There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Galway by plane, bus, car, car ferry, 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 Shannon Airport, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
9h 29m€129–366Fly Basel to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BSL - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Galwaytrain
8h 53m€88–252Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Galwaycar
35h 9m€594–880Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bonn Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Bonn to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Crampton Quay to Galway Coach Stnbus
3d 12hFly Basel to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane BSL - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
10h 13m€109–356Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ZRH - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
10h 23m€152–411Fly Basel to Cork Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BSL - ORK
- Take the bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
11h 3m€107–371Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Galwaytrain
10h 7m€126–347
Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Galway is to fly and train which costs €85 - €260 and takes 8h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Galway is to fly and train which takes 8h 53m and costs €85 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Galway. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Galway Coach Stn via Bonn, Rădăuți, Navan Rd Stn and Crampton Quay. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Basel and Galway is 1397 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Galway without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 29m to get from Basel to Galway, including transfers.
Basel to Galway bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Galway bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Bonn Hbf station.
Galway is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 9:43 PM in Basel and 8:43 PM in Galway.
There are 687+ hotels available in Galway.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Galway, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Galway Coach Stn via Bonn, Rădăuți, Dublin, Navan Rd Stn, Bachelors Walk, and Crampton Quay in around 3d 12h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Basel to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Basel to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- 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
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–25
Train from Dublin Heuston to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–25
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bonn to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Crampton Quay to Galway Coach Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–650
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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