There are 11 ways to get from Greece to Basel by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Basel (BSL)plane SKG - BSL
5h 36mCHF 75–236Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain Ec / ...
28h 35mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Budapestbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
33h 27mCHF 211–411Drive 2,298.7 km
- Drive from Athens to Baselcar 2,298.7 km
24h 57mCHF 399–577Fly Athens International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Basel (BSL)plane ATH - BSL
5h 57mCHF 76–252Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Basel (BSL)plane HER - BSL
5h 44mCHF 144–605Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SKG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 49mCHF 125–260Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 42mCHF 84–299Fly Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ATH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 10mCHF 101–206Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhofbus
33h 39mCHF 152–206Bus via Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Basel, Bahnhofbus
34h 27mCHF 111–149
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 75 - SFr 240 and takes 5h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 240.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Basel. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 39m.
The distance between Greece and Basel is 1483 km. The road distance is 2298.7 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Basel without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 36m to get from Greece to Basel, including transfers.
Greece to Basel bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 150 - SFr 210 and takes 33h 39m.
Greece to Basel bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
Basel is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 4:57 AM in Greece and 3:57 AM in Basel.
What companies run services between Greece and Basel, Switzerland?
easyJet, Austrian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Basel (BSL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Basel, Bahnhof via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 33h 39m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–410
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–460
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–410
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–310
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
Bus from Pristina to Luzern, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 47
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- [email protected]
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–65
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- [email protected]
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
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