There are 9 ways to get from Málaga to Lugano by plane, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car ferry, ferry, 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 to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane AGP - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 56mCHF 33–178Train
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Ec
19h 37mCHF 225–580Bus via Marseille
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus
33h 6mCHF 126–235Bus, car ferry, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Algeciras San Bernardobus
- Take the carferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Medcarferry
- Take the ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain Ec
42h 11mCHF 235–545Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane AGP - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 31mCHF 91–342Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AGP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 19mCHF 118–284Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane AGP - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
8h 45mCHF 69–279Bus
- Take the bus from Malaga Eeaa to Granada Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus
34hCHF 164–263Drive 1,867.6 km
- Drive from Málaga to Luganocar 1,867.6 km
20h 48mCHF 312–450
Málaga to Lugano by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 30 - SFr 180 and takes 6h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 56m and costs SFr 30 - SFr 180.
No, there is no direct bus from Málaga to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga and arriving at Lugano via Estación Sur de Autobuses, Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Málaga to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Malaga Maria Zambrano and arriving at Lugano via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 37m.
The distance between Málaga and Lugano is 1569 km. The road distance is 1867.6 km.
The best way to get from Málaga to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 19h 37m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 6h 56m to get from Málaga to Lugano, including transfers.
Málaga to Lugano bus services, operated by Interbus, depart from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga station.
Málaga to Lugano train services, operated by iryo, depart from Malaga Maria Zambrano station.
The best way to get from Málaga to Lugano is to train which takes 19h 37m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus via Marseille, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 240 and takes 33h 6m.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Lugano via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, and Milano Centrale in around 19h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Lugano via Estación Sur de Autobuses, Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 33h 6m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–180
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–180
Flights from Málaga Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–110
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
Flights from Málaga Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–180
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–60
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–17
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–60
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–60
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–25
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- infobus@interbus.es
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- 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
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Malaga Eeaa to Granada Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–16
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Granada Estación de Autobuses to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Madrid to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–180
- Schedules at
- balearia.com
- Seating
- CHF 26–35
- Seat + Car
- CHF 180
- Phone
- +34 956 68 18 30
- info@frs.es
- Website
- FRS Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
- Website
- FRS Ferries
- Phone
- +34 (0) 917369957
- Website
- Trasmediterránea S.A.
Car ferry from Port of Algeciras to Port de Tanger Med
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–22
- Website
- Trasmediterránea S.A.
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Port de Tanger Med to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–280
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Málaga to Lugano bus services, operated by Interbus, arrive at Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Málaga to Lugano train services, operated by iryo, arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
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