h 41m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 1000.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Ireland to Switzerland, including transfers.
Ireland to Switzerland bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Dublin station.
The best way to get from Ireland to Switzerland is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus via Regensburg, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 300 and takes 3 days 3h.
Ireland to Switzerland bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Rădăuți station.
Switzerland is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 10:41 AM in Ireland and 11:41 AM in Switzerland.
What companies run services between Ireland and Switzerland?
Ryanair, KLM, and Lufthansa fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dublin to Zürich Stadelhofen via Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Regensburg, Zürich, and Zürich HB in around 3d 3h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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/
- 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
- 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 27–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Regensburg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Colmar to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- [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
- +40744-530.349
- Website
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenesc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–900
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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