There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Lesbos by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly Basel to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane BSL - MJT
10h 2m€152–279Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
34h 53mTrain, bus, ferry via Budapest
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Sarganstrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keletitrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry Bsf
45h 27m€291–664Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane ZRH - MJT
9h 16m€204–398Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane GVA - MJT
13h 14m€315–531Fly Basel to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane BSL - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
9h 29m€152–373Train to Zurich Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane ZRH - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
10h 37m€189–392Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- 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 Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane STR - MJT
11h 6m€239–428Bus, 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 Mytileneferry Bsf
43h 15mBus, ferry via Sofia
- 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 Mytileneferry Bsf
47h 32m€197–317
Basel (BSL) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lesbos is to fly which costs €150 - €280 and takes 10h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lesbos is to train and fly which takes 9h 16m and costs €200 - €400.
The distance between Basel and Lesbos is 1846 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Lesbos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 34h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Basel to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:27 AM in Basel and 3:27 AM in Lesbos.
There are 547+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lesbos, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, easyJet, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Basel to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Basel to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Basel to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Basel to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- 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 Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- 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 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €120–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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
- €16–26
- 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
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.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
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- 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
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- 0 232 330 89 22
- iletisim@izdeniz.com.tr
- Website
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Kavala to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.hellenicseaways.gr/en-gb
- Airplane Type Seats
- €45–65
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