Zurich Airport to Stuben am Arlberg Transfers From €460 per vehicle
Winter and Summer Transfers Available
Private airport transfers from Zurich to Stuben am Arlberg. 185 km, around 2 hours, at the foot of the Arlberg Pass. Ski luggage included. Local Arlberg taxi company.
- Winter Ready 4x4 Vehicles
- Local St. Anton Drivers
- Direct To Stuben Transfers
- Flight Tracked Pickups
- Free Cancellation Up To 24h
- Skis And Snowboards Free
Private Transfers from Zurich Airport to Stuben am Arlberg
Private transfers from Zurich Airport to Stuben am Arlberg cover around 185 km and take about 2 hours. Alpinum Taxi drives you privately, door to door, from €460 per vehicle, with flight tracking, child seats and ski equipment included. Our experienced alpine drivers run modern, well-maintained 4x4 vehicles and are familiar with the Arlberg roads and with changing winter and weather conditions.
Your Zurich to Stuben transfer is private from start to finish — one vehicle, one driver, no shared shuttle and no stops for other passengers. Your driver meets you in arrivals at Zurich Airport, helps with your luggage and ski equipment, and takes you straight to the door of your accommodation. If your flight is delayed we track it and adjust the pickup time accordingly.
Stuben am Arlberg sits at 1,409 m at the western foot of the Arlberg Pass, in the Klostertal in Vorarlberg, and it is the smallest of the Arlberg ski resorts. It is the last village before the climb, and that is what makes the drive simpler than the one to Zürs or Lech: we need neither the Flexen pass nor its galleries to reach it.
Our private airport transfers suit solo travellers, couples, families and groups of up to eight passengers. Skis and snowboards travel free of charge, child seats are available on request, and our long-wheelbase vehicles leave plenty of room for winter luggage. Larger parties travel in more than one vehicle, at the same fixed price for each.
As a local Arlberg taxi company we drive through Stuben every day in any case: every run to Zürs, Lech or St. Christoph passes through the resort. Stuben is not a detour for us. It is the main road.
Whether you are arriving for a week on the Albona, a weekend in the mountains or a quiet summer stay, a pre-booked private transfer from Zurich Airport to Stuben am Arlberg is a simple, direct and relaxing journey from your flight to your accommodation — at a fixed price agreed before you travel.
Zurich Airport to Stuben Transfer: Price, Distance & Journey Time
The journey from Zurich Airport to Stuben am Arlberg covers approximately 185 km and takes around 2 hours in normal weather and road conditions. Our private Zurich to Stuben airport transfers start from €460 per vehicle, with one fixed price for the whole vehicle rather than a fare per passenger.
For families and ski groups travelling together, this makes a private transfer particularly convenient and affordable: one comfortable vehicle carries up to eight passengers along with normal holiday luggage, while skis and snowboards are transported free of charge. There are no shared-transfer stops and no scheduled departures, and door-to-door service is standard rather than an extra.
Most of the Zurich Airport to Stuben drive follows major roads through Switzerland and the Rhine Valley before the alpine part begins in Vorarlberg and the Klostertal. Past Klösterle the S16 runs on to the exit for Langen am Arlberg. From there it is three kilometres up the L197 into Stuben.
No tunnel toll and no Flexen pass. The 14 km Arlberg road tunnel is charged and it bypasses Stuben altogether; the Flexen road to Zürs and Lech only begins above the village. Stuben needs neither, and that makes the last kilometres a good deal more predictable in winter.
There is still snow on those three kilometres. The climb up the western side is short but steep enough that four-wheel drive and winter tyres count, and our local drivers are on it daily.
