There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Ireland by plane, train, bus, ferry, car, or car ferry
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 Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BSL - DUB
5h 25m€56–196Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Rennestrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
32h 11mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Rennes Place de la Garebus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
45h 5mFly Basel to Cork Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BSL - ORK
8h 21m€87–230Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
6h 41m€98–232Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ZRH - ORK
6h 41m€99–266Fly Basel to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
8h 57m€94–220Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Dublincar
33h 8m€318–653
Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Ireland is to fly which costs €55 - €200 and takes 5h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 25m and costs €55 - €200.
The distance between Basel and Ireland is 1187 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Ireland without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 32h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 25m to get from Basel to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 6:17 AM in Basel and 5:17 AM in Ireland.
There are 1066+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Ireland?
Ryanair, Air Dolomiti, and Lufthansa fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
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 St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Rennes Place de la Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
- 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
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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