There are 13 ways to get from Basel to Craiova by train, plane, shuttle, bus, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
10h 16m$165–382Fly Mulhouse to Niš Constantine The Great Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Niš Constantine The Great Airport (INI)plane MLH - INI
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Kladovobus
- Take the train from Drobeta Turnu-Severin to Craiovatrain
13h 55m$66–529Train via Vienna
- 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 Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
26h 58m$231–428Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Devabus
- Take the bus from Deva to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbus
29h 42mDrive 1,609.3 km
- Drive from Basel to Craiovacar 1,609.3 km
17h 46m$325–469Fly Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane BSL - BBU
- Take the train from Bucharest to Craiovatrain
10h 40m$82–231Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane BGY - CRA
9h 58m$99–648Fly Basel to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
15h 46m$81–256Fly Basel to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane BSL - BEG
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Tekijabus
- Take the train from Orşova to Craiovatrain
14h 26m$140–340Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane ZRH - BEG
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Tekijabus
- Take the train from Orşova to Craiovatrain
15h 31m$155–430Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Feldkirchtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keletitrain Rjx
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
27h 59m$232–498Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
40h 53m$152–196Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Craiovacar
18h$361–503
Basel to Craiova by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Craiova is to fly and bus and train which costs $65 - $550 and takes 13h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Craiova is to train and bus and fly which takes 9h 58m and costs $95 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord via Zurich Bus Station and Deva. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Craiova via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 58m.
The distance between Basel and Craiova is 1723 km. The road distance is 1609.3 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Craiova without a car is to train via Vienna which takes 26h 58m and costs $230 - $430.
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Basel to Craiova, including transfers.
Basel to Craiova bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Craiova train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Craiova is to train via Vienna which takes 26h 58m and costs $230 - $430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 29h 42m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Craiova, Romania?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Craiova via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 26h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord via Zurich Bus Station and Deva in around 29h 42m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–280
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Basel to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–160
Flights from Basel to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
Flights from Mulhouse to Niš Constantine The Great Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- 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
- $100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Feldkirch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- 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 Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $45–70
Train from Zuerich Hb to Feldkirch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $26–40
Train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $140–210
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–35
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Drobeta Turnu-Severin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–23
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Orşova to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- 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
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $13–16
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- office@direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $31–37
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Deva to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +381 (12) 538 400
- office@litas.rs
- Website
- litas.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Tekija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Schedules at
- litas.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Kladovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Craiova bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Craiova is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:34 AM in Basel and 3:34 AM in Craiova.
Basel to Craiova train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Craiova is 1609 km. It takes approximately 17h 46m to drive from Basel to Craiova.
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