There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Lipari by plane, ferry, bus, train, night train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Palermo Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane BSL - PMO
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
10h 9m€123–331Fly Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane BSL - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
9h 44m€100–270Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basilea Badisher to Beneventobus
- Take the bus from Benevento - Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Lipariferry
28h 16m€136–362Train, night train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centralenighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipariferry
26h€184–604Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ZRH - PMO
- Take the ferry from Palermo to Lipariferry
11h 19m€159–434Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ZRH - CTA
- Take a shuttle bus from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Take the ferry from Milazzo to Vulcanoferry
- Take the ferry from Vulcano to Lipariferry
10h 44m€141–413Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane LIN - REG
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
11h 37m€124–522Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane ZRH - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Reggio Calabria Lidotrain
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
10h 54m€165–445Fly Basel to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane BSL - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Reggio Calabria Lidotrain
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
9h 49m€109–322Bus, ferry via Verona
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Veronabus
- Take the bus from Verona to Reggio Calabriabus
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
29h 53m€147–274Train, night train, ferry via Alessandria
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Alessandriatrain
- Take the night train from Alessandria to Reggio Calabria Lidonighttrain Ini
- Take the ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipariferry
27h 29m€172–555
Basel (BSL) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lipari is to bus and ferry which costs €130 - €370 and takes 28h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lipari is to fly and shuttle and ferry which takes 9h 44m and costs €100 - €270.
The distance between Basel and Lipari is 1364 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Lipari without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 28h 16m and costs €130 - €370.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Basel to Lipari, including transfers.
There are 602+ hotels available in Lipari.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lipari, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Lipari. However, you can take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Palermo Airport (PMO), walk to Palermo Airport Bus Stop, take the bus to Palermo Via Filippo Turati, walk to Palermo, then take the ferry to Lipari. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basilea Badisher to Lipari via Benevento - Terminal Bus, Napoli, Autostazione Metropark, Piazza Garibaldi, Mergellina, and Napoli Mergellina in around 28h 16m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Basel to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Basel to Palermo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Basel to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from Basel to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–340
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- 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
- 06 3000
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Milano Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Night train from Alessandria to Reggio Calabria Lido
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Alessandria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Reggio Calabria Lido
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 0825-26416
- INFORMAZIONI@BARTOLINIPULLMAN.IT
- Website
- bartolinipullman.it
Bus from Basilea Badisher to Benevento
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- bartolinipullman.it
- Phone
- 800 901 142
- air@aircampania.it
- Website
- aircampania.it
Bus from Benevento - Terminal Bus to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- aircampania.it
- Phone
- +39 3312844763
- info@giardinatour.it
- Website
- giardinatour.it
Shuttle from Catania Airport to Milazzo - Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–28
- Schedules at
- giardinatour.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Verona to Reggio Calabria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Palermo to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Vulcano to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Reggio di Calabria to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +39 081 428 5555
- booking@snav.it
- Website
- snav.it
Ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Schedules at
- snav.it
- Phone
- +39.090.57.37
- servizioclienti@siremar.it
- Website
- carontetourist.it
Ferry from Napoli Mergellina to Lipari
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
- Phone
- 800 250000
- servizioclienti@carontetourist.it
- Website
- ngi-spa.it
Ferry from Milazzo to Vulcano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- carontetourist.it
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