There are 11 ways to get from Ljubljana to Basel by plane, bus, train, night train, shuttle, 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 Ljubljana to Basel
best- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Basel (BSL)plane LJU - BSL
5h 34mCHF 163–363Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
5h 19mCHF 64–481Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Venezia Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
10h 10mCHF 126–262Bus
- Take the bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Munich Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N199 / ...
11h 19mCHF 499–844Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
12h 34mCHF 76–255Fly Ljubljana to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 7mCHF 150–347Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 27mCHF 141–545Bus to Graz Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Graz Airportbus
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 12mCHF 415–799Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 17mCHF 138–680Train
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Ice
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain 612 / ...
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
12h 54mCHF 86–282Drive 706.2 km
- Drive from Ljubljana to Baselcar 706.2 km
9hCHF 118–170
Ljubljana to Basel by night train and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Basel is to drive which costs SFr 110 - SFr 170 and takes 9h.
The fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Basel is to fly and train which takes 5h 7m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Ljubljana to Basel. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana and arriving at Basel SBB via Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Ljubljana to Basel. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana and arriving at Basel SBB via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 34m.
The distance between Ljubljana and Basel is 580 km. The road distance is 706.2 km.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Basel without a car is to bus and train which takes 10h 10m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 270.
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Ljubljana to Basel, including transfers.
Ljubljana to Basel bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana station.
Ljubljana to Basel train services, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ), depart from Ljubljana station.
The best way to get from Ljubljana to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 490 - SFr 850 and takes 11h 19m, you could also train, which costs SFr 85 - SFr 290 and takes 12h 54m.
What companies run services between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and two other airlines fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ljubljana to Basel SBB via Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana and Munich central bus station in around 11h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–450
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–330
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–250
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–450
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–310
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–120
- 2nd Class
- CHF 70–100
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- 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 27–40
- 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 27–40
- 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 27–40
- 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 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–21
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- *
- CHF 20–30
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- CHF 27–45
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Sargans
- *
- CHF 28–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–28
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–85
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 16–20
- 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 13–18
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +38670511611
- [email protected]
- Website
- TripstAir
Bus from Ljubljana Dolgi most to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- TripstAir
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–750
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–280
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 26–70
- Private
- CHF 130–170
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–280
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 26–70
- Private
- CHF 130–170
Bus from Ljubljana to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–410
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- CHF 251
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 46–410
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 46
- Private
- CHF 185
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–204
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 158
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 204
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–204
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 158
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 204
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–290
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 232
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 278
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 34
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
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Booking & Getting There
Ljubljana to Basel bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Munich Hbf station.
Ljubljana to Basel train services, operated by Slovenske železnice (SŽ), arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ljubljana to Basel is 706 km. It takes approximately 9h to drive from Ljubljana to Basel.
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