There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Lampedusa by train, plane, bus, or 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
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lampedusa Airport (LMP)plane ZRH - LMP
7h 36m€209–393Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lampedusa Airport (LMP)plane BSL - LMP
6h 17m€93–394Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Porto Empedocle Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusaferry
33h 52m€111–170Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Lampedusa Airport (LMP)plane LIN - LMP
8h 13m€147–295Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Lampedusa Airport (LMP)plane MXP - LMP
8h 16m€166–293Bus, ferry via Aosta
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Aostabus
- Take the bus from Aosta to Palermobus
- Take the bus from Palermo - Via Balsamo to Porto Empedoclebus
- Take the ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusaferry
40h 33m€168–289
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lampedusa Airport (LMP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lampedusa is to bus and ferry which costs €110 - €170 and takes 33h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lampedusa is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €90 - €400.
The distance between Basel and Lampedusa is 1469 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Lampedusa without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 33h 52m and costs €110 - €170.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Basel to Lampedusa, including transfers.
There are 287+ hotels available in Lampedusa.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lampedusa, Italy?
easyJet, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Lampedusa Airport (LMP) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lampedusa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Lampedusa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Lampedusa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lampedusa Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lampedusa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lampedusa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Basel to Lampedusa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lampedusa Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Basel to Lampedusa Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Lampedusa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Basel to Lampedusa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lampedusa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- 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
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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 Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Aosta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Aosta to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Porto Empedocle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +39 0922.20414
- info@autolineelumia.it
- Website
- autolineelumia.com
Bus from Palermo - Via Balsamo to Porto Empedocle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- autolineelumia.com
- .
- €9–12
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Porto Empedocle to Lampedusa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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