There are 8 ways to get from Almaty to Basel by plane, train, bus, 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 to Basel
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL)plane ALA - BSL
13h 43mCHF 276–590Fly to Mulhouse
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane ALA - MLH
21h 28mCHF 261–745Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Kasselbus
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain
5d 6hCHF 470–972Drive 6,439.4 km
- Drive from Almaty to Baselcar 6,439.4 km
2d 23hCHF 1,052–1,519Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ALA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 17mCHF 351–590Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ALA - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
16h 28mCHF 331–600Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ALA - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
17h 25mCHF 334–743Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ALA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 7mCHF 285–637
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 270 - SFr 600 and takes 13h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 43m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 600.
The distance between Almaty and Basel is 5275 km. The road distance is 6439.4 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Basel without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 6h and costs SFr 470 - SFr 1000.
It takes approximately 13h 43m to get from Almaty to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 3h behind Almaty. It is currently 9:33 AM in Almaty and 6:33 AM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Basel is 6439 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Almaty to Basel.
There are 1341+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Basel, Switzerland?
SunExpress, Turkish Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Nur-Sultan, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Izmir, Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Tbilisi, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–350
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- CHF 180–260
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- CHF 250–350
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 160–240
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 35–55
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 50–75
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 56
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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