There are 6 ways to get from Milan to Cape Town by train or plane
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 Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane MXP - CPT
16h 50mR 5,332–9,899Fly from Milan Linate Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LIN - CPT
16h 38mR 6,786–19,340Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane ZRH - CPT
16h 43mR 7,368–19,364Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane TRN - CPT
17h 3mR 8,098–25,850Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane VRN - CPT
20h 50mR 7,736–21,061Train to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane GOA - CPT
21h 56mR 8,039–21,917
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Cape Town is to train and fly which costs R 5 000 - R 10 000 and takes 16h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Cape Town is to fly which takes 16h 38m and costs R 6 500 - R 20 000.
The distance between Milan and Cape Town is 8973 km.
It takes approximately 16h 50m to get from Milan to Cape Town, including transfers.
There are 7924+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Cape Town, South Africa?
Lufthansa, Condor Flugdienst, and two other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–27,000
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–28,000
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–29,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–28,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–29,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–19,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–20,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–19,000
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–20,000
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–21,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–15,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Cairo, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–21,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–25,000
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 80–100
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–1,900
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- R 1,300–1,900
- 2nd Class
- R 1,000–1,400
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- R 310–500
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 370–650
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 350–600
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 270–500
- 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
- R 300–420
- Website
- Trenitalia
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