There are 8 ways to get from Zakopane to Zurich by train, plane, car, bus, or shuttle
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Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KRK - ZRH
7h 29mCHF 104–305Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Zakopane Równia Krupowa to Poprad ASbus A15
- Take the train from Poprad-Tatry to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain 502 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Zürich HBtrain
16h 12mCHF 58–107Drive, train
- Drive from Zakopane to Strbacar
- Take the train from Strba to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain 600 / ...
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Zürich HBtrain
15h 38mCHF 65–118Bus
- Take the bus from Zakopane ZDA to Jubilatbus K1
- Take the bus from Kraków to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
23h 41mDrive 1,083.4 km
- Drive from Zakopane to Zurichcar 1,083.4 km
11h 23mCHF 178–256Bus, train to Košice International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the bus from Zakopane Równia Krupowa to Poprad ASbus
- Take the train from Poprad-Tatry to Kosicetrain
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KSC - ZRH
9h 3mCHF 112–296Shuttle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zakopane to Budapest
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BUD - ZRH
10h 23mCHF 141–278Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Basel (BSL)plane KRK - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
8h 48mCHF 83–332
Zakopane to Zurich by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zakopane to Zurich is to bus and train which costs SFr 55 - SFr 110 and takes 16h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Zakopane to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 310.
No, there is no direct bus from Zakopane to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Zakopane ZDA and arriving at Zürich Bus Station via Kraków. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 41m.
The distance between Zakopane and Zurich is 1033 km. The road distance is 1083.4 km.
The best way to get from Zakopane to Zurich without a car is to bus which takes 23h 41m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Zakopane to Zurich, including transfers.
Zakopane to Zurich bus services, operated by MajerBus, depart from Zakopane ZDA station.
Zakopane to Zurich bus services, operated by MajerBus, arrive at Jubilat station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zakopane to Zurich is 1083 km. It takes approximately 11h 23m to drive from Zakopane to Zurich.
Book your Zakopane to Zurich bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Zakopane, Poland and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Zakopane ZDA to Zürich Bus Station via Jubilat and Kraków in around 23h 41m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–550
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Košice International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–170
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Zakopane to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Strba to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Poprad-Tatry to Kosice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–9
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Poprad-Tatry to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–28
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Poprad-Tatry to Kosice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Poprad-Tatry to Kosice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Zakopane ZDA to Jubilat
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Kraków to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejemalopolskie.com.pl
Bus from Zakopane Równia Krupowa to Poprad AS
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
Bus from Zakopane Równia Krupowa to Poprad AS
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Zakopane to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
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