There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to L'Aquila by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
10h 5m€168–271Fly Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ZRH - FCO
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
7h 20m€52–187Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich to Mosciano S. Angelo - Teramobus
- Take the bus from Mosciano Sant'Angelo to L'Aquilabus
13h 27m€69–71Drive 884.3 km
- Drive from Zurich to L'Aquilacar 884.3 km
8h 40m€160–231Train via Rome
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Ternitrain
- Take the train from Terni to L'aquilatrain Re
12h 30m€180–316Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Rome Tiburtina Bus stationbus FlixBus 519
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
15h 5m€88–129Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ternitrain Ic
- Take the train from Terni to L'aquilatrain Re
15h 14m€165–274Train to Basel, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BSL - FCO
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
8h 30m€77–264Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Abruzzo Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Abruzzo Airport (PSR)plane MXP - PSR
- Take the train from Pescara Porta Nuova to L'aquilatrain
10h 5m€113–313Fly Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
8h 17m€141–383Fly Zurich Airport to Naples Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane ZRH - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquilabus
8h 40m€127–371
Zurich to L'Aquila by bus and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to L'Aquila is to bus which costs €69 - €72 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to L'Aquila is to fly and bus which takes 7h 20m and costs €50 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to L'Aquila. However, there are services departing from Zürich and arriving at L'Aquila via Mosciano Sant'Angelo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to L'Aquila. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at L'aquila via Como S. Giovanni, Milano Centrale, Roma Termini and Terni. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 30m.
The distance between Zurich and L'Aquila is 924 km. The road distance is 884.3 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to L'Aquila without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h 5m and costs €160 - €280.
It takes approximately 10h 5m to get from Zurich to L'Aquila, including transfers.
Zurich to L'Aquila bus services, operated by Autolinee Ventre, depart from Zürich station.
Zurich to L'Aquila train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to L'Aquila is to bus which takes 13h 27m and costs €69 - €72. Alternatively, you can train via Rome, which costs €180 - €320 and takes 12h 30m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and L'Aquila, Italy?
You can take a bus from Zürich to L'Aquila via Mosciano S. Angelo - Teramo and Mosciano Sant'Angelo in around 13h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zürich HB to L'aquila via Como S. Giovanni, Milano Centrale, Roma Termini, and Terni in around 12h 30m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Abruzzo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Napoli to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Terni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Napoli to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Roma Termini to Terni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Terni to L'aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Terni to L'aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pescara Porta Nuova to L'aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Napoli to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Terni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Terni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Napoli to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- 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
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- 800.14.28.80
- [email protected]
- Website
- tuabruzzo.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- tuabruzzo.it
- .
- €9–14
- Phone
- +390975 343195
- [email protected]
- Website
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Zürich to Mosciano S. Angelo - Teramo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €52
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
- Phone
- +39 0733 671222
- [email protected]
- Website
- linea2mari.com
Bus from Mosciano Sant'Angelo to L'Aquila
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–20
- Schedules at
- linea2mari.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Rome Tiburtina Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Zurich to L'Aquila bus services, operated by Autolinee Ventre, arrive at Mosciano S. Angelo - Teramo station.
Zurich to L'Aquila train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Como S. Giovanni station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to L'Aquila is 884 km. It takes approximately 8h 40m to drive from Zurich to L'Aquila.
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