There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Karpathos by train, plane, bus, ferry, or busferry
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 to Karpathos Island National Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane ZRH - AOK
18h 55m€100–250Fly Basel to Karpathos Island National Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane BSL - AOK
10h 5m€78–284Train, bus, ferry via Stuttgart
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 2hTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane ZRH - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
12h 50m€143–341Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ZRH - HER
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Karpathosferry
14h 22m€132–379Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane GVA - AOK
13h 41m€132–378Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 3hBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 12hBus, ferry via Bujanovac
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bujanovacbus
- Take the bus from Bujanovac, Autobuska Stanica to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 12h€343–378Bus, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Colmarbus 108
- Take the bus from Colmar to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Portbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Sitiabus
- Take the ferry from Sitia to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 17h
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Karpathos is to train and fly which costs €95 - €250 and takes 18h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Karpathos is to fly which takes 10h 5m and costs €75 - €290.
The distance between Basel and Karpathos is 2149 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Karpathos without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Stuttgart which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 18h 55m to get from Basel to Karpathos, including transfers.
Karpathos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:57 PM in Basel and 10:57 PM in Karpathos.
There are 364+ hotels available in Karpathos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Karpathos, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, easyJet, and Sky Express fly from Basel (BSL) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Zurich Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Basel to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–800
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Karpathos Island National Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- 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
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- 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
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Colmar to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bujanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €247
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Bujanovac, Autobuska Stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Heraklion Central Station to Sitia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €59
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–18
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Heraklion to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Sitia to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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