There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Ireland by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly Basel to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BSL - DUB
5h 19m€61–197Train, ferry
- 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 Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
28h 2m€234–705Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 5hFly Basel to Cork Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BSL - ORK
7h 8m€87–260Train 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 34m€107–300Fly Basel to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
7h 34m€114–260Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
28h 38m€248–765Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- 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
33h 37m
Basel to Ireland by train, subway, ferry, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Ireland is to fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 5h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 19m and costs €60 - €200.
The distance between Basel and Ireland is 1199 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Ireland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 28h 2m and costs €230 - €750.
It takes approximately 5h 19m to get from Basel to Ireland, including transfers.
The best way to get from Basel to Ireland is to fly which takes 5h 19m and costs €60 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 3 days 5h.
Ireland is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 12:26 AM in Basel and 11:26 PM in Ireland.
There are 1162+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Ireland?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and Air France fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Dublin via Frankfurt, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–210
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- 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
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- 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
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- 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
- €120–320
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@normandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–160
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–55
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- 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
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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