There are 11 ways to get from Zagreb to Lugano by bus, train (Trenitalia), car, plane, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Zagreb to Luganobus
10h 5mCHF 112Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane ZAG - 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 43mCHF 37–270Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbftrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
13h 7mCHF 101–213Drive 653.4 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Luganocar 653.4 km
7h 9mCHF 125–181Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ZAG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8hCHF 55–199Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
10h 19mCHF 413–892Bus via Venice
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus N402 / ...
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre to Luganobus FlixBus 401
13h 10mCHF 57–88Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 33mCHF 138–315Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane ZAG - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
9h 11mCHF 101–322Shuttle, shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane TRS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 55mCHF 241–688Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
8h 27mCHF 49–333
Zagreb to Lugano by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Lugano is to bus via Venice which costs SFr 55 - SFr 90 and takes 13h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 33m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 320.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Zagreb and arriving at Lugano. Services depart four times a week, and operate Thursday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 10h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Lugano via Villach Hbf, Venezia Mestre and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 7m.
The distance between Zagreb and Lugano is 707 km. The road distance is 653.4 km.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Lugano without a car is to bus which takes 10h 5m and costs SFr 112.
The bus from Zagreb to Lugano takes 10h 5m including transfers and departs four times a week.
Zagreb to Lugano bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Lugano train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Lugano is to bus which takes 10h 5m and costs SFr 112. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 220 and takes 13h 7m.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Lugano, Switzerland?
Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Zagreb to Lugano 4 times a week. Tickets cost CHF 112 and the journey takes 10h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Lugano via Villach Hbf, Venezia Mestre, and Milano Centrale in around 13h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–440
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–430
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–140
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–150
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–400
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–440
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zagreb to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 112
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 21
- Private
- CHF 85
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–270
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- CHF 188
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Venice Mestre to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- [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
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–203
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 157
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 203
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
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Booking & Getting There
Zagreb to Lugano bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, arrive at Lugano station.
Zagreb to Lugano train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zagreb to Lugano is 653 km. It takes approximately 7h 9m to drive from Zagreb to Lugano.
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