Travel to Locarno

Every way to reach Locarno: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Locarno is reachable from 3 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 2h 46m door to door. The nearest origin is 31 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Locarno

Every mode that actually calls at Locarno, 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
Ferry6€11.882h 46m39 km1
  • 3Places you can arrive from
  • 3Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

The trip ends at Locarno railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Locarno railway station

Sort by distance from Locarno railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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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 km6100%Pallanza-Intra-Suna, 31 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Locarno 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
Italy6100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Locarno

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

Locarno

Rail
  • Locarno railway station
  • Locarno railway station (FART)
  • Locarno Sant'Antonio train station
Ferry
  • Locarno
  • Vira
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Locarno

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Locarno, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Pallanza-Intra-Suna to Locarno ferry€11.882h 46m31 km
Varese to Locarno ferry€11.883h 3m39 km
Verbania to Locarno ferry€11.882h 54m34 km

Locarno is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Locarno

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Locarno

Common questions about Travel to Locarno

How can I get to Locarno?

Locarno is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 3 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 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 Locarno?

The cheapest way into Locarno is by Ferry, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 3 origins we sell into Locarno over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Locarno?

The fastest journey into Locarno is by Ferry, at 2h 46m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 31 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Locarno have?

Locarno has 5 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Locarno railway station, Locarno railway station (FART), Locarno Sant'Antonio train station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Locarno from within 200 km?

6 of the routes we sell into Locarno start within 200 km. The nearest is Pallanza-Intra-Suna, 31 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 Locarno in Switzerland?

Locarno connects to 3 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 39 km away in a straight line. Switzerland 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 Switzerland

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Locarno and elsewhere in Switzerland. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Locarno before you go

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

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