You are given the price for your own transfer before you book. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing: it becomes a booking only when you say yes, and you can book the outbound and the return in the same enquiry.
| Price | from €460 per vehicle |
|---|---|
| Distance | approx. 185 km |
| Journey time | approx. 2 hrs |
| Transfer type | Private, door to door |
| Pick-up | Zurich Airport (ZRH) — your driver waits in Arrivals with your name |
| Drop-off | Your hotel or chalet in Stuben — at the door |
| Altitude | 1,409 m, at the western foot of the Arlberg Pass |
| Nearest station | Langen am Arlberg, 3 km |
| Passengers | up to 8 per vehicle |
| Skis and snowboards | included |
| Cancellation | free up to 24 hours before pickup |
What is included in your transfer
What is included
- Fixed price — Quoted before you book, unchanged on the day
- Road charges — Swiss and Austrian, vignette included — and the L197 carries no toll
- Ski carriage — Skis and boards on the rear rack, no extra charge
- Child seats — Baby, toddler and booster seats, free on request
- Flight tracking — Your arrival is watched and the pickup moves with it
- Free waiting — 60 minutes
What is not included
A stop you ask for on the way — a supermarket, say — is charged by the time it takes and we tell you before we make it. Beyond that there are no extras: no night surcharge, no holiday surcharge, nothing added for luggage.
How to book
Asking takes under a minute
Enter your pickup, destination, date and how many you are, and we send back the fixed price for the drive to Stuben. No account is needed, and asking is not booking.
Before you fly
Your driver, his mobile number and the car he will be in are settled before you fly. You can pay in advance or to the driver at the end — all our prices sit on one page.
Why Choose Alpinum Taxi for Your Zurich to Stuben Transfer?
Most companies selling a transfer to Stuben am Arlberg are not on the Arlberg. They pass the job on. We drive it ourselves, in our own vehicles and with our own drivers, out of St. Anton. Everything we sell is a private transfer: no shared seats, no other passengers and no changes on the way. Every booking is personalised to the group that made it — your pickup time, your address, your child seats.
We do not know Stuben as a destination so much as a place we drive through. Every run to Zürs, Lech or St. Christoph passes the village and the foot of the Albonabahn. What the bend at the entrance to the village does after fresh snow is something our drivers know without having to check.
Why Alpinum Taxi
Local drivers who work these roads
Our drivers live on the Arlberg and know Stuben, St. Anton, St. Christoph, Zürs and Lech, along with the mountain roads between them. Between airport runs they work as taxi drivers on those same roads.
There is also something that cannot be bought in: around sixty colleagues are connected by radio. Whoever is up there says what the road is doing, and the call on chains is made from that rather than from a weather app.
A fixed price for the whole vehicle
You know the price of the private transfer before you book, and it does not move when the journey does. It covers the car and not the seats, so four people pay what two pay.
Nobody else is in the vehicle and there are no stops on the way: a dedicated car, a professional driver, and a direct run. After we meet you in Zurich the drive goes to Stuben and nowhere else.
4x4, winter tyres, chains on board
Every one of our vehicles is four-wheel drive, and they are ours rather than hired in for the season. From November to April they run on winter tyres, with snow chains carried all season.
Stuben is only three kilometres uphill from the Langen exit. Short, but no stroll in winter: the western side takes a lot of snow, these are alpine roads, and the final climb into the resort is steeper than it looks on a map. Child seats are fitted free, and skis ride outside on the rear rack.
To the door, not to the village sign
Stuben is small enough that every address is a known one. We stop at the entrance to your building — the Mondschein, the Après Post, or a chalet in one of the narrow lanes.
Higher up the Arlberg it works differently — Lech and Oberlech involve a cable car and a goods hall. Stuben does not.
The vehicle for your Zurich to Stuben transfer
Picked up at the airport
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall and walks you to the vehicle.
Skis on the rear rack
Outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag on their knees.
Chains on when the road needs them
Our drivers carry chains all season and fit them themselves.
To the hotel door
We stop in front of your accommodation, not at a drop-off point.
The Stuben run leaves the motorway network at Langen and finishes on three kilometres of the L197, climbing to 1,409 metres. No tunnel toll and no Flexen road — but the last three kilometres are mountain road, and they are the ones that decide the car.
VW Caravelle T6.1 — Long — 4x4
- Up to 8 passengers
- AWD (4MOTION)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Mercedes Minibus 4x4
- Max. 6 passengers
- AWD (4MATIC)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Skis, snowboards and luggage
Skis and snowboards travel on the rear-door ski rack, outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag across their knees. Ski carriage is free: we charge no equipment supplement the way a shared shuttle does. Boot bags, helmets and suitcases go inside with the rest of the luggage.
