There are 13 ways to get from Messina to Basel by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or night train
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Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Basel (BSL)plane CTA - BSL
7h 5mCHF 68–246Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CTA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
11h 12mCHF 50–429Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
15h 17mBus
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Baselbus
20hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Messina to Port of Palermocar
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Baselcar
28h 6mCHF 203–317Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CTA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 14mCHF 122–313Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Basel (BSL)plane PMO - BSL
8h 27mCHF 74–238Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PMO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 46mCHF 128–415Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane CTA - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain
11h 6mCHF 137–306Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CTA - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
10h 16mCHF 116–450Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CTA - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain
11h 41mCHF 119–345Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Milan Lampugnanobus Itabus
- Take the bus from Milan to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N487 / ...
24hCHF 102–198Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Messina Centrale to Milano Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
22h 42mCHF 179–333
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 65 - SFr 250 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Basel is to train and fly which takes 7h 5m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at Basel. Services depart once a week. The journey takes approximately 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Messina to Basel. However, there are services departing from Messina Centrale and arriving at Basel Sbb via Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 42m.
The distance between Messina and Basel is 1389 km.
The best way to get from Messina to Basel without a car is to ferry and train which takes 15h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Messina to Basel, including transfers.
Messina to Basel bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, depart from Messina Centrale station.
Messina to Basel bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Basel station.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Basel, Switzerland?
Onebus operates a bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Basel once a week, and the journey takes 20h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Pescara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Palermo Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–490
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–400
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–490
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–120
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–250
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–330
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–280
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
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
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
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 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
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
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- 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 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Messina Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Milan Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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