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
12h 38mCHF 228–592Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ALA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
13h 34mCHF 210–502Train, 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 450–832Drive 6,431.4 km
- Drive from Almaty to Baselcar 6,431.4 km
3dCHF 1,243–1,795Fly 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 27mCHF 264–748Fly 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
16h 35mCHF 267–739Fly 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 46mCHF 244–542Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ALA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
16h 32mCHF 212–487
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 210 - SFr 500 and takes 13h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Basel is to fly which takes 12h 38m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 600.
The distance between Almaty and Basel is 5275 km. The road distance is 6431.4 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 450 - SFr 850.
It takes approximately 12h 38m to get from Almaty to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 4h behind Almaty. It is currently 11:03 PM in Almaty and 7:03 PM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Basel is 6431 km. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from Almaty to Basel.
There are 1316+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–400
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–600
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–320
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- CHF 170–240
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- CHF 240–320
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 150–220
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 35–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 122
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 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
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- 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 55–95
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.com.ru
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- Markatek
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- Vissa
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- 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 110–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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