There are 11 ways to get from Kraków to Lugano by plane, train, bus, night train, shuttle, or car
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Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane KRK - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 19mCHF 26–148Train
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumintrain Ic
- Take the train from Bohumin to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
18h 15mCHF 210–589Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N456
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
21h 30mCHF 116–193Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Krakow Glowny to Muenchen Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Luganobus FlixBus N76 / ...
19h 58mCHF 166–562Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane KRK - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
6h 49mCHF 55–219Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane KRK - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 59mCHF 77–262Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KRK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 37mCHF 144–422Shuttle to Katowice International Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane KTW - 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 6mCHF 59–265Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Basel (BSL)plane KRK - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
8h 21mCHF 51–416Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kraków to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
22h 50mDrive 1,224.3 km
- Drive from Kraków to Luganocar 1,224.3 km
12h 35mCHF 201–290
Kraków to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 25 - SFr 150 and takes 6h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 19m and costs SFr 25 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków station to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station and arriving at Lugano via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Lugano via Bohumin, Wien Hbf and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 15m.
The distance between Kraków and Lugano is 1053 km. The road distance is 1224.3 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 18h 15m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Kraków to Lugano, including transfers.
Kraków to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Kraków to Lugano train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Krakow Glowny station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Lugano is to train which takes 18h 15m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 200 and takes 21h 30m.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Krakow Glowny to Lugano via Bohumin, Wien Hbf, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 18h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Lugano via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 21h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–430
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–210
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–110
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–370
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–120
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milan Linate Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- 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 Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Bohumin to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Night train from Krakow Glowny to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 100–150
- 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 Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
- 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 22–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–29
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–14
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–16
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–29
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–11
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- [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/
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
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- matuszek.com.pl
Shuttle from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–18
- Website
- https://www.matuszek.com.pl/a_index.php?lang=en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Kraków to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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Kraków to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Kraków to Lugano train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Bohumin station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kraków to Lugano is 1224 km. It takes approximately 12h 35m to drive from Kraków to Lugano.
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