There are 9 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 53mCHF 311–526Fly 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 57mCHF 206–547Train, 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 454–862Drive 6,438.3 km
- Drive from Almaty to Baselcar 6,438.3 km
3dCHF 1,071–1,546Fly 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 22mCHF 267–747Fly to Mulhouse
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane ALA - MLH
20h 38mCHF 268–844Fly 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 48mCHF 247–599Fly 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 39mCHF 248–487Fly 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 5mCHF 272–652
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 200 - SFr 550 and takes 13h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Basel is to fly which takes 13h 53m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 550.
The distance between Almaty and Basel is 5275 km. The road distance is 6438.3 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 900.
It takes approximately 13h 53m to get from Almaty to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 3h behind Almaty. It is currently 2:56 PM in Almaty and 11:56 AM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Basel is 6438 km. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from Almaty to Basel.
There are 1332+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Basel, Switzerland?
Turkish Airlines, SunExpress, 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 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Nur-Sultan, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Erevan, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Tbilisi, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,100
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–440
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–440
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Mulhouse via Erevan, Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–850
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
- 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 80–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–120
- 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 20–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- Hourly
- 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 13–18
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–110
- 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 18–24
- 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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