There are 11 ways to get from Pontevedra to Zurich by train, plane, train (Renfe, TGV), bus, car, or towncar
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 Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Pontevedra to Santiago De Compostelatrain
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SCQ - ZRH
6h 37mCHF 103–362Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Pontevedra to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valençabus
- Take the bus from Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença to Lyon, Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquaibus
31h 34mCHF 87–126Train via Madrid
- Take the train from Pontevedra to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Gironatrain Ave
- Take the train from Girona to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
20h 48mCHF 299–552Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Vigo to Bordeauxbus FlixBus 783
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N1149
30h 55mCHF 157–252Drive 1,853.7 km
- Drive from Pontevedra to Zurichcar 1,853.7 km
19h 15mCHF 307–444Towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take a town car from Pontevedra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OPO - ZRH
7h 46mCHF 233–350Fly Vigo to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VGO - ZRH
8h 22mCHF 119–294Train to A Coruña Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Pontevedra to La Coruna-San Cristobaltrain
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LCG - ZRH
9h 5mCHF 120–279Train to Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Pontevedra to Santiago De Compostelatrain
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Basel (BSL)plane SCQ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
7h 46mCHF 119–402Towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take a town car from Pontevedra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Basel (BSL)plane OPO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
9hCHF 269–470Train
- Take the train from Pontevedra to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
26h 8mCHF 346–507
Pontevedra to Zurich by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pontevedra to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 85 - SFr 130 and takes 31h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Pontevedra to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 6h 37m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 370.
No, there is no direct bus from Pontevedra to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Pontevedra Estación de Autobuses and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Vigo and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Pontevedra to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Pontevedra and arriving at Zuerich Hb via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Girona, Lyon Part Dieu and Mulhouse Ville. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 48m.
The distance between Pontevedra and Zurich is 1511 km. The road distance is 1853.7 km.
The best way to get from Pontevedra to Zurich without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 20h 48m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 6h 37m to get from Pontevedra to Zurich, including transfers.
Pontevedra to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vigo station.
Pontevedra to Zurich train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Pontevedra station.
The best way to get from Pontevedra to Zurich is to train via Madrid which takes 20h 48m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus via Bordeaux, which costs SFr 150 - SFr 260 and takes 30h 55m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 300 and takes 8h 22m.
What companies run services between Pontevedra, Spain and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Pontevedra to Zuerich Hb via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Girona, Lyon Part Dieu, and Mulhouse Ville in around 20h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pontevedra Estación de Autobuses to Zurich Bus Station via Vigo Estación Intermodal, Vigo, and Bordeaux in around 30h 55m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–370
Flights from Vigo to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–450
Flights from Vigo to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–250
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–430
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–370
Flights from Vigo to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–450
Flights from Vigo to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–250
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–430
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Basel via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Basel via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–490
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Vigo to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–260
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Pontevedra to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Pontevedra to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Girona to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–95
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Pontevedra to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–22
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Pontevedra to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Pontevedra to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–230
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Pontevedra to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–16
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Pontevedra to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–170
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Pontevedra to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–16
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vigo to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Pontevedra to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–6
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- (+351) 258 454 303
- [email protected]
- Website
- barquense.pt
Bus from Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Valença to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–80
- Schedules at
- barquense.pt
- Book at
- barquense.pt
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Pontevedra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 185
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Pontevedra to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 185
- Website
- VM Transfers
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Pontevedra to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bordeaux station.
Pontevedra to Zurich train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pontevedra to Zurich is 1854 km. It takes approximately 19h 15m to drive from Pontevedra to Zurich.
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