There are 6 ways to get from Basel to La Paz by train or plane
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
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)ZRH - LPB
21h 5m$728–1,658Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)MXP - LPB
24h 37m$410–1,333Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)SXB - LPB
25h 11m$537–1,537Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)GVA - LPB
23h 46m$471–1,636Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)BSL - LPB
20h 50m$434–1,605Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to El Alto International Airport (LPB)CDG - LPB
22h 41m$665–1,398
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to El Alto International Airport (LPB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to La Paz is to train and fly which costs $410 - $1,400 and takes 24h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to La Paz is to fly which takes 20h 50m and costs $430 - $1,600.
The distance between Basel and La Paz is 10492 km.
It takes approximately 21h 5m to get from Basel to La Paz, including transfers.
There are 450+ hotels available in La Paz.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and La Paz, Bolivia?
easyJet, Boliviana de Aviación, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to El Alto International Airport (LPB) 3 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- boa.bo
Flights from Zurich Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 32m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Toulouse, Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Bordeaux, Madrid, Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,300
Flights from Basel to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Basel to El Alto International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Basel to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to El Alto International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to El Alto International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to El Alto International Airport via Frankfurt, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to El Alto International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Zurich Airport, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Frankfurt, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Basel to El Alto International Airport via Frankfurt, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Basel to El Alto International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to El Alto International Airport via Punta Cana, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to El Alto International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Toulouse, Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Basel to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to El Alto International Airport via Madrid, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,300
- 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
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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 St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–34
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- $23–29
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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