There are 7 ways to get from Almaty to Basel by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL)plane ALA - BSL
13h 43mCHF 273–413Train, 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 Frankfurtbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
5d 7hCHF 448–1,092Drive 6,439.3 km
- Drive from Almaty to Baselcar 6,439.3 km
3dCHF 1,041–1,504Fly 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 289–564Fly 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 24mCHF 340–668Fly 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 348–761Fly 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 6mCHF 278–714
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 420 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 420.
The distance between Almaty and Basel is 5275 km. The road distance is 6439.3 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Basel without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 7h and costs SFr 440 - SFr 1100.
It takes approximately 13h 43m to get from Almaty to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 3h behind Almaty. It is currently 4:18 PM in Almaty and 1:18 PM in Basel.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Basel is 6439 km. It takes approximately 3 days 0h to drive from Almaty to Basel.
There are 1340+ 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 250–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
- 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 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
- 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 220–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,000
- 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 220–700
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–370
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- CHF 190–270
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- CHF 260–370
- 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 150–210
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 35–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 45–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
- 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 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- 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)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
- 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 Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- 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
- 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
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- 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 13–20
- 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 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- 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 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- 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
- 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 Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–210
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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