There are 10 ways to get from Warsaw to Lugano by plane, train, bus, car, or taxi
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Fly Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane WAW - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 35mCHF 26–140Train
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Eic
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
17h 49mCHF 242–1,142Bus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Luganobus FlixBus N1308
21h 50mCHF 100–180Drive 1,421.6 km
- Drive from Warsaw to Luganocar 1,421.6 km
13h 25mCHF 232–335Taxi to Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Take the taxi from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Lodz-Airport-LCJtaxi
- Fly from Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane LCJ - 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 7mCHF 152–442Fly Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport (WMI) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane WMI - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 12mCHF 36–144Fly Warsaw Chopin Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane WAW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 58mCHF 139–414Fly Warsaw Chopin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane WAW - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 17mCHF 45–211Fly Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport (WMI) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane WMI - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 34mCHF 58–235Fly Warsaw Chopin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane WAW - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 44mCHF 73–238
Warsaw to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Warsaw to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 35 - SFr 150 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Warsaw to Lugano is to taxi and fly and bus and train which takes 6h 7m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 450.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Warsaw, Bus Station West station and arriving at Lugano. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 21h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Warsaw to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Warszawa Centralna and arriving at Lugano via S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 49m.
The distance between Warsaw and Lugano is 1238 km. The road distance is 1421.6 km.
The best way to get from Warsaw to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 17h 49m and costs SFr 240 - SFr 1200.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Warsaw to Lugano, including transfers.
Warsaw to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Warsaw to Lugano train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Warszawa Centralna station.
The best way to get from Warsaw to Lugano is to train which takes 17h 49m and costs SFr 240 - SFr 1200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 180 and takes 21h 50m.
What companies run services between Warsaw, Poland and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Warszawa Centralna to Lugano via Berlin Gesundbrunnen, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 17h 49m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Lugano once daily. Tickets cost CHF 100–180 and the journey takes 21h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
Flights from Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–220
Flights from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–130
Flights from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–130
Flights from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–130
Flights from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–140
Flights from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–140
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–250
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–130
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–120
Flights from Warsaw–Modlin Mazovia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–110
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–90
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–340
- 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 Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- 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
- 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 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- [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/
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/
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/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–120
MPT Taxi
- Phone
- +48 22 19191
- Website
- taximpt.com.pl
Super Taxi
- Phone
- +48 22 19622
- Website
- supertaxi.pl
Tanie-taxi.com
- Phone
- +48 666 666 651
- Website
- tanie-taxi.com
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More Questions & Answers
Warsaw to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lugano station.
Warsaw to Lugano train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Berlin Gesundbrunnen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Warsaw to Lugano is 1422 km. It takes approximately 13h 25m to drive from Warsaw to Lugano.
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