There are 9 ways to get from Switzerland to Algiers by plane, train, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Geneva International Airport
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG)plane GVA - ALG
5h 16m$169–379Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG)plane MXP - ALG
6h 28m$83–360Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Marseille Saint-Charlestrain 84
- Take the car ferry from Vieux Port to Algierscarferry
30h 42m$491–982Fly from Zurich Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG)plane ZRH - ALG
7h 4m$146–567Fly from Mulhouse
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG)plane MLH - ALG
5h 16m$285–856Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG)plane LYS - ALG
8h 9m$159–422Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Marseillebus FlixBus N882 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Vieux Port to Algierscarferry
34h 10m$374–675Train, car ferry via Zürich Stadelhofen
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Marseille Saint-Charlestrain 84
- Take the car ferry from Vieux Port to Algierscarferry
35h 42m$641–982Bus, car ferry via Béjaïa
- Take the bus from Zürich to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Vieux Port to Bejaiacarferry
- Take the bus from Béjaïa to Algiersbus
38h 32m$377–650
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Algiers is to train and fly which costs $80 - $360 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Algiers is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs $160 - $380.
The distance between Switzerland and Algiers is 1117 km.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Algiers without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 30h 42m and costs $490 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 5h 16m to get from Switzerland to Algiers, including transfers.
Algiers is 1h behind Switzerland. It is currently 8:47 AM in Switzerland and 7:47 AM in Algiers.
There are 336+ hotels available in Algiers.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Algiers, Algeria?
Air Algérie flies from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG) 6 times a week.
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Mulhouse to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Mulhouse to Houari Boumediene Airport via Constantine
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–490
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Bejaia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Setif
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–350
- Website
- aslairlines.fr
Flights from Mulhouse to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–470
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Houari Boumediene Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Marseille Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Marseille Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Zürich to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- (213) 21 77 00 66
- [email protected]
- Website
- sogral.dz
Bus from Béjaïa to Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–210
- Schedules at
- sogral.dz
- Phone
- +213 (0)21 64 43 77 / 78
- [email protected]
- Website
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $302
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $302
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Bejaia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $295
- Schedules at
- algerieferries.dz
- Phone
- +33 (0) 825 88 80 88
- Website
- corsicalinea.com
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $450–550
- Website
- https://www.corsicalinea.com/
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $450–550
- Website
- https://www.corsicalinea.com/
Car ferry from Vieux Port to Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $450–550
- Website
- https://www.corsicalinea.com/
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