Both vehicles: 4x4, winter tyres from November to April, snow chains on board.
Both vehicles are four-wheel drive and take up to eight passengers with cases and ski equipment. The price is for the vehicle, not per person.
Zurich Airport Pickup & Meet & Greet
Our private transfers to Stuben begin with a personal meet and greet inside Zurich Airport. The airport has two arrival areas, Arrival 1 and Arrival 2. After you have collected your luggage and cleared customs, your driver is waiting in the right hall with your name clearly displayed.
Arrival 2 opens into the busy part of the airport; Arrival 1 is quieter and about 250 metres further out, along a signposted underground passage. With small children or a lot of ski luggage that is worth knowing in advance. You also receive your driver's contact details beforehand, so the two of you can reach each other by phone or WhatsApp.
From arrivals directly to Stuben
Your driver gives you a friendly hand with the luggage and the ski equipment and walks you to the waiting vehicle. Child seats requested when you booked are already fitted.
There is no taxi queue and no waiting for other passengers — an efficient, organised and seamless start to an alpine holiday, in a comfortable car that is waiting for you alone.
What if your flight is delayed?
We track the flight number given with your booking and adjust the pickup time when the arrival time changes — at no extra charge, and without you having to message anyone. Sixty minutes of waiting are included, which covers passport control, the baggage belt and customs.
The Zurich Airport to Stuben Route
The first two thirds of the drive are motorway, and they run the same line every time. Out of Zurich Airport the road heads east past Winterthur and St. Gallen, then crosses into Austria at Diepoldsau.
From the border it turns south down the Rhine valley through Hohenems and Feldkirch, picks up the A14 as far as Bludenz, and carries on along the S16 into the Klostertal past Klösterle towards the Arlberg.
Then comes the part that separates Stuben from every other village on the Arlberg, and it is a short one. We leave the expressway at the exit for Langen am Arlberg and climb three kilometres of the L197. That is all of it. At 1,409 m the drive ends in the middle of the village.
No tunnel and no Flexen pass. The 14 km Arlberg road tunnel is tolled and runs under the mountain to St. Anton, bypassing Stuben entirely. The Flexen road and its galleries only begin above the village, at Alpe Rauz, on the way to Zürs and Lech. Stuben needs neither.
In practice that means Stuben is the least exposed of the high Arlberg villages when the snow comes down hard. Reaching Zürs or Lech depends on the Flexen road staying open; reaching St. Christoph means the pass road above Alpe Rauz or the tunnel; reaching Stuben depends on three kilometres of valley road.
Those three kilometres still carry snow in winter, and they are steeper than they look on a map. The western side of the Arlberg takes a great deal of it, which is why we drive them on four-wheel drive and winter tyres, with chains on board.
The route itself stays the same; the road conditions can change considerably from one winter day to the next. Because our drivers are on it daily — every run to Zürs, Lech and St. Christoph goes through Stuben — they match the driving and the equipment to what the day asks for.
Door-to-Door Delivery to Stuben's Hotels
Stuben has around a hundred residents. The village is a few lanes around the through road, and every address is a couple of minutes apart on foot — which is not the same as wanting to walk it with a ski bag and a suitcase. We stop directly in front of your building.
No change of vehicle, no goods hall, no zone we may not enter. Your driver unloads the luggage and the equipment at the entrance, and the holiday starts at reception rather than in a snow-covered lane.
We deliver guests regularly to these addresses:
- Hotel Mondschein
- Après Post Hotel
- Wohlfühlhotel Hubertushof
- Hotel Berghaus Stuben
- Chalet Mondschein
- Chalet Rosa
And to every other house, chalet or apartment in the resort. If your accommodation is not on the list, simply give us the address — in a village of a hundred people your driver knows it without a satnav.
It is worth saying what that is worth, because higher up the same mountain it does not apply. Reaching Oberlech means a cable car and a luggage handover; parts of Lech and Zürs have zones a vehicle cannot enter at all. In Stuben there is nothing between the car door and the hotel door.
