There are 5 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 Damascus International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Damascus International Airport (DAM)plane BSL - DAM
15h 45m$379–1,365Fly Basel to Beirut International Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beirut International Airport (BEY)plane BSL - BEY
- Drive from Beirut International Airport (BEY) to Damascuscar
9h 49m$136–443Train 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$172–630Train 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$244–496Train, 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$172–735
Basel (BSL) to Damascus International Airport (DAM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Damascus is to fly and drive which costs $130 - $450 and takes 9h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Damascus is to train and fly and drive which takes 8h 39m and costs $170 - $650.
The distance between Basel and Damascus is 2922 km.
It takes approximately 15h 45m to get from Basel to Damascus, including transfers.
Damascus is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:00 AM in Basel and 5:00 AM in Damascus.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Damascus, Syria?
Turkish Airlines flies from Basel (BSL) to Damascus International Airport (DAM) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Damascus International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–430
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to Beirut International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $90–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Beirut International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- 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
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- 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
- $70–160
- 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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