There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Alba Iulia by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Sibiu, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane BSL - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
7h 56m$103–345Fly Basel to Tirgu Mures, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane BSL - TGM
- Take the train from Vidrasău h. to Războienitrain
- Take the train from Războieni to Alba Iuliatrain
8h 28m$73–252Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iuliatrain 347
21h 14m$316–581Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Sebeșbus FlixBus 1921
25h 31mDrive 1,484.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Alba Iuliacar 1,484.6 km
15h 1m$300–433Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ZRH - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
8h 13m$157–408Fly Basel to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane BSL - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iuliabus
7h 13m$77–310Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Badentrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane FKB - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iuliabus
8h 45m$134–576Fly Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BSL - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Alba Iuliatrain
12h 8m$139–362Fly Basel to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane BSL - TSR
- Take the bus from Timisoara Airport to Simeriabus
- Take the train from Simeria to Alba Iuliatrain
9h 12mTrain, bus
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain Ter
- Take the bus from Colmar to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iuliabus
34h 2mDrive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Alba Iuliacar
14h 49m$361–513
Basel to Alba Iulia by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Alba Iulia is to fly and bus which costs $75 - $310 and takes 7h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Alba Iulia is to fly and bus which takes 7h 13m and costs $75 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Alba Iulia via Zurich Bus Station and Sebeş. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Alba Iulia via Zuerich Hb and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 14m.
The distance between Basel and Alba Iulia is 1361 km. The road distance is 1484.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Alba Iulia without a car is to train which takes 21h 14m and costs $310 - $600.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Basel to Alba Iulia, including transfers.
Basel to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Alba Iulia train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Alba Iulia is to train which takes 21h 14m and costs $310 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 25h 31m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Alba Iulia, Romania?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Alba Iulia via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, and Wien Hbf in around 21h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Alba Iulia via Zurich Bus Station and Sebeş in around 25h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $24–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Basel to Tirgu Mures
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Basel to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $120–180
Train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Ferihegy to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Simeria to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Războieni to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Simeria to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Simeria to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +4-0231-517.509
- Website
- apetrans.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- apetrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Sebeș
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4 0250 997
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- transolteanutour@yahoo.com
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Timisoara Airport to Simeria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Colmar to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40-260-606343
- Website
- cento.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Schedules at
- cento.ro
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Alba Iulia is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:15 PM in Basel and 12:15 AM in Alba Iulia.
Basel to Alba Iulia train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Alba Iulia is 1485 km. It takes approximately 15h 1m to drive from Basel to Alba Iulia.
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