Travel to Friedrichshafen

Every way to reach Friedrichshafen: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Friedrichshafen is reachable from 46 places across 12 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 20 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin is 20 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Friedrichshafen

Every mode that actually calls at Friedrichshafen, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train56€11.881h 13m169 km4
Flight23€37.903h 59m3,098 km13
Ferry8€11.882h 26m27 km3
  • 46Places you can arrive from
  • 46Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 20Operators

Friedrichshafen sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Friedrichshafen

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km6474%Lindau, 20 km
200 to 600 km56%Frankfurt am Main, 279 km
600 to 1,500 km1011%Hamburg, 656 km
Over 1,500 km89%Istanbul, 1710 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Friedrichshafen that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Germany5361%
Switzerland1416%
Türkiye45%
Greece33%
Austria22%
Bosnia & Herzegovina22%
United Kingdom22%
North Macedonia22%
Serbia22%
Albania11%
Egypt11%
Netherlands11%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Friedrichshafen

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Friedrichshafen

Rail
  • Friedrichshafen Stadt
  • Friedrichshafen-Manzell
  • Friedrichshafen-Kluftern
Bus
  • Friedrichshafen Stadtbahnhof
  • ZOB Hafenbahnhof
Air
  • FDH
Ferry
  • Friedrichshafen 1
  • Friedrichshafen 2

FDH is not in Friedrichshafen, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Friedrichshafen

Settled in advance, so the ride into Friedrichshafen costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Friedrichshafen

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Friedrichshafen, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Winterthur to Friedrichshafen train€11.881h 17m59 km
Singen to Friedrichshafen train€11.881h 13m49 km
Kempten (Allgäu) to Friedrichshafen train€11.881h 22m63 km
Konstanz to Friedrichshafen ferry€11.882h 31m22 km
Bregenz to Friedrichshafen ferry€11.882h 38m27 km
Lindau to Friedrichshafen ferry€11.882h 26m20 km
Kreuzlingen to Friedrichshafen ferry€11.882h 32m23 km
Albstadt to Friedrichshafen train€12.441h 25m71 km
Zurich to Friedrichshafen train€12.991h 29m77 km
Zürich (Kreis 11) to Friedrichshafen train€12.991h 30m76 km
Zürich (Kreis 3) to Friedrichshafen train€13.541h 31m80 km
Zürich (Kreis 9) to Friedrichshafen train€14.091h 32m81 km
Villingen-Schwenningen to Friedrichshafen train€14.641h 31m86 km
Ulm to Friedrichshafen train€15.191h 32m91 km
Neu-Ulm to Friedrichshafen train€15.191h 34m91 km
Reutlingen to Friedrichshafen train€17.391h 36m95 km

Check-in is at three and you will be in Friedrichshafen well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Friedrichshafen

Most of the points near Friedrichshafen Stadt open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Friedrichshafen

Common questions about Travel to Friedrichshafen

How can I get to Friedrichshafen?

Friedrichshafen is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 46 places, across 12 countries, on services run by 20 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Friedrichshafen?

The cheapest way into Friedrichshafen is by train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 46 origins we sell into Friedrichshafen over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Friedrichshafen?

The fastest journey into Friedrichshafen is by train, at 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 20 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Friedrichshafen have?

Friedrichshafen has 8 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Friedrichshafen Stadt, Friedrichshafen-Manzell, Friedrichshafen-Kluftern. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Friedrichshafen from within 200 km?

64 of the routes we sell into Friedrichshafen start within 200 km. The nearest is Lindau, 20 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Friedrichshafen in Germany?

Friedrichshafen connects to 46 places on our network across 12 countries, the furthest of them 3,098 km away in a straight line. Germany routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Germany

The wider region

Being on the water gives Friedrichshafen a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Friedrichshafen

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Friedrichshafen, with free cancellation on most of it.

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