Because the arrival is this simple, our door-to-door transfers to Stuben are among the most comfortable alpine airport transfers we run: the car that leaves Zurich is the one that stops outside your room.
Transfers to Stuben from Zurich, Innsbruck & Other Airports
Zurich Airport is one of the most convenient international gateways for Stuben am Arlberg, but depending on your flight connections several other airports can also be practical. Alpinum Taxi runs private alpine transfers to Stuben from six airports, and each of these airport transfers has its own page with the distance, the journey time and the fixed price.
Zurich Airport (ZRH) is our main private transfer route to Stuben, a drive of around 185 km and approximately 2 hours in normal conditions. Its wide choice of international flights makes Zurich particularly convenient for guests arriving from the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and other European destinations.
The closest, though, is a different one: St. Gallen–Altenrhein (ACH), 95 km and about an hour and ten minutes away. It is a small airport with few connections — but when one of them fits, nothing gets you to Stuben faster.
Innsbruck Airport (INN) is 115 km and from €250 — not the closest, but the cheapest of the six, because it is the only one of them with no border and no foreign road charges on the way. From there the road climbs the Arlberg Pass from the Tyrolean side and drops into Stuben from above — the reverse of the way in from Zurich, and the one case where a transfer to Stuben comes over the top of the pass rather than turning up below it.
The trade-off there is the flight schedule rather than the drive. Innsbruck is a small alpine airport with a concentrated winter timetable, so it suits some travel dates and not others. Zurich flies year-round from almost everywhere, which is why most of our guests arrive there.
That leaves Friedrichshafen at 125 km and Memmingen at 155 km, both small and useful when a low-cost route happens to fit, and Munich at 245 km — the widest long-haul choice of any of them, and the one most often worth the longer drive.
Which airport is best for Stuben?
There is no single best airport for every journey. Altenrhein is the closest, Innsbruck the cheapest, Munich has the broadest reach, and Zurich has the strongest international connections with the most dependable winter timetable. The right choice depends on your departure city, flight times, fares and the total journey to Stuben — a cheap flight into a distant airport can cost back what it saved.
One thing holds for all four of the western airports: the last stage is the easiest on the whole Arlberg. Leave at Langen am Arlberg, climb three kilometres, and you are there.
| From airport | km | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altenrhein | 95 | 1h 10min | from €300 |
| Innsbruck | 115 | 1h 30min | from €250 |
| Friedrichshafen | 125 | 1h 30min | from €380 |
| Memmingen | 155 | 1h 50min | from €420 |
| Zurich | 185 | 2h | from €460 |
| Munich | 245 | 3h 15min | from €640 |
Figures are per vehicle for one to eight passengers, in normal conditions. Skis and snowboards are included on every one of these routes.
Return Transfer: Stuben to Zurich Airport
The way back is the same road in reverse: the three kilometres down to the junction at Langen am Arlberg, onto the S16 and on to Zurich Airport. We collect you where we set you down — at the door of your accommodation.
For flights out of Zurich we leave five hours before departure. That is not the driving time on its own: it leaves room for the descent to the valley, for winter road conditions, and for check-in and security at the airport. Planning it tighter leaves very little margin if anything slows the journey.
Early departures are routine for us, and an experienced alpine driver keeps them calm rather than rushed. Book the outbound and the return together and both times are settled from the start — one enquiry, one fixed price each way, and nothing to arrange in the middle of your holiday.
We run the same journey for guests already in the region: transfers from the Arlberg to Zurich, Innsbruck and Munich. Leaving Stuben is the same reliable, private service as arriving — the same drivers, the same 4x4 vehicles and the same fixed price.
The departure times are worked out in full on the Stuben am Arlberg to Zurich Airport transfer page, with a pickup time for every flight out of Zurich.
How to Get from Zurich to Stuben: All Transport Options
Private transfer
Your local driver meets you at Zurich Airport and drives you to Stuben in about 2 hours — one vehicle for your group, ski luggage included, at a fixed price. For families and groups the sum usually works out, because the price covers the car rather than the seats.
