Taxi from Lech to Vaduz
Private transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Vaduz — 24/7, door to door, fixed price on request.
- Fixed price per vehicle
- Door to door
- 24/7 available
- Winter-ready 4×4
- Ski equipment included
- Spacious — up to 8 passengers
- Experienced local drivers
- Direct operator, not an agent
Taxi from Lech to Vaduz: the price, the car and the pickup
Lech to Vaduz: 75 km, around 1 hour 20 minutes.
Need a transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Vaduz? We collect you at your hotel, chalet or apartment and drive you there without changes and without stops on the way — one vehicle, your group, nobody else — no shared shuttle and no waiting for strangers to be collected first.
Our vehicles are winter-ready 4x4s with ski racks and plenty of space for up to 8 passengers with luggage, driven by experienced local drivers who are on these roads every day of the season. Skis and snowboards travel at no extra charge, and child seats are fitted free.
We give you the fixed price on request — per vehicle and one way, not per person.
Leaving Lech means the Flexenstraße first
Every drive out of Lech begins the same way, wherever it is going: over Zürs and along the Flexenstraße to the Alpe Rauz, then down to Stuben and Langen. About twenty kilometres, and they are the part a distance calculator underestimates — galleries, bends and speed limits, not fast road.
When there is avalanche risk the Flexenstraße is closed, and then there is no way round. It is the only road out of Lech in that direction. Guests stay the night in Stuben, Langen or St. Anton and travel on the next morning, usually after eight, once the road opens.
That is not small print, it is the reason we set off earlier than the arithmetic needs on a long drive. We can see in the morning how the road is, and we would rather tell you the evening before to start half an hour earlier than promise an arrival time that depends on a barrier. Getting you there on time is what the margin is for, and it is the one thing a reliable transfer has to get right.
Where we pick you up in Lech
The transfer starts at your door. Where a vehicle can reach it we collect there; where it cannot, at an agreed point nearby.
- Lech village
No restricted streets here — we pull up at the hotel door like anywhere else.
- Oberlech
Three ways in, depending on the building: the Oberlechbahn valley station, the Umschlaghalle and your hotel’s own tunnel, or the whole way up by road. Reception knows which is yours.
- Zug near Lech
Reached directly, a few minutes up the valley beyond Lech.
- Zürs am Arlberg
On the road out in any case — a pickup there costs no detour.
The road on to Vaduz
The shortest of these drives and the simplest: down the Klostertal to Bludenz, past Feldkirch, and across the border into the principality at Schaanwald. About an hour and twenty, most of it on fast road, and no pass anywhere on it.
This is the one route on the list that actually goes into Liechtenstein. The other seven run past it on the Swiss bank of the Rhine — you can see Vaduz from the motorway on the way to Sargans or Chur, but the road does not cross. Here it does, because here the principality is the destination.
Vaduz has no railway station. The line through Liechtenstein runs past the capital rather than into it, and the nearest stop, Schaan-Vaduz, is in the next town. Every other destination on this list can be reached by rail with enough patience; Vaduz cannot, not to the door. That is why it gets asked for by guests who would otherwise take the train.
The Lech to Vaduz route on the map
The route from Lech to Vaduz, stop by stop
Seventy-five kilometres and about an hour and twenty. Out of Lech on the Flexenstraße, down the Klostertal to Bludenz, onto the A14 past Feldkirch, and over the border at Schaanwald. From there it is ten minutes through Nendeln and Schaan into the capital.
One slow section, and it is the first twenty kilometres. Everything after Langen is fast road, and the whole drive descends — from 1,450 metres in Lech to a little over 450 in the Rhine valley. No pass, no climb, nothing that closes.
The border at Schaanwald is a sign by the road and nothing more: Austria and Liechtenstein are both in the Schengen area, so there are no routine checks. Bring whatever identity document you normally travel with and expect to keep driving.
Vaduz has no station — which is why people ring us
On every other page of this list we tell you honestly when the train is the better buy. Here we cannot, because there is no train to Vaduz. The railway that crosses Liechtenstein clips the north of the country and stops at Schaanwald, Nendeln and Schaan-Vaduz — and that last one, despite the name, is in Schaan.
So a rail journey to the capital ends in the next town with your luggage on the platform, and the last part has to be arranged some other way anyway. Add the fact that Lech has no station of its own at the other end, and the train version of this trip is two transfers with a train in the middle.
