There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Kos by train, plane, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kos
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kos (KGS)plane ZRH - KGS
7h 46m€147–364Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Kos
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kos (KGS)plane MXP - KGS
11h 31m€58–471Train, bus, ferry via Tirana
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Bsf
44h 56mDrive, ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Bodrumcar
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
29h 24m€495–720Fly Basel to Kos
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kos (KGS)plane BSL - KGS
6h 58m€115–367Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport, car 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 car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Koscarferry
10h 49m€156–434Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kos (KGS)plane FRA - KGS
9h 18m€162–402Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Kos (KGS)plane STR - KGS
9h 42m€152–326Bus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica to Montenegro Hotelbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrumbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
46h 58mTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain Re3
- Take the bus from Lindau to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Bodrumbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
2d 1h€144–240Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Fourniferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Port of Kosferry Bsf
2d 6h€223–395Bus, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Karlovasiferry Bsf
- Take the car ferry from Karlovasi to Port of Koscarferry
2d 12h€302–573
Basel to Kos by train, foot, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kos is to train and fly which costs €140 - €370 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kos is to fly which takes 6h 58m and costs €110 - €370.
The distance between Basel and Kos is 2050 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kos without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Tirana which takes 44h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Basel to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:31 AM in Basel and 7:31 AM in Kos.
There are 1531+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kos, Greece?
easyJet and Austrian Airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kos (KGS) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- 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
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- €22–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–29
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.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
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- office@gameks.biz
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- office@balbuss.rs
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Kraljevo, Autobuska Stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €51
- Schedules at
- balbuss.rs
- Book at
- balbuss.rs
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Lindau to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Fourni
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Fourni to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Karlovasi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Rhodes to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.yesilmarmarislines.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 612 99 19
- info@skymarineferries.com.tr
- Website
- skymarineferries.com.tr
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.skymarineferries.com.tr/en
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Karlovasi to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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