There are 14 ways to get from Basel to Cyclades by train, plane, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Mykonos
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mykonos (JMK)plane ZRH - JMK
5h 55m€135–300Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Mykonos
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 Mykonos (JMK)plane MXP - JMK
9h 47m€96–315Bus, car ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Pireausbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Syroscarferry
33h 7m€189–195Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paroscarferry
27h 42m€482–677Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Santorini
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santorini (JTR)plane ZRH - JTR
6h 5m€135–270Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Naxos Is
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Naxos Is (JNX)plane ZRH - JNX
15h 55m€185–290Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Milos Island National Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Milos Island National Airport (MLO)plane ZRH - MLO
17h 40m€165–320Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Paros National Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Paros National Airport (PAS)plane ZRH - PAS
7h 35m€155–290Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ZRH - ATH
- Take the car ferry from Port of Rafina to Gavriocarferry
9h 10m€123–248Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZRH - HER
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
9h 27m€213–457Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Syroscarferry
34h 51mTrain, bus, car ferry via Passau
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
- Take the bus from Passau Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Syroscarferry
36h 41mBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bujanovacbus
- Take the bus from Bujanovac, Autobuska Stanica to Athensbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kythnoscarferry
44h 54m€311–379Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Olten to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Syrosferry Bsf
2d 5h€150–300
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mykonos (JMK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cyclades is to train and fly and car ferry which costs €120 - €250 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cyclades is to train and fly which takes 5h 55m and costs €130 - €300.
The distance between Basel and Cyclades is 1863 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Cyclades without a car is to bus and car ferry via Thessaloníki which takes 33h 7m and costs €185 - €195.
It takes approximately 5h 55m to get from Basel to Cyclades, including transfers.
Cyclades is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:04 AM in Basel and 6:04 AM in Cyclades.
There are 2806+ hotels available in Cyclades.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cyclades, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Cyclades. However, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, then fly to Mykonos (JMK). Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Syros via Pristina, Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Pireaus, and Port of Piraeus in around 33h 7m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mykonos via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naxos Is via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Paros National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mykonos via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mykonos via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mykonos via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naxos Is via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milos Island National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–800
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–800
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mykonos via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- 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 Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- 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
- €20–25
- 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
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Pireaus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Passau Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bujanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €247
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Bujanovac, Autobuska Stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Olten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Syros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €59–60
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €92–95
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 212 222 4000
- booking@goldenstarferries.gr
- Website
- goldenstarferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rafina to Gavrio
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://goldenstarferries.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 210 4284000
- info@fastferries.com.gr
- Website
- fastferries.com.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rafina to Gavrio
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://fastferries.com.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 969 0950
- info@aegean-sealines.gr
- Website
- aegean-sealines.gr
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kythnos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Schedules at
- aegean-sealines.gr
- Economy
- €27–40
- Car
- €30–45
- Exclusive
- €40–60
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Syros
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €65–90
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €95–120
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €100–130
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €120–150
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