There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Moldova by plane, car, train, or bus
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 Iași International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane BSL - IAS
- Drive from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Unghenicar
5h 41m$110–375Fly Basel to Chișinău International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane BSL - RMO
7h 20m$85–366Train, bus via Tecuci
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Badentrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Baden-Baden to Tecucibus
- Take the bus from Tecuci to Chișinăubus
31h 19m$188–331Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vesttrain 347
- Take the train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinautrain 402
43h 52m$412–670Drive 1,910.5 km
- Drive from Basel to Chișinăucar 1,910.5 km
25h 13m$386–557Fly Mulhouse to Chișinău International Airport
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane MLH - RMO
5h 55m$85–466Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane ZRH - RMO
8h 23m$178–408Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane FRA - RMO
8h 10m$161–454Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- 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 Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane STR - RMO
8h 44m$122–559Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Târgu Frumosbus
- Take the train from Targu Frumos to Chisinautrain 402
39h 40m$210–317Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich to Chișinăubus
43h 48m$203–216
Basel to Moldova by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Moldova is to fly which costs $85 - $370 and takes 7h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Moldova is to fly and drive which takes 5h 41m and costs $110 - $380.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Chisinau via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest and Ploiesti Sud. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 52m.
The distance between Basel and Moldova is 1555 km. The road distance is 1910.5 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Moldova without a car is to train and bus via Tecuci which takes 31h 19m and costs $180 - $340.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Basel to Moldova, including transfers.
Basel to Moldova train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Moldova is to train which takes 43h 52m and costs $410 - $700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $85 - $370 and takes 7h 20m.
Moldova is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 10:41 PM in Basel and 11:41 PM in Moldova.
Basel to Moldova train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Moldova?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Chisinau via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest, and Ploiesti Sud in around 43h 52m. Alternatively, Austrian Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–360
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–420
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–310
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
Flights from Mulhouse to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–430
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–410
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Targu Frumos to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–30
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Baden-Baden to Tecuci
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Tecuci to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- SVS
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Târgu Frumos
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–260
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +373 78 59 59 59
- partners@begoo.md
- Website
- begoo.md
Bus from Zurich to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $169
- Schedules at
- begoo.md
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