There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Galway by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport, bus
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ZRH - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
9h 12m€100–406Fly Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Galwaytrain
8h 31m€94–253Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Galwaycar
36h 10m€619–901Fly Zurich Airport to Cork Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ZRH - ORK
- Take the bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
9h 16m€113–311Fly Zurich Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane ZRH - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
9h 26m€110–236Train to Basel, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
10h 52m€141–405
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Galway is to fly and train which costs €90 - €260 and takes 8h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Galway is to fly and train which takes 8h 31m and costs €90 - €260.
The distance between Zurich and Galway is 1477 km.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Zurich to Galway, including transfers.
Galway is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 4:17 PM in Zurich and 3:17 PM in Galway.
There are 676+ hotels available in Galway.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Galway, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Zurich to Galway. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Shannon Airport (SNN), walk to Shannon Airport, then take the bus to Galway Ceannt. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Zurich to Galway via Dunkirk and Rosslare Harbour in around 36h 10m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–25
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €450–650
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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