There are 9 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Matera by train, plane, bus, train (Trenitalia), 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 Stuttgart Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane STR - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
7h 19m€75–300Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane FKB - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
7h 23m€58–266Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.train Fr
17h 53m€198–599Train, bus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Marktplatz to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof/Willy-Brandt-Pl.train
- Take the bus from Heilbronn ZOB - Fernbusbahnhof - Bahnhofstrasse 41 to Baribus
- Take the bus from Bari Centrale to Altamurabus
21h 53mDrive 1,428.4 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Materacar 1,428.4 km
13h 40m€268–387Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane FRA - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
7h 34m€110–261Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane MUC - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
9h 32m€159–376Train, train to Luxembourg, fly, bus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane LUX - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
10h 8m€127–399Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Baribus N422
- Take the bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzobus Itabus
23h 25m€137–206
Karlsruhe to Matera by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Matera is to fly and bus which costs €55 - €270 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Matera is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h 19m and costs €75 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Matera. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo via Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Matera. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Ferrandina-Pom.Migl. via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 53m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Matera is 1192 km. The road distance is 1428.4 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Matera without a car is to train which takes 17h 53m and costs €190 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Karlsruhe to Matera, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Matera bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Matera train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Matera is to train which takes 17h 53m and costs €190 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 23h 25m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Matera, Italy?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Matera - Via Dante Alighieri via Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, Ferrandina-Pom.Migl., and Ferrandina in around 17h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo via Bari and Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi in around 23h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Ferrandina-Pom.Migl.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +49 721 61075885
- [email protected]
- Website
- Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
Train from Karlsruhe Marktplatz to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof/Willy-Brandt-Pl.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- [email protected]
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Bari Palese Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Heilbronn ZOB - Fernbusbahnhof - Bahnhofstrasse 41 to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- 800 050 500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ferrovie Appulo Lucane
Bus from Bari Centrale to Altamura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Ferrovie Appulo Lucane
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Bari FS Park - Via Capruzzi to Matera Via Don Luigi Sturzo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
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Booking & Getting There
Karlsruhe to Matera bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bari station.
Karlsruhe to Matera train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Matera is 1428 km. It takes approximately 13h 40m to drive from Karlsruhe to Matera.
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