One car from your door in Lech to your door in Vaduz takes an hour and twenty and nothing gets carried. That is the whole case, and on this particular route it is an easy one to make.
| Private transfer | Train | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Your door in Lech | Langen or St. Anton — Lech has no station |
| Ends at | Your hotel in Vaduz | Schaan-Vaduz — the next town |
| The last kilometres | Included | A bus or a taxi you still have to find |
| Changes | None | One or two, then the local connection |
| Skis and cases | Loaded once, stay with you | You carry them at every change |
| Best for | Anyone with luggage | Almost nobody, on this route |
Malbun: the country’s only ski resort, half an hour above the capital
Liechtenstein has one ski area and it is called Malbun, at 1,600 metres in an exclave of Triesenberg, less than two kilometres from the Austrian border as the crow flies — though not by road. Guests are often surprised it exists at all.
Getting there from Vaduz means the road up through Triesenberg and Steg: a proper mountain climb of hairpins that gains more than a thousand metres. In winter it is the sort of road where the car matters. Ours are 4x4 and carry chains all season, which on that climb is the difference between arriving and not.
It is a small area, and nobody swaps Ski Arlberg for it — but it is a good day out with children, and it is a name people book without realising how far above Vaduz it sits. Tell us Malbun rather than Vaduz when you ask for the price, because it is thirty minutes and a thousand metres more.
Arriving in the principality: the practical bits
Liechtenstein pays in Swiss francs, not euros. It is in a customs union with Switzerland and uses its money, so the cash in your pocket from Lech is the wrong currency. Cards are taken everywhere, but it catches people out at a kiosk.
The castle above the town is the prince’s residence and is not open to visitors. People arrive expecting to go in, walk up, and find out at the gate. The walk itself is worth doing for the view down the Rhine valley; the door is not part of it.
Vaduz itself is small and flat. The centre is a few hundred metres end to end and everything worth seeing is inside that — which means that once we have set you down at the door, you are unlikely to need a car again until we come back for you.
And back again: from Vaduz to Lech
We drive the transfer in both directions, at the same fixed price. Give us the time and the address in Vaduz when you ask, and a car is there for it — late at night and early in the morning included.
If you already know you are coming back, ask for both directions at once: the car is then allocated to both, and booking early costs you nothing extra.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a transfer from Lech to Vaduz?
We give you the fixed price on request — per vehicle for up to 8 passengers, not per person. Send us the pickup address, the date, the time and how many of you there are, and you get the binding price back before you commit to anything.
How do I pay for the ride?
You pay the driver directly, in cash or by card — Visa and Mastercard are accepted. The price is fixed per vehicle and confirmed when you book, so you know the full amount before the journey starts.
Do you collect from Oberlech and Zug as well?
Yes. In Oberlech the meeting point depends on how your building is reached: at the Oberlechbahn valley station, at the Umschlaghalle if your hotel has a tunnel of its own, or the whole way up if the road goes there. Tell us what reception told you. Zug we reach directly.
Do you drive at night and early in the morning?
Yes, around the clock. For a departure before six in the morning, book the day before so the driver and the vehicle are already allocated.
Can we get from Lech to Vaduz by train?
Not the whole way. Vaduz has no railway station — the line clips the north of the country and the nearest stop, Schaan-Vaduz, is in the next town — so any rail journey ends with a road connection. Lech has no station either, so the train version is two transfers with a train in the middle. That is the main reason this route is asked for.
How long does Lech to Vaduz take?
About an hour and twenty for roughly 75 kilometres. The Flexenstraße out of Lech is the slow part; from Langen westwards it is fast road, with no pass anywhere on the route.
Do we need a passport for Liechtenstein?
Austria and Liechtenstein are both in the Schengen area, so there are no routine border checks on this drive — the border at Schaanwald is a sign by the road. Bring whatever identity document you normally travel with.
Can you take us up to Malbun?
Yes. Malbun is Liechtenstein’s only ski resort, at 1,600 metres, and the road up through Triesenberg and Steg climbs more than a thousand metres in hairpins. Tell us Malbun rather than Vaduz when you ask for the price — it is about thirty minutes further, and in winter it is a climb our 4x4s and chains are there for.