There are 11 ways to get from Lugano to Zagreb by train, bus, car, plane, 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.
Train, bus
best- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
10h 19m€440–1,300Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane MXP - ZAG
7h 54m€57–179Train
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
14h 4m€142–300Drive 653.7 km
- Drive from Lugano to Zagrebcar 653.7 km
7h 5m€115–165Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Zagrebbus
10h 20m€121Bus via Verona
- Take the bus from Lugano to Veronabus FlixBus 024
- Take the bus from Verona to Zagrebbus N402
12h 40m€61–99Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
6h 25m€132–321Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane LIN - ZAG
8h€103–243Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- 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 Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BGY - ZAG
6h 24m€64–282Train to Basel, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BSL - ZAG
7h 55m€59–497Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
7h 56m€174–899
Lugano to Zagreb by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Zagreb is to bus via Verona which costs €60 - €100 and takes 12h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Zagreb is to train and bus and fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €60 - €290.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lugano and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart four times a week, and operate Tuesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 10h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 4m.
The distance between Lugano and Zagreb is 698 km. The road distance is 653.7 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h 19m and costs €440 - €1300.
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Lugano to Zagreb, including transfers.
Lugano to Zagreb bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to Zagreb is to train which takes 14h 4m and costs €140 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €121 and takes 10h 20m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Zagreb, Croatia?
You can take a train from Lugano to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre, Villach Hbf, and Ljubljana in around 14h 4m. Alternatively, Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Lugano to Zagreb 4 times a week. Tickets cost €121 and the journey takes 10h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €29–160
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–900
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Lugano to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €121
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lugano to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Verona to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
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More Questions & Answers
Lugano to Zagreb bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, arrive at Zagreb station.
Lugano to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Zagreb is 654 km. It takes approximately 7h 5m to drive from Lugano to Zagreb.
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