Airport transfer · 235 km · 2:35

Zurich Airport to Como

A licensed Swiss chauffeur, a fare fixed in writing before you travel, and a car that waits when the flight does not arrive on time.

CHF 1 524.21

Fixed fare from

235 km

Distance

2:35

Drive time

Como is the first Italian destination on the table and it is close enough to the border to feel like an extension of Ticino, which is roughly what it is. The lake towns beyond it are slower than the distance suggests, because the lakeside roads are narrow, old and busy.

Italy charges its motorways by the ticket rather than by a vignette. That is an operational detail rather than a passenger one — it is inside the fare — but it is a useful way to tell a supplier who drives this route from one who has read about it.

Published fare by class

Class	Fixed fare
Business	CHF 1 524.21
Premium	CHF 1 778.25
SUV	CHF 1 778.25
Van	CHF 1 524.21
Electric	CHF 1 524.21

Per vehicle, not per passenger. Every figure is computed from the published kilometre tariff and includes 8.1% VAT.

The road

The Gotthard axis through Ticino to Chiasso, then the Italian A9 to Como. The San Bernardino is the alternative when the Gotthard queue is forming, and the desk chooses on the morning.

Winter on this route

The tunnels are weather-independent and the Italian side is mild. Winter on this route is a northern-side problem: the approach to the Gotthard, not the descent from it.

What the fare includes

Sixty minutes of waiting after the aircraft lands, free of charge.
A chauffeur inside arrivals with your name, and the luggage carried to the car.
Flight monitoring — the pickup moves with the inbound, and the fare does not.
Motorway tolls, the Swiss vignette and any foreign vignette the route needs.
8.1% VAT and passenger insurance.

Questions we get on this route

What is needed at the Italian border?

Passport or ID for each passenger. It is a Schengen internal border, though checks here are more common than at the German one.

Are Italian motorway tolls included?

Yes. Italy tolls by ticket rather than vignette, and every charge on the route is inside the published fare.

Can you continue to Bellagio, Menaggio or the lake hotels?

Yes, quoted by hand. The lakeside roads are slow and are priced as their own leg rather than folded into the Como figure.

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