Train to Langen, then onwards
Here Stuben is better placed than any other village on the Arlberg: the station at Langen am Arlberg is three kilometres away. Trains from Zurich Airport reach it with changes, and bus line 750 runs from the station through Stuben and on to Zürs. With light luggage that is a real alternative — with a ski bag, a boot bag and children, a good deal less so.
If the train suits you but the last stage does not, we meet it. Tell us the arrival time at Langen and the car is outside the station when you step off — the same three kilometres up the L197, at a fixed price, booked the way an airport transfer is booked. It is worth it for the luggage alone: a ski bag, a boot bag and a bus stop in the snow make a different journey from a ski bag handed straight into a boot.
Hire car
If you want a car for the rest of the week, driving yourself is reasonable. Count the Swiss and Austrian vignettes, fuel and parking alongside the rental — and in winter, a vehicle equipped for the three kilometres up. Short does not mean flat here.
Shared airport shuttle
Several companies sell shared runs from Zurich into the alpine resorts. For a solo traveller with light luggage that is often cheaper than a private transfer. A late arrival can mean the booked departure has already gone, though, and many of those services finish in St. Anton or Lech rather than in Stuben.
Which suits which traveller?
Travelling alone with hand luggage, the train and the bus are the cheapest route — more so for Stuben than anywhere else, because the last stage really is short. From two or three people upwards, and with skis or children, the calculation starts to change: a private transfer becomes increasingly competitive, and it is the more direct and dependable option either way.
There is also a middle course that suits some groups. Take the train as far as Langen am Arlberg and have us meet you on the platform for the last three kilometres, or fly into Zurich, transfer privately to Stuben, and use our local taxi for the rest of the week instead of keeping a hire car parked in the snow. We are on these roads all day in any case.
Skiing in Stuben am Arlberg & the Albona
Stuben is part of Ski Arlberg, the largest connected ski area in Austria: around 300 km of slopes and 85 lifts on one ski pass, shared with the neighbouring resorts of St. Anton, St. Christoph, Zürs and Lech. Above the resort stands the Albona — a north-facing mountain rising to 2,400 m, and a name that carries weight among freeriders across the whole Arlberg.
The reason is the aspect. North-facing means the snow stays dry and stays put. The Albona is not a mountain for immaculate corduroy; it is a mountain for the days after a snowfall. People who come to Stuben for it usually know exactly why they are there.
From the edge of the resort the Albonabahn I takes you up. Its valley station sits at 1,410 m, and the old double chair was dismantled in 2023 and replaced with an eight-seat gondola carrying sixteen hundred people an hour. The mountain's second gondola, the Albonabahn II, does not continue above it but starts round at Alpe Rauz: 1,642 m to 2,320 m, 2,172 metres of cable, six minutes forty, two thousand people an hour since December 2016.
From there the whole Arlberg is open, and it opens at one place: Alpe Rauz, the junction a few minutes above Stuben where the pass road, the Flexen road and four lifts meet. Alpe Rauz is the hinge of the western Ski Arlberg — everything from Stuben to Zürs, and everything from Zürs back towards St. Anton, passes across it.
From Alpe Rauz the Flexenbahn crosses to Zürs and on to Lech, while the Valfagehrbahn climbs the other way towards the Ulmer Hütte and into St. Christoph and St. Anton. One Ski Arlberg pass covers all of it, so a week based in Stuben is a week on the whole mountain rather than on one corner of it.
That is the argument for staying here rather than in the busier resorts. You sleep at the quiet end and ski the same 300 km as everyone else, and on a heavy snow day the Albona is above you while the crowds are somewhere else on the Ski Arlberg map.
There are two places to stop on the mountain: the Albona mid-station at 1,840 m and the ridge restaurant at the top. Both are markedly quieter than the huts above St. Anton or Lech — which is a drawback to one sort of skier and precisely the point to another.
If the lifts are not running the way you need them to, the road still is. We drive guests over to St. Anton or round to Zürs and Lech through the day, and back again at the end of it.
What to Do in Stuben: Après-Ski & Winter Activities
With around a hundred residents, nobody expects nightlife in Stuben, and Stuben does not pretend to have any. What it has is five places to eat and drink, all of them a short walk apart.
