There are 6 ways to get from Toronto to Lugano by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane YYZ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
15h 18mCHF 274–477Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane YYZ - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
15h 50mCHF 233–854Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane YYZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
13h 1mCHF 375–795Fly Toronto Island Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane YTZ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
14h 32mCHF 335–816Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane YYZ - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
14h 44mCHF 332–730Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane YYZ - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
17h 13mCHF 367–616
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Toronto to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 270 - SFr 480 and takes 15h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Toronto to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 13h 1m and costs SFr 370 - SFr 800.
The distance between Toronto and Lugano is 6710 km.
It takes approximately 15h 18m to get from Toronto to Lugano, including transfers.
Lugano is 6h ahead of Toronto. It is currently 4:46 PM in Toronto and 10:46 PM in Lugano.
There are 6224+ hotels available in Lugano.
What companies run services between Toronto, ON, Canada and Lugano, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Toronto to Lugano. However, you can take the train to UP Express Pearson Airport, walk to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP), walk to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, then take the train to Lugano. Alternatively, you can take the train to UP Express Pearson Airport, walk to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Lugano.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- 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
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–25
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–60
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–29
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- 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
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