There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Asmara by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Asmara (ASM)plane ZRH - ASM
12h 23m$424–1,618Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Asmara (ASM)plane MXP - ASM
14h 52m$405–1,101Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Asmara (ASM)plane BSL - ASM
11h 53m$449–1,712Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Asmara (ASM)plane GVA - ASM
15h 11m$499–1,872Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Asmara (ASM)plane STR - ASM
15h 34m$506–1,848
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Asmara (ASM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Asmara is to train and fly which costs $400 - $1,100 and takes 14h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Asmara is to fly which takes 11h 53m and costs $440 - $1,800.
The distance between Basel and Asmara is 4639 km.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Basel to Asmara, including transfers.
Asmara is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:02 PM in Basel and 2:02 PM in Asmara.
There are two+ hotels available in Asmara.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Asmara, Eritrea?
Turkish Airlines flies from Basel (BSL) to Asmara (ASM) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Basel to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Asmara via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- 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
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–35
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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