There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Guernsey by train, ferry, bus, car ferry, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, ferry
best- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Dielette to Guernsey St Peter Portferry
9h 32m$313–505Bus, car ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris to Saint-Malobus 772
- Take the car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Guernsey St Peter Portcarferry
20h 12m$138–329Drive, ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Alderneyferry
- Take the ferry from Alderney to Guernsey St Peter Portferry
13h 12m$333–438Fly Basel to Guernsey Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Guernsey Airport (GCI)plane BSL - GCI
6h 49m$197–428Train, ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Granvilletrain
- Take the ferry from Granville to Jersey St Helierferry
- Take the car ferry from Jersey St Helier to Guernsey St Peter Portcarferry
12h 15m$333–600Fly Basel to Jersey Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Jersey Airport (JER)plane BSL - JER
- Take the car ferry from Jersey St Helier to Guernsey St Peter Portcarferry
8h 34m$264–555Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Guernsey Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Guernsey Airport (GCI)plane ZRH - GCI
8h 13m$274–502Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Guernsey Airport
- 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 Guernsey Airport (GCI)plane GVA - GCI
10h 6m$313–886
Basel (BSL) to Guernsey Airport (GCI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Guernsey is to bus and car ferry which costs $130 - $330 and takes 20h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Guernsey is to fly which takes 6h 49m and costs $190 - $430.
The distance between Basel and Guernsey is 970 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Guernsey without a car is to train and ferry which takes 9h 32m and costs $310 - $550.
It takes approximately 9h 32m to get from Basel to Guernsey, including transfers.
Guernsey is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 6:58 AM in Basel and 5:58 AM in Guernsey.
There are 57+ hotels available in Guernsey.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Guernsey?
British Airways, Air France, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Guernsey Airport (GCI) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–490
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–280
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Basel to Jersey Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Granville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Saint-Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Saint-Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0 825 131 050
- Website
- manche-iles.com
Ferry from Dielette to Guernsey St Peter Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- manche-iles.com
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Guernsey St Peter Port
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
Car ferry from Jersey St Helier to Guernsey St Peter Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
- Phone
- 07781 119796
- Website
- alderneyferryservices.co.uk
Ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Alderney
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/book-here
Ferry from Alderney to Guernsey St Peter Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $83
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/book-here
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