There are 9 ways to get from Karlovy Vary to Zurich by bus, plane, train, or car
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Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the bus from Karlovy Vary Terminal Bus Station to Prague Airport Terminal 1/2bus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
5h 23mCHF 98–219Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Karlovy Vary to Marktredwitz stationbus 068
- Take the bus from Marktredwitz station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
10h 8mCHF 48–85Train
- Take the train from Karlovy Vary to Chebtrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Singentrain 87
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain Ic
10h 39mCHF 89–374Drive 535.3 km
- Drive from Karlovy Vary to Zurichcar 535.3 km
6h 35mCHF 88–127Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Karlovy Vary Terminal Bus Station to Prague Airport Terminal 1/2bus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
6h 37mCHF 96–316Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Karlovy Vary to Chebtrain
- Take the train from Marktredwitz to Regensburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Regensburg Hbf to Muenchen Flughafen Terminaltrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MUC - ZRH
8h 2mCHF 163–558Train, train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Karlovy Vary to Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Take the train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
8h 21mCHF 145–390Train via Schaffhausen
- Take the train from Karlovy Vary to Chebtrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain 87
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Stadelhofentrain S12 / ...
10h 52mCHF 83–369Train, bus
- Take the train from Karlovy Vary to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
11h 53m
Karlovy Vary to Zurich by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlovy Vary to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 85 and takes 10h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Karlovy Vary to Zurich is to bus and fly which takes 5h 23m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlovy Vary to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Karlovy Vary and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Marktredwitz station and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlovy Vary to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Karlovy Vary and arriving at Zürich HB via Cheb, Nuernberg Hbf, Hauptbahnhof and Singen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 39m.
The distance between Karlovy Vary and Zurich is 642 km. The road distance is 535.3 km.
The best way to get from Karlovy Vary to Zurich without a car is to bus which takes 10h 8m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 85.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Karlovy Vary to Zurich, including transfers.
Karlovy Vary to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlovy Vary station.
Karlovy Vary to Zurich train services, operated by České dráhy (ČD), depart from Karlovy Vary station.
The best way to get from Karlovy Vary to Zurich is to bus which takes 10h 8m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 85. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 85 - SFr 380 and takes 10h 39m.
What companies run services between Karlovy Vary, Czechia and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Karlovy Vary to Zurich Bus Station via Marktredwitz station and Munich central bus station in around 10h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Karlovy Vary to Zürich HB via Cheb, Nuernberg Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, and Singen in around 10h 39m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–480
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–340
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–170
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Karlovy Vary to Cheb
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–26
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Karlovy Vary to Cheb
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Karlovy Vary to Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–22
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Karlovy Vary to Cheb
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–26
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Karlovy Vary to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–27
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 27–35
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 30–50
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 27–35
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Marktredwitz to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Regensburg Hbf to Muenchen Flughafen Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–25
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- [email protected]
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Stadelhofen
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Marktredwitz to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Regensburg Hbf to Muenchen Flughafen Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 9–15
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–7
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Stadelhofen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Karlovy Vary Terminal Bus Station to Prague Airport Terminal 1/2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Karlovy Vary Terminal Bus Station to Prague Airport Terminal 1/2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlovy Vary Terminal Bus Station to Prague Airport Terminal 1/2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlovy Vary to Marktredwitz station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Marktredwitz station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlovy Vary Terminal Bus Station to Prague Airport Terminal 1/2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Karlovy Vary to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Marktredwitz station.
Karlovy Vary to Zurich train services, operated by České dráhy (ČD), arrive at Cheb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlovy Vary to Zurich is 535 km. It takes approximately 6h 35m to drive from Karlovy Vary to Zurich.
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