There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Guimarães by plane, towncar, train, bus, train (TGV, Renfe), or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Zurich Airport, towncar
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane ZRH - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guimarãestowncar
6h 3m€119–241Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Central de Camionagem de Guimarãesbus Linha Lyon Express
30h 53m€96–132Train, bus via Bordeaux
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Central de Camionagem de Guimarãesbus
22h 40m€270–466Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Badajoztrain Alv
- Take the train from Badajoz to Entroncamentotrain Re
- Take the train from Entroncamento to Guimaraestrain Ic
28h 55m€374–603Drive 1,811.9 km
- Drive from Zurich to Guimarãescar 1,811.9 km
19h 6m€325–470Train to Basel, fly, towncar
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BSL - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guimarãestowncar
6h 57m€135–358Train to Geneva International Airport, fly, towncar
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane GVA - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guimarãestowncar
8h 45m€206–478Bus via Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyonbus FlixBus N1149 / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Bragabus BlaBlaCar Bus
29h 1m€148–250Train, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the bus from Lausanne to Portobus
- Take the train from Porto Campanha to Guimaraestrain Ic
33h 43m€234–358
Zurich to Guimarães by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Guimarães is to bus which costs €95 - €140 and takes 30h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Guimarães is to fly and towncar which takes 6h 3m and costs €110 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Guimarães. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Central de Camionagem de Guimarães via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Guimarães. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Guimaraes via Mulhouse Ville, Avignon Tgv, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Badajoz and Entroncamento. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 55m.
The distance between Zurich and Guimarães is 1594 km. The road distance is 1811.9 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Guimarães without a car is to train and bus via Bordeaux which takes 22h 40m and costs €270 - €470.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Zurich to Guimarães, including transfers.
Zurich to Guimarães bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Guimarães train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Guimarães is to train which takes 28h 55m and costs €370 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus via Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga, which costs €140 - €250 and takes 29h 1m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Guimarães, Braga, Portugal?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Guimaraes via Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Avignon Tgv, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Badajoz, and Entroncamento in around 28h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Central de Camionagem de Guimarães via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga in around 29h 1m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Basel to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Basel to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Basel to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Badajoz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Badajoz to Entroncamento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Entroncamento to Guimaraes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
Train from Porto Campanha to Guimaraes
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Comboios de Portugal
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- (+34) 988 225 288
- [email protected]
- Website
- anpian.com
Bus from Bordeaux to Central de Camionagem de Guimarães
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Schedules at
- anpian.com
- Phone
- (+351) 258 454 303
- [email protected]
- Website
- barquense.pt
Bus from Bordeaux to Central de Camionagem de Guimarães
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Schedules at
- barquense.pt
- Book at
- barquense.pt
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Central de Camionagem de Guimarães
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Schedules at
- barquense.pt
- Book at
- barquense.pt
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lausanne to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guimarães
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €65
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guimarães
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €65
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Guimarães
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €65
- Website
- VM Transfers
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Booking & Getting There
Zurich to Guimarães bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Guimarães is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 6:24 AM in Zurich and 5:24 AM in Guimarães.
Zurich to Guimarães train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Mulhouse station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Guimarães is 1812 km. It takes approximately 19h 6m to drive from Zurich to Guimarães.
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