There are 10 ways to get from Basel to El Escorial by train, plane, train (TGV, Renfe), bus, or car
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, train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorialtrain
7h 40m€110–335Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane MXP - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorialtrain
11h 14m€60–449Train
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Dijon Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Principe Pio to El Escorialtrain Re
15h 45m€265–442Bus via Geneva
- Take the bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Genevabus
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Intercambiador Moncloa to Av.Constitución-Francisco Valiñobus 661
29h 36m€144–292Drive 1,493.4 km
- Drive from Basel to El Escorialcar 1,493.4 km
15h 55m€257–371Fly from Basel, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BSL - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorialtrain
6h 26m€78–319Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SXB - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorialtrain
7h 46m€113–306Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane GVA - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorialtrain
9h 13m€149–466Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Annemassetrain
- Take the train from Annemasse to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the bus from Intercambiador Moncloa to Av.Constitución-Francisco Valiñobus 661
18h 11m€292–590Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Strasbourgbus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Intercambiador Moncloa to Av.Constitución-Francisco Valiñobus 661
31h 28m€146–280
Basel to El Escorial by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to El Escorial is to fly and train which costs €75 - €320 and takes 6h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to El Escorial is to fly and train which takes 6h 26m and costs €75 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to El Escorial. However, there are services departing from Basel, Brausebad and arriving at Av.Constitución-Francisco Valiño via Basel Euroairport FR, Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station, Estación Sur de Autobuses and Intercambiador Moncloa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to El Escorial. However, there are services departing from Basel Sbb and arriving at El Escorial via Dijon Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid-Principe Pio. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 45m.
The distance between Basel and El Escorial is 1400 km. The road distance is 1493.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to El Escorial without a car is to train which takes 15h 45m and costs €260 - €450.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Basel to El Escorial, including transfers.
Basel to El Escorial bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel Euroairport FR station.
Basel to El Escorial train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Basel Sbb station.
The best way to get from Basel to El Escorial is to train which takes 15h 45m and costs €260 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus via Geneva, which costs €140 - €300 and takes 29h 36m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and El Escorial, Madrid, Spain?
You can take a train from Basel Sbb to El Escorial via Dijon Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Príncipe Pío, and Madrid-Principe Pio in around 15h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Brausebad to Av.Constitución-Francisco Valiño via Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, Basel Euroairport FR, Geneva - Bus station, Estación Sur de Autobuses, Pacifico, Moncloa, and Intercambiador Moncloa in around 29h 36m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- accesibilidad@renfe.es
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorial
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
Train from Madrid-Principe Pio to El Escorial
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to El Escorial
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Principe Pio to El Escorial
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Annemasse to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- €22–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Geneva - Bus station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 012
- tarjetatransportepublico@madrid.org
- Website
- crtm.es
Bus from Intercambiador Moncloa to Av.Constitución-Francisco Valiño
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.crtm.es/?lang=en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to El Escorial bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Basel to El Escorial train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Dijon Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to El Escorial is 1493 km. It takes approximately 15h 55m to drive from Basel to El Escorial.
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