There are 11 ways to get from Syracuse to Lugano by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airportbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CTA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 14mCHF 22–174Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Siracusa - v.le Scala Greca to Catania Via Archimedebus
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
16h 39mBus
- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Via Archimedebus Siracusa
- Take the bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Lugano Via Pian Scairolobus
20h 41mCHF 163–238Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Syracuse to Port of Palermocar
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Luganocar
25h 56mCHF 169–251Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airportbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane CTA - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
6h 30mCHF 49–167Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airportbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CTA - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
6h 52mCHF 52–255Train to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Siracusa to Comisotrain
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane CIY - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8h 12mCHF 114–596Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airportbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CTA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 17mCHF 47–224Train to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Siracusa to Comisotrain
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CIY - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 11mCHF 78–343Bus, train
- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airportbus
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Milan Malpensa Terminal 2 Arrivalsbus
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T2 to Luganotrain S50
25h 25mCHF 78–145Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Via Archimedebus
- Take the nighttrain from Catania Centrale to Milano Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
23h 50mCHF 139–243
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Syracuse to Lugano is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 21 - SFr 180 and takes 6h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Syracuse to Lugano is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h 14m and costs SFr 21 - SFr 180.
No, there is no direct bus from Syracuse to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Siracusa - Von Platen and arriving at Lugano Via Pian Scairolo via Catania Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 41m.
The distance between Syracuse and Lugano is 1188 km.
The best way to get from Syracuse to Lugano without a car is to bus and train and ferry which takes 16h 39m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 14m to get from Syracuse to Lugano, including transfers.
Syracuse to Lugano bus services, operated by Interbus, depart from Siracusa - Von Platen station.
Syracuse to Lugano bus services, operated by Interbus, arrive at Catania Via Archimede station.
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There are 6505+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Syracuse, Italy and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Lugano Via Pian Scairolo via Catania Via Archimede and Catania Central Bus Station in around 20h 41m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–250
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–90
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–230
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–550
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–330
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T2 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Siracusa to Comiso
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Siracusa to Comiso
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–260
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–220
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Catania Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 0935 22 460
- Website
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–8
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - v.le Scala Greca to Catania Via Archimede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–8
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Via Archimede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–9
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–8
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–8
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–8
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–8
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
Bus from Siracusa - Von Platen to Catania Via Archimede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–9
- Schedules at
- interbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Catania Central Bus Station to Lugano Via Pian Scairolo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–230
- Website
- Onebus
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Milan Malpensa Terminal 2 Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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