There are 11 ways to get from Besançon to Rome by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, car, or train (Trenitalia)
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 Basel, fly
best- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BSL - FCO
6h 41m€88–270Train via Zurich
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse to Zürich HBtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
12h 2m€219–346Bus
- Take the bus from Besançon to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N199
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Roma Prenestina A1bus
12h 39m€111–162Drive 1,008.8 km
- Drive from Besançon to Romecar 1,008.8 km
10h 43m€163–235Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane LYS - FCO
7h 37m€106–304Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Dole Villetrain
- Take the train from Dole Ville to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane GVA - FCO
8h 29m€112–299Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ZRH - FCO
8h 14m€89–259Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane SXB - FCO
7h 34m€91–313Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Amberieu En Bugeytrain
- Take the train from Amberieu En Bugey to Aix Les Bains Le Revardtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane TRN - FCO
10h 59m€92–329Train
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fondstrain Ter
- Take the train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho-Fiera Milanotrain Re
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Roma Terminitrain
12h 35m€151–243Train, bus
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fondstrain Ter
- Take the train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Kerzerstrain
- Take the bus from Payerne to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
21h 53m€101–138
Besançon to Rome by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Besançon to Rome is to train and bus which costs €100 - €140 and takes 21h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Besançon to Rome is to train and fly which takes 6h 41m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Besançon to Rome. However, there are services departing from Besançon and arriving at Roma Prenestina A1 via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Besançon to Rome. However, there are services departing from Besancon Viotte and arriving at Roma Termini via Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv, Mulhouse, Zürich HB, Como S. Giovanni and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 2m.
The distance between Besançon and Rome is 947 km. The road distance is 1008.8 km.
The best way to get from Besançon to Rome without a car is to train via Zurich which takes 12h 2m and costs €210 - €350.
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Besançon to Rome, including transfers.
Besançon to Rome bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Besançon station.
Besançon to Rome train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv station.
The best way to get from Besançon to Rome is to train via Zurich which takes 12h 2m and costs €210 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €170 and takes 12h 39m.
What companies run services between Besançon, France and Rome, Italy?
You can take a train from Besancon Viotte to Roma Termini via Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv, Mulhouse Ville, Mulhouse, Zürich HB, Como S. Giovanni, and Milano Centrale in around 12h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Besançon to Roma Prenestina A1 via ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai in around 12h 39m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–220
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €14–110
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon Viotte to Dole Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Dole Ville to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Dole Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Amberieu En Bugey
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Amberieu En Bugey to Aix Les Bains Le Revard
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fonds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to La Chaux-De-Fonds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Domodossola to Rho-Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- BLS AG
Train from La Chaux-de-Fonds to Kerzers
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- BLS AG
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Besançon to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Roma Prenestina A1
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 0824 46304
- [email protected]
- Website
- sellitto.com
Bus from Payerne to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Schedules at
- sellitto.com
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Besançon to Rome bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Besançon to Rome train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Mulhouse Ville station.
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