The Après Post Hotel is the centre of it: the sun terrace fills up on a good day, inside is the Hannes Schneider Bar, named after the village's most famous son, and the Hotel Post Restaurant is where the evening tends to settle. The Bar Restaurant Fuxbau is the informal one, closer to the lift, with an umbrella bar outside — and behind it one of the best restaurants on the Arlberg.
The rest is Willi's Bar Restaurant Pizzeria, Restaurant Arlberg Stuben and Mondschein's Alte Gaststube — the old parlour of a house that has been an inn since 1739, and a genuine Gaststube in a village that took its name from exactly that. Five in total, and that is the whole list. Nobody comes to Stuben for the choice, which is rather the point.
One detail says more about the place than any description: the most popular lunch spots here are not on the mountain but in the village. In a ski resort that is unusual, and it comes down to scale — it is a few minutes from the lift to the middle of the resort.
For guests who do not ski, an open-air exhibition on the Albonabahn and the making of the village stands at the start of the winter walking trail, put together by the Friends of Hannes Schneider foundation with the Klostertal museum society. It takes about twenty minutes and it is free, which makes it a good use of an afternoon when the weather has closed the tops.
The walking trail itself runs along the valley floor below the village, and the church and the Hannes Schneider statue are both a few minutes on foot from any of the houses. Stuben is small enough that nothing needs planning: you leave the hotel and you are where you were going.
And anyone who wants more going on drives down for it. St. Anton is a short run over the pass, and so are Zürs and Lech. Alpinum Taxi is on the road around the clock — including for the short run out in the evening and back afterwards.
Discover Stuben am Arlberg
Stuben has around a hundred residents and a name that explains exactly what the place was once for: a Stube is a heated room. Anyone crossing the Arlberg Pass stopped here before making the climb.
From 1218 there was an institution for it. At the instruction of Count Hugo I von Montfort, the Knights of St. John ran a hospice in Stuben offering travellers, muleteers and carters "fire, water and shelter" before the pass. The old inns Post and Mondschein stand in the same tradition — and both are still working.
What made the village famous, though, was one man. Hannes Schneider was born in Stuben in 1890. He saw skis for the first time in 1893, when Viktor Sohm came to the village; he measured Sohm's pair and had a village cooper build him his own. In 1907 the Ski Club Arlberg took him on as its first paid instructor.
What he built from that — the stem turn, and from it the Arlberg technique — is the foundation every ski school in the world still teaches on. Hannes Schneider later moved along the pass to St. Anton, where there was more room for tourism, and his name is now attached to that resort more often than to the one he came from. The statue, though, stands in the middle of Stuben.
Nor was he the only one. From this village of a hundred people came four skiers who went on to found ski schools in the United States and in Japan — a return on a hundred residents that no marketing department arranged.
And one thing ties the Schneider family directly to what we do. Hannes Schneider's father was a farmer and also the road warden, the man charged with keeping the Arlberg pass open through the winter. The same job, with different tools. We drive the road he used to dig out.
Transfers to Stuben in Summer
Stuben is known above all for winter, but out of season it sits more conveniently than its higher neighbours: at 1,409 m, at the start of the pass road, with the Klostertal below it and the paths towards the Albona directly above the village.
The pass road that carries snow in winter is one of the best-known drives in the region in summer, and the reason motorcyclists and road cyclists come over the Arlberg at all. Stuben sits at the foot of it, which is to say at the start of every climb.
On foot the paths begin at the edge of the resort. By car, Langen and Klösterle are minutes down the valley, and Zürs and St. Anton minutes in the other direction.
For the transfer, one thing changes above all: on dry roads the journey time in summer is easier to plan. The route is the same — Zurich Airport, the S16, the Langen exit, three kilometres up — only without the snow, and a summer arrival in Stuben is about as straightforward as an alpine transfer gets.
What does change is what people ask us for. In winter it is the airport and back; in summer it is a lift to a trailhead in the morning and a collection somewhere else in the afternoon, so that a walk does not have to finish where it started. That is ordinary work for a local taxi, and it is one of the better reasons not to hire a car for the week.
