There are 10 ways to get from Zagreb to Basel by plane, bus, train, night train, shuttle, or car
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Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
4h 24mCHF 38–206Bus, train via Venice
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestrebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
13h 55mCHF 451–1,315Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zürich Hbfbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
14h 9mCHF 164–225Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
15h 5mCHF 179–305Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 42mCHF 112–292Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 59mCHF 148–832Shuttle to Graz Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Graz Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 42mCHF 377–965Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljanatrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
15h 27mCHF 150–764Bus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N887
15h 50mCHF 70–120Drive 846.8 km
- Drive from Zagreb to Baselcar 846.8 km
10h 23mCHF 138–199
Zagreb to Basel by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 70 - SFr 120 and takes 15h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Basel is to fly which takes 4h 24m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 210.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Zagreb and arriving at Basel SBB. Services depart four times a week, and operate Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 15h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Basel. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Basel SBB via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 5m.
The distance between Zagreb and Basel is 704 km. The road distance is 846.8 km.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Basel without a car is to bus and train via Venice which takes 13h 55m and costs SFr 450 - SFr 1400.
It takes approximately 4h 24m to get from Zagreb to Basel, including transfers.
Zagreb to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Basel train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Basel is to fly which takes 4h 24m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 210. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 150 - SFr 800 and takes 15h 27m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 120 and takes 15h 50m.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Basel, Switzerland?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and Lufthansa City fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Basel Bad Bf via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 15h 27m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- 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 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 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 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)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- 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 18–27
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–240
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 21
- Private
- CHF 87
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–900
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–500
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 26–70
- Private
- CHF 130–170
Shuttle from Zagreb to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- CHF 261
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zagreb to Zürich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 135
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Zagreb to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Basel SBB station.
Zagreb to Basel train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zagreb to Basel is 847 km. It takes approximately 10h 23m to drive from Zagreb to Basel.
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