There are 9 ways to get from Kraków to Zermatt by plane, train, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel, train
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Basel (BSL)plane KRK - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain
8h 49mCHF 60–293Train
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Chur to Zermatt, Bahnhoftrain 907 / ...
20h 28mBus, train
- Take the bus from Kraków to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Visptrain Ic8 / ...
24h 57mCHF 223–287Fly 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 Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Zermatttrain
8h 29mCHF 181–387Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane KRK - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
9h 18mCHF 64–225Fly 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 Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
9h 53mCHF 106–368Shuttle 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 Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 9mCHF 99–423Fly John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane KRK - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 20mCHF 129–355Train via Berlin
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Frankfurt(Oder)train Ic
- Take the train from Frankfurt(Oder) to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Re
- Take the train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Visptrain Ice
20h 29mCHF 403–607
John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Zermatt is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 230 and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Zermatt is to fly and train which takes 8h 29m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 390.
No, there is no direct train from Kraków to Zermatt. However, there are services departing from Krakow Glowny and arriving at Zermatt, Bahnhof via Wien Hbf, Sargans and Chur. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 28m.
The distance between Kraków and Zermatt is 1189 km.
The best way to get from Kraków to Zermatt without a car is to train which takes 20h 28m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 49m to get from Kraków to Zermatt, including transfers.
Kraków to Zermatt train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Krakow Glowny station.
Kraków to Zermatt train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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There are 2587+ hotels available in Zermatt.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Zermatt, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Krakow Glowny to Zermatt, Bahnhof via Wien Hbf, Sargans, and Chur in around 20h 28m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–200
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–440
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
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 22–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–450
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Frankfurt(Oder)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- [email protected]
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Chur to Zermatt, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Train from Visp to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 20–25
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 35–45
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–25
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- ODEG
Train from Frankfurt(Oder) to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Schedules at
- ODEG
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Kraków to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 135–150
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- [email protected]
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +48 32 236 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matuszek
Shuttle from Kraków Główny Station to Katowice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–17
- Website
- Matuszek
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