Our private transfers run all year, not only in the ski season, and the same vehicles are available in July as in February. Walking gear, bikes and pushchairs travel with you; mention them with your enquiry so the right vehicle comes. Everything else works as it does in winter — a fixed price, flight tracking and a comfortable vehicle that belongs to your group alone.
Zurich Airport to Stuben — Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a taxi from Zurich Airport to Stuben am Arlberg?
From €460 per vehicle for a private transfer. The price covers the car rather than the seat, and it holds for up to eight passengers with luggage, which is what makes private alpine transfers affordable for a family or a ski group rather than a luxury. You are given the figure before you book, and the agreed price does not change because of normal variations in journey time.
Is the price per person or per vehicle?
Per vehicle. Whether one person travels or four, the agreed vehicle price is the same. That is the practical difference between a private transfer and a seat on a shared shuttle: the shuttle charges each passenger, so a family of four pays four times, while our fixed price covers the whole car. It is also why the comparison between the two changes so sharply once there is more than one of you.
Are there any extras added to the price?
No. Swiss and Austrian road charges and the vignette are included, and neither the tunnel toll nor any other charge applies on the way to Stuben. Skis and snowboards travel free, child seats are free, and there is no night surcharge, no holiday surcharge and nothing added for luggage. The one exception is a stop you ask for on the way, which is charged by the time it takes and quoted before we make it.
Do I have to pay a deposit to book a transfer?
No deposit is required, and nothing is taken when you book. You choose when to pay: in advance if you would rather have it settled before you travel, or to the driver at the end of the journey, by card or in cash. There is no account to create and no card details to enter simply to get a price. Either way the amount is the one you were quoted.
Can I cancel my private transfer to Stuben?
Free of charge up to 24 hours before the agreed pickup time, and since nothing is taken when you book, there is nothing to refund. Travel plans can change: a flight is rebooked, a group grows or shrinks, and a pre-booked transfer should not be the reason a plan cannot. Tell us as early as you can and the vehicle goes to somebody else that day.
How do I book a transfer from Zurich Airport to Stuben?
Send us your pickup point, your address in Stuben, the date and how many of you there are. We send back the fixed price for the private transfer, usually the same day. Asking is not booking, and there is no account to open in order to see a price. Once you confirm, your driver, his mobile number and the vehicle are settled before you fly, and you can add the return journey to the same enquiry.
How far is Zurich Airport from Stuben am Arlberg?
185 km by road. The route runs east from the airport past Winterthur and St. Gallen, crosses into Austria at Diepoldsau, follows the Rhine valley through Feldkirch to Bludenz, then climbs the Klostertal on the S16. It leaves the expressway at Langen am Arlberg, and the last three kilometres are the L197 up into the village at 1,409 m.
How long does the Zurich Airport to Stuben transfer take?
Around 2 hours for the 185 km, in normal weather and road conditions. Almost all of it is motorway and expressway, and only the final three kilometres are mountain road — which is why Stuben is the most predictable of the Arlberg villages to reach. Winter conditions on that last climb can still add to the drive.
Where will my driver meet me at Zurich Airport?
Inside the terminal, in whichever of the two arrival halls your flight comes into, holding a board with your name. Arrival 2 opens into the busy part of the airport; Arrival 1 is quieter and about 250 metres further along a signposted passage. You have your driver’s mobile number in advance, so you can reach each other directly rather than through an office.
What happens if my flight to Zurich is delayed?
We track the flight number given with the booking and adjust the pickup time accordingly, at no extra cost and without you having to message anyone. Sixty minutes of waiting are included, which covers passport control, the baggage belt and customs. A delayed landing does not mean a missed departure, because the vehicle is yours and it waits.
Can you carry skis and snowboards to Stuben?
Yes, and at no extra charge. Skis and boards ride outside on the rear rack, which keeps the space inside the car for passengers and normal luggage. Tell us how many sets you are bringing when you enquire so the right vehicle comes. Boot bags, helmets and poles travel inside as ordinary luggage. The rack is on our own vehicles rather than borrowed for the season, which is not true of every company selling transfers into the Arlberg.
