There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Bayonne by train, plane, train (TGV), 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane ZRH - BIQ
5h 34m€154–406Fly Basel to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane BSL - BIQ
4h 20m€85–316Train via Paris
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bayonnetrain Tgv
9h 52m€244–483Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bayonnebus
16h 24m€133–232Drive 999.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Bayonnecar 999.4 km
10h 30m€208–300Fly Basel to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BSL - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stopbus
7h 59m€93–249Fly Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BSL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonnetrain
7h 44m€100–286Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane LYS - BIQ
7h 54m€169–465Fly Basel to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)plane BSL - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Bayonnetrain
9h€124–327Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane GVA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonnetrain
10h 36m€155–355Train
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonnetrain Ter
12h 33m€261–412Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Lyonbus FlixBus 122 / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bayonnebus FlixBus N1149 / ...
17h 10m€91–148
Basel to Bayonne by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Bayonne is to bus which costs €90 - €150 and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Bayonne is to fly which takes 4h 20m and costs €85 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Bayonne. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Bayonne via Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Bayonne. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Bayonne via Offenburg, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 52m.
The distance between Basel and Bayonne is 1005 km. The road distance is 999.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Bayonne without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 52m and costs €240 - €490.
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Basel to Bayonne, including transfers.
Basel to Bayonne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Bayonne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Bayonne is to train via Paris which takes 9h 52m and costs €240 - €490. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €85 - €320 and takes 4h 20m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €150 and takes 17h 10m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Bayonne, France?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Bayonne via Offenburg, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 9h 52m. Alternatively, easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) once a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Basel to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Basel to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Basel to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Basel to Bilbao Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–410
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €8–12
- 2nd Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Bayonne - Quai de Lesseps Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
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Booking & Getting There
Basel to Bayonne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Basel to Bayonne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Offenburg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Bayonne is 999 km. It takes approximately 10h 30m to drive from Basel to Bayonne.
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