There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Chaves by plane, towncar, 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 from Basel, towncar
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane BSL - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Vidagotowncar
8h 8m€214–356Bus via Lyon
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Vila Realbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Vila Real to Terminal Rodoviário de Chavesbus
28h 41m€133–250Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Terminal Rodoviário de Chavesbus
19h 2m€243–453Train, bus via Barcelona
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Dijon Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Leontrain Alv
- Take the bus from León to Terminal Rodoviário de Chavesbus
23h 9m€270–495Drive 1,630.5 km
- Drive from Basel to Chavescar 1,630.5 km
17h 11m€279–403Train to Zurich Airport, fly, towncar
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane ZRH - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Vidagotowncar
9h 18m€244–408Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly, towncar
- 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 Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane GVA - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Vidagotowncar
11h 1m€282–571Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly, towncar
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Badentrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane FKB - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Vidagotowncar
10h 22m€252–471Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly, towncar
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane SXB - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Vidagotowncar
9h 14m€247–476Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Strasbourgbus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Mirandelabus
- Take the bus from Central de Camionagem de Mirandela to Terminal Rodoviário de Chavesbus
34h 35m
Basel to Chaves by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Chaves is to bus via Lyon which costs €130 - €250 and takes 28h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Chaves is to fly and towncar which takes 8h 8m and costs €210 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Chaves. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Chaves via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and Terminal Rodoviário de Vila Real. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 41m.
The distance between Basel and Chaves is 1621 km. The road distance is 1630.5 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Chaves without a car is to train and bus which takes 19h 2m and costs €240 - €460.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Basel to Chaves, including transfers.
Basel to Chaves bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Chaves bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Chaves is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 6:42 AM in Basel and 5:42 AM in Chaves.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Chaves is 1631 km. It takes approximately 17h 11m to drive from Basel to Chaves.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Chaves, Vila Real, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Basel SBB to Terminal Rodoviário de Chaves via Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and Terminal Rodoviário de Vila Real in around 28h 41m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Basel Sbb to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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 Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- €30–70
- 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
- €35–55
- 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
- €45–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- (+34) 988 225 288
- anpian@anpian.com
- Website
- anpian.com
Bus from Bordeaux to Terminal Rodoviário de Chaves
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- anpian.com
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from León to Terminal Rodoviário de Chaves
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Vila Real to Terminal Rodoviário de Chaves
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Strasbourg to Mirandela
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Vila Real
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +351 276 301 000
- geral@cimat.pt
- Website
- cimat.pt
Bus from Central de Camionagem de Mirandela to Terminal Rodoviário de Chaves
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- cimat.pt
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Vidago
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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