Padua to Lugano bus: 1 a day, fastest 5h50

1 a dayfastest 5h50FlixBus🇮🇹 Italy → 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Direct buses · no change

PaduaVeronaBergamoMonzaLugano· 237 km as the crow flies

12:05 → 17:55
FlixBus 401
Padua → Lugano (Via Ciani) · via Verona, Bergamo, Monza
5h503 stops
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Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

Fastest door to door: the train (3h54). The bus takes 2h37 longer.

Bus · fastest direct6h31

To Padua13 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus 4015h50
From Lugano (Via Ciani)13 min

Train · fastest direct3h54

To Padova stazione1 min
Before departure10 min
EC 3063h42
From Lugano1 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance. Train: pickthetrain's door-to-door time.

Train instead?

1 a daydirect trains, fastest 3h42

SBB / Trenitalia. No change of train, from the operators' official timetables.

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Flying instead?

Nothing flies Padua to Lugano nonstop in picktheflight's airline data.

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Padua to Lugano?

Yes. 1 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Padua to Lugano?

The fastest takes 5h50; the slowest 5h50, for 237 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Padua to Lugano?

Not an overnight one: every bus here travels by day or evening.

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