There are 11 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€98–332Train, 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€68–446Train, bus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotelbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Alibeyköy to Bodrumbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
43h 49mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Olten to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Ag. Kirykosferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Port of Kosferry Bsf
2d 14hDrive, ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Piraeuscar
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kosferry Asf / ...
38h 55m€507–809Fly Basel to Kos
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kos (KGS)plane BSL - KGS
6h 58m€105–330Train 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€152–429Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Kos
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Kos (KGS)plane STR - KGS
9h 36m€164–453Train, bus, ferry
- 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 Asf / ...
46h 46mBus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Bodrumbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kosferry
47h 43mBus, 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 13h€272–523
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kos (KGS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kos is to train and fly which costs €95 - €340 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kos is to fly which takes 6h 58m and costs €100 - €330.
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 Istanbul which takes 43h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Basel to Kos, including transfers.
Kos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:22 AM in Basel and 6:22 AM in Kos.
There are 1656+ hotels available in Kos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kos, Greece?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Kos (KGS) 3 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–900
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Basel to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Basel to Kos via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kos via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
- 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 Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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
- €95–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- 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 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- office@gameks.biz
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- 062 8103637
- office@balbuss.rs
- Website
- balbuss.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Montenegro Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- 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
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Olten to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- 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
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- 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
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Pristina to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
Ferry from Port of Bodrum to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Ag. Kirykos
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Port of Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Karlovasi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- 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
- €35–90
- 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 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://saos.gr/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
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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