There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Bacău by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Iași International Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane BSL - IAS
- Take the train from Iasi to Bacautrain
8h 31m$120–376Fly Basel to Bucharest Otopeni, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BSL - OTP
- Take the train from Bucharest to Bacăutrain
10h 24m$81–309Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Badentrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Baden-Baden to Marasestibus
- Take the train from Mărăşeşti to Bacăutrain
29h 32m$173–267Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vesttrain 347
- Take the train from Ploieşti Sud to Bacăutrain
33h 21m$352–599Drive 1,734 km
- Drive from Basel to Bacăucar 1,734 km
21h 33m$406–587Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
- Take the train from Bucharest to Bacăutrain
11h 32m$158–385Fly Basel to Bacău International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bacău International Airport (BCM)plane BSL - BCM
10h 36m$99–435Fly Mulhouse to Chișinău International Airport, bus
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane MLH - RMO
- Take the bus from Chișinău Autogara Nord to Bacăubus
8h 38m$115–511Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train stationbus FlixBus N33 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Bacăubus
32h 10m$170–230Train, bus via Bregenz
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain Ec
- Take the bus from Bregenz to Bacăubus
32h 53m$228–321Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Târgu Frumosbus
- Take the bus from Târgu Frumos to Bacăubus
33h 43m$216–342
Basel to Bacău by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Bacău is to fly and train which costs $80 - $310 and takes 10h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Bacău is to fly and train which takes 8h 31m and costs $120 - $380.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Bacău. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Bacău via Karlsruhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Bacău. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Bacău via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest and Ploieşti Sud. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 21m.
The distance between Basel and Bacău is 1677 km. The road distance is 1734 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Bacău without a car is to train and bus which takes 29h 32m and costs $170 - $270.
It takes approximately 8h 31m to get from Basel to Bacău, including transfers.
Basel to Bacău bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Bacău train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Bacău is to train which takes 33h 21m and costs $350 - $600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $95 - $440 and takes 10h 36m, you could also bus, which costs $170 - $230 and takes 32h 10m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Bacău, Romania?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Bacău via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest, and Ploieşti Sud in around 33h 21m. Alternatively, Vueling Airlines, Norwegian Air Argentina, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Bacău International Airport (BCM) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Basel to Bacău International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–750
Flights from Basel to Bacău International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–800
Flights from Basel to Bacău International Airport via Munich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–230
Flights from Basel to Bacău International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–430
Flights from Mulhouse to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Bacău International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- Moldovan Railways CFM
Train from Iasi to Bacau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways CFM
Train from Mărăşeşti to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways CFM
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways CFM
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Mărăşeşti to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–24
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Mărăşeşti to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $200–350
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Baden-Baden to Marasesti
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Karlsruhe to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Bregenz to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Chișinău Autogara Nord to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Târgu Frumos
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–270
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +4 0745 050403
- Website
- transpolosam.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Frumos to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Schedules at
- transpolosam.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0749-226.971
- Website
- irinatrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Frumos to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21
- Schedules at
- irinatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 750 295 797
- Website
- riedlertrans.ro
Bus from Târgu Frumos to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- riedlertrans.ro
- Phone
- 0231 519 925
- Website
- trans-dor.ro
Bus from Târgu Frumos to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Schedules at
- trans-dor.ro
- Phone
- +4-0742-044.125
- Website
- droftur.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Frumos to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- droftur.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Basel to Bacău bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Bacău is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:46 PM in Basel and 1:46 PM in Bacău.
Basel to Bacău train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Bacău is 1734 km. It takes approximately 21h 33m to drive from Basel to Bacău.
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