There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Croatia by plane, bus, train, night train, car, shuttle, or car train
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Fly Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)BSL - ZAG
4h 45m€50–238Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Zagreb Central Bus StationUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3636
13h€35–55Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Villach HbfEc
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.213 / ...
15h 9m€221–413Train, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIr36 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.En
16h 10m€272–503Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)ZRH - ZAG
5h 41m€111–264Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Split Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Split Airport (SPU)ZRH - SPU
5h 40m€117–299Fly Mulhouse to Mahovljani Airport, drive, train
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Mahovljani Airport (BNX)MLH - BNX
- Drive from Mahovljani Airport (BNX) to Nova Gradiska
- Take the train from Nova Gradiska to Slavonski Brod
6h 33m€37–489Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
7h 29m€145–552Bus via Trg bana J. Jelačića
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to ZagrebN887
15h 27m€73–101Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Zagreb
9h 7m€191–252Drive 861 km
- Drive from Basel to Zagreb861 km
9h 57m€148–213
Basel to Croatia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Croatia is to bus which costs €35 - €55 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Croatia is to fly which takes 4h 45m and costs €50 - €240.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse and arriving at Zagreb Central Bus Station station. Services depart once a week, and operate Saturday. The journey takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Zuerich Hb, Villach Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 9m.
The distance between Basel and Croatia is 706 km. The road distance is 861 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Croatia without a car is to bus which takes 13h and costs €35 - €55.
It takes approximately 4h 45m to get from Basel to Croatia, including transfers.
Basel to Croatia bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse station.
Basel to Croatia train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Croatia is to fly which takes 4h 45m and costs €50 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €55 and takes 13h, you could also train, which costs €220 - €420 and takes 15h 9m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Croatia?
Ryanair, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, Union Ivkoni operates a bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Zagreb Central Bus Station once a week. Tickets cost €35–55 and the journey takes 13h.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–490
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Mulhouse to Mahovljani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–400
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–330
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €250–460
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Nova Gradiska to Slavonski Brod
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Nova Gradiska to Slavonski Brod
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Nova Gradiska to Slavonski Brod
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €4–7
- Regional Train Ticket
- €6–7
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €9–11
- 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
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Zagreb Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–240
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–37
- Private
- €130–240
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Croatia bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Zagreb Central Bus Station.
Basel to Croatia train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Croatia is 861 km. It takes approximately 9h 57m to drive from Basel to Croatia.
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