There are 10 ways to get from Saint Petersburg to Lugano by plane, train, bus, car, night train, or car train
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LED - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
13h 28mCHF 87–229Bus
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Prague to Luganobus
43h 30mCHF 131–478Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Vitebsky Railway Terminal to Brest Ctrain
- Take the bus from Brest Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
43h 48mCHF 262–1,021Drive 2,566.7 km
- Drive from Saint Petersburg to Luganocar 2,566.7 km
27h 48mCHF 421–608Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LED - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
13h 27mCHF 165–473Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane LED - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
14h 44mCHF 118–640Train, bus
- Take the train from Vitebsky Railway Terminal to Brest Ctrain
- Take the bus from Brest Bus station to Warsaw Chopin Airportbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Chopin Airport to Luganobus
45h 26mCHF 196–363Train, bus via Gdańsk
- Take the train from Vitebsky Railway Terminal to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Gdańsk Głównybus 900 / ...
- Take the train from Gdansk Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
2d 8hCHF 469–1,149Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
3d 3hCHF 233–586Drive, car train
- Drive from Saint Petersburg to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Luganocar
35h 59mCHF 377–531
Saint Petersburg to Lugano by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saint Petersburg to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 85 - SFr 230 and takes 13h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Saint Petersburg to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 13h 27m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 480.
No, there is no direct bus from Saint Petersburg to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal and arriving at Lugano via Minsk Central Bus Station and Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 30m.
The distance between Saint Petersburg and Lugano is 2220 km. The road distance is 2566.7 km.
The best way to get from Saint Petersburg to Lugano without a car is to bus which takes 43h 30m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 480.
It takes approximately 13h 28m to get from Saint Petersburg to Lugano, including transfers.
Saint Petersburg to Lugano bus services, operated by Visit Tour, depart from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal station.
Saint Petersburg to Lugano bus services, operated by Visit Tour, arrive at Minsk Central Bus Station.
Lugano is 1h behind Saint Petersburg. It is currently 7:05 AM in Saint Petersburg and 6:05 AM in Lugano.
Yes, the driving distance between Saint Petersburg to Lugano is 2567 km. It takes approximately 27h 48m to drive from Saint Petersburg to Lugano.
What companies run services between Saint Petersburg, Russia and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Lugano via Minsk Central Bus Station and Prague in around 43h 30m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–600
- Website
- georgian-airways.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–550
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Vitebsky Railway Terminal to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–129
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 75–85
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 129
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 240–280
Train from Vitebsky Railway Terminal to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–129
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 75–85
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 129
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 240–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–29
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Vitebsky Railway Terminal to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 45–65
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Gdansk Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–400
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–88
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 83–88
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 50–65
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 23–27
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–150
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–70
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Prague to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Chopin Airport to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Prague to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- [email protected]
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Brest Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Website
- https://minsktrans.by/
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/marshruty-i-raspisanie/
Bus from Brest Bus station to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–35
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Website
- https://minsktrans.by/
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/marshruty-i-raspisanie/
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- [email protected]
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Gdańsk Główny
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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