Are child seats available on the transfer?
Yes, free of charge. Baby seats, toddler seats and booster seats are all available — say which you need and how old the children are when you book, and they are fitted before your driver leaves for the airport. Nobody has to carry a car seat through an airport, and nobody arrives in Stuben having spent two hours holding a child on their lap because the seat that was promised did not appear.
How many passengers fit in one vehicle?
Up to eight, with holiday luggage and ski equipment. Passenger capacity alone does not tell the whole story: ski groups also need sufficient space for luggage and equipment, which is why our fleet is made up of long-wheelbase vehicles. Larger groups travel in more than one vehicle at the same fixed price per vehicle.
Do you drive through the Arlberg road tunnel to reach Stuben?
No, and there is no reason to. The 14 km tunnel is tolled and it runs under the mountain to St. Anton, bypassing Stuben altogether. We stay on the S16 to the Langen am Arlberg exit and climb three kilometres of the L197 into the village. Nothing on that stretch is charged.
Do you use 4x4 vehicles for Zurich Airport to Stuben transfers?
Yes. Every vehicle we run is four-wheel drive, and they are ours rather than hired in for the season. From November to April they are on winter tyres, with snow chains carried all season. The climb from Langen is short, but the western side of the Arlberg takes a great deal of snow and the road up to the village is steeper than it looks on a map.
Do you drive to the hotel door in Stuben?
Yes. Stuben has around a hundred residents and no restricted zone, no goods hall and no change of vehicle, so our transfers really are door-to-door. We stop in front of the entrance to your hotel, chalet or apartment and unload there. Higher up the Arlberg it works differently: reaching Oberlech involves a cable car and a luggage handover.
Is the road to Stuben open when it snows heavily?
Stuben is the least exposed of the high Arlberg villages, because reaching it needs neither the tolled tunnel nor the Flexen road and its galleries — and those are the stretches that close. Least exposed is not the same as immune: heavy snow can affect any alpine road. When it does, we tell you rather than setting off and hoping.
How far is Stuben from Langen railway station?
Three kilometres, which is closer than any other Arlberg village is to its station. Bus line 750 runs from Langen through Stuben and on to Zürs, and a taxi from the platform takes a few minutes. It is the one village on this stretch where arriving by train is genuinely straightforward — with light luggage, at least. We are happy to meet a train at Langen for the last three kilometres if you would rather travel that way; a good many guests combine the two.
Is a private transfer from Zurich Airport to Stuben better than a shared shuttle?
For most groups, yes. A private transfer leaves when you land rather than at a fixed time, carries nobody but your own party, makes no stops at other hotels on the way, and ends at your own door in Stuben. Ski bags and child seats come as standard. A shared seat is cheaper for one person travelling light; from two or three passengers upwards the gap closes quickly.
Can I book a return transfer from Stuben to Zurich Airport?
Yes, and most guests book both directions at once. We collect you from the same door we set you down at, and the return is quoted at the same fixed price per vehicle as the outbound. Booking the two together means the pickup time for your flight home is settled before you travel rather than during your holiday.
What time should we leave Stuben for a flight home from Zurich?
We leave five hours before departure. That is not the driving time alone — it allows for the descent to the valley, for winter road conditions and for check-in and security at a large airport with ski luggage. Early departures are routine for us, and an experienced local driver makes them calm rather than rushed.
Can you drive us to St. Anton, Zürs or Lech during our stay?
Yes. The airport run is only part of what we do: the same cars work as a local taxi while you are here. St. Anton, St. Christoph, Zürs and Lech, or down the Klostertal to Klösterle and Langen — for dinner, for an evening out, for a day skiing somewhere else on the Ski Arlberg pass. We drive through Stuben every day in any case.
Is Stuben only a winter destination?
Mostly, but not only. In summer it sits at the foot of one of the best-known pass roads in the region, with walking paths starting at the edge of the village and the Klostertal below it. A number of houses close out of season, so it is worth checking before you travel. Our private transfers run through the summer months on the same terms that apply in February.
Local St. Anton drivers • Fixed price