There are 9 ways to get from Lugano to Prague by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MXP - PRG
5h 36mKč 1,057–4,662Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Praguebus FlixBus N1308
11h 35mKč 1,100–2,500Train
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain Ic2 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Praha hl. n.train Ec
16h 19mKč 7,609–12,495Drive 789 km
- Drive from Lugano to Praguecar 789 km
7h 23mKč 3,466–5,007Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BGY - PRG
6h 9mKč 2,072–7,705Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LIN - PRG
7h 32mKč 2,649–6,811Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
5h 58mKč 3,647–7,685Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
7h 7mKč 1,962–9,165Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostationbus 171
- Take the train from Chur to St. Gallentrain
- Take the bus from Sankt Gallen to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
14h 15mKč 3,452–5,247
Lugano to Prague by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Prague is to bus which costs 1 100 Kč - 2 500 Kč and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Prague is to train and fly which takes 5h 36m and costs 1 000 Kč - 4 700 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lugano and arriving at Prague. Services depart three times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Prague. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Praha hl. n. via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 19m.
The distance between Lugano and Prague is 740 km. The road distance is 789 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Prague without a car is to bus which takes 11h 35m and costs 1 100 Kč - 2 500 Kč.
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Lugano to Prague, including transfers.
Lugano to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Prague train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to Prague is to bus which takes 11h 35m and costs 1 100 Kč - 2 500 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 7 500 Kč - 13 000 Kč and takes 16h 19m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Prague, Czechia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Lugano to Prague once daily. Tickets cost Kč 1,600–2,500 and the journey takes 11h 35m. RegioJet also services this route twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lugano to Praha hl. n. via Zürich HB in around 16h 19m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–3,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–6,500
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–5,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,000–9,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,100–10,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–8,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–6,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–7,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–7,000
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,500–9,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,100–10,000
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 140–190
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 130–160
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Praha hl. n.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 6,000–10,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–3,600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,600
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,800–2,600
- 2nd Class
- Kč 1,400–1,900
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 480–650
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Chur to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,300
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lugano to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,500
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lugano to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–1,900
- Website
- RegioJet
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 120–550
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 280–350
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- [email protected]
- Website
- PostAuto AG
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 250–350
- Website
- PostAuto AG
- Phone
- +420 602 333 369
- [email protected]
- Website
- noblessline.cz
Bus from Sankt Gallen to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,279
- Schedules at
- noblessline.cz
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Booking & Getting There
Lugano to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Lugano to Prague train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Prague is 789 km. It takes approximately 7h 23m to drive from Lugano to Prague.
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