There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Albania by train, plane, bus, busferry, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane ZRH - TIA
6h 11m$136–401Train, bus
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
21h 55mTrain, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Durrësbusferry
22h 26mDrive 1,587.5 km
- Drive from Basel to Tiranacar 1,587.5 km
19h 50m$320–463Fly Mulhouse to Ohrid Airport, drive
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane MLH - OHD
- Drive from Ohrid Airport (OHD) to Pogradeccar
5h 28m$252–618Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ohrid Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane ZRH - OHD
- Drive from Ohrid Airport (OHD) to Pogradeccar
6h 31m$198–832Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
30h 44mBus via Colmar
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Colmarbus FlixBus N473
- Take the bus from Colmar to Tiranabus
31h 34m
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Albania is to train and fly which costs $130 - $410 and takes 6h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Albania is to fly and drive which takes 5h 28m and costs $250 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Albania. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at 9 Katëshet B via Teg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 44m.
The distance between Basel and Albania is 1225 km. The road distance is 1587.5 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Albania without a car is to train and bus which takes 21h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 11m to get from Basel to Albania, including transfers.
Basel to Albania bus services, operated by Diamant Travel, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Albania bus services, operated by Diamant Travel, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Albania is 1588 km. It takes approximately 19h 50m to drive from Basel to Albania.
There are 622+ hotels available in Albania.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Albania?
Diamant Travel operates a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave once a week, and the journey takes 29h 50m.
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Mulhouse to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–900
- 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 Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- 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) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–320
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Bari Porto to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Colmar to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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