There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Cosenza by train, plane, bus, train (Trenitalia), 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane ZRH - SUF
- Take the bus from Lamezia Terme Airport to Cosenzabus
7h 21m€130–349Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, bus
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 Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane MXP - SUF
- Take the bus from Lamezia Terme Airport to Cosenzabus
9h 56m€60–401Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paolatrain Fr
14h 17m€161–659Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus FlixBus N487 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Cosenza Bus Stationbus Itabus
20h 20m€94–180Drive 1,401.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Cosenzacar 1,401.1 km
13h 10m€247–357Fly Basel to Lamezia Terme International Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane BSL - SUF
- Take the bus from Lamezia Terme Airport to Cosenzabus
6h 18m€72–289Fly Basel to Naples Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane BSL - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Paolatrain
8h 43m€97–298Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Naples Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane ZRH - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Paolatrain
9h 52m€145–398Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Sala Consilinabus
- Take the bus from Sala Consilina to Santa Maria del Cedrobus
- Take the bus from Bivio Marcellina to Cosenza Autostazionebus 7
24h 41m€100–108
Basel to Cosenza by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cosenza is to bus which costs €100 - €110 and takes 24h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cosenza is to fly and bus which takes 6h 18m and costs €70 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Cosenza station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Cosenza Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Cosenza. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Cosenza via Lugano, Milano Centrale and Paola. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 17m.
The distance between Basel and Cosenza is 1298 km. The road distance is 1401.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Cosenza without a car is to train which takes 14h 17m and costs €160 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Basel to Cosenza, including transfers.
Basel to Cosenza bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Cosenza train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Cosenza is to train which takes 14h 17m and costs €160 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus via Milan, which costs €90 - €180 and takes 20h 20m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cosenza, Italy?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Cosenza via Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Paola in around 14h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Cosenza Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 20h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- 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
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Bus from Lamezia Terme Airport to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Schedules at
- web.ferroviedellacalabria.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Cosenza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Cosenza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +390975 343195
- info@ventrebus.com
- Website
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Sala Consilina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €84
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
- Phone
- +39 089 233 899
- salerno@autolineecurcio.it
- Website
- autolineecurcio.it
Bus from Sala Consilina to Santa Maria del Cedro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.autolineecurcio.it/
- Phone
- +39 0984 413001
- info@autoservizipreite.it
- Website
- autoservizipreite.it
Bus from Bivio Marcellina to Cosenza Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- autoservizipreite.com
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Cosenza bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Basel to Cosenza train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Lugano station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Cosenza is 1401 km. It takes approximately 13h 10m to drive from Basel to Cosenza.
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