There are 10 ways to get from Lugano to Tirana by train, plane, busferry, 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 Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane MXP - TIA
6h 20m$20–280Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Port of Bari to Tiranabusferry
16h 23m$271–382Bus via Verona
- Take the bus from Lugano Stazione to Verona Porta Nuovabus
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Tiranabus
24h 29mDrive 1,326.2 km
- Drive from Lugano to Tiranacar 1,326.2 km
17h 16m$268–387Train, 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 Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane BGY - TIA
6h 48m$54–345Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane ZRH - TIA
6h 55m$154–400Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane VRN - TIA
7h 52m$69–357Train, train to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane GOA - TIA
8h 18m$69–341Train, bus and ferry via Durrës
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Avtrain Fr
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
17h 21mBus
- Take the bus from Varese to Tiranabus
28h 36m$84–97
Lugano to Tirana by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Tirana is to bus which costs $80 - $100 and takes 28h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Tirana is to train and fly which takes 6h 20m and costs $19 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Lugano to Tirana. However, there are services departing from Lugano Stazione and arriving at Tirana via Verona Porta Nuova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 29m.
The distance between Lugano and Tirana is 1097 km. The road distance is 1326.2 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Tirana without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 16h 23m and costs $270 - $390.
It takes approximately 6h 20m to get from Lugano to Tirana, including transfers.
Lugano to Tirana bus services, operated by Zlatan Prevoz doo, depart from Lugano Stazione station.
Lugano to Tirana bus services, operated by Zlatan Prevoz doo, arrive at Verona Porta Nuova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Tirana is 1326 km. It takes approximately 17h 16m to drive from Lugano to Tirana.
There are 4007+ hotels available in Tirana.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Tirana, Albania?
You can take a bus from Lugano Stazione to Tirana via Verona Porta Nuova in around 24h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–270
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Lamezia Terme
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $15–250
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $10–260
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $21–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $70–100
- 2nd Class
- $45–65
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +355696383030
- Website
- firenzelines.com
Busferry from Port of Bari to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $113
- Schedules at
- firenzelines.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Port of Bari to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- + 381 31 510 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lugano Stazione to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 209 3508
- [email protected]
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Aleks Viaggi
- [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
- $5–26
- 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
- $13–16
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 692323966
- [email protected]
Bus from Varese to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $79
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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