There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Damascus by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Beirut International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane BSL - BEY
- Drive from Beirut International Airport (BEY) to Damascuscar
9h 50m$136–573Fly Basel to Damascus International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Damascus International Airport (DAM)plane BSL - DAM
10h 6m$359–1,465Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Beirut International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane ZRH - BEY
- Drive from Beirut International Airport (BEY) to Damascuscar
8h 39m$293–837Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Beirut International Airport, drive
- 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 Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane GVA - BEY
- Drive from Beirut International Airport (BEY) to Damascuscar
10h 37m$302–1,002Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beirut International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane FRA - BEY
- Drive from Beirut International Airport (BEY) to Damascuscar
9h 55m$242–731Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beirut International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane MXP - BEY
- Drive from Beirut International Airport (BEY) to Damascuscar
12h 8m$232–652
Basel (BSL) to Beirut International Airport (BEY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Damascus is to fly and drive which costs $130 - $600 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Damascus is to train and fly and drive which takes 8h 39m and costs $290 - $850.
The distance between Basel and Damascus is 2900 km.
It takes approximately 9h 50m to get from Basel to Damascus, including transfers.
Damascus is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:57 AM in Basel and 1:57 AM in Damascus.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Damascus, Syria?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and AJet fly from Basel (BSL) to Damascus International Airport (DAM) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Basel to Damascus International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Damascus International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- cyprusairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–320
- 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 Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- $23–30
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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