There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Olbia by train, plane, car, car ferry, 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 Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane ZRH - OLB
4h 56m€123–327Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane MXP - OLB
7h 26m€53–427Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Genoacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbiacarferry
18h 7m€192–298Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurigo to Romabus
- Take the bus from FIUMICINO | Aeroporto to CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f277bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Olbiaferry
27h 22mFly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane BSL - OLB
3h 52m€63–224Train, 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 Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane LIN - OLB
7h 28m€82–470Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- 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 Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane GVA - OLB
6h 50m€116–496Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- 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 Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB)plane STR - OLB
6h 57m€163–416Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbiaferry
19h 46m€110–444Bus, ferry via Genoa
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Genoabus FlixBus N506
- Take the ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbiaferry Itgoa-Itolb
21h 24m€91–144
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Olbia is to bus and ferry via Genoa which costs €90 - €150 and takes 21h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Olbia is to fly which takes 3h 52m and costs €60 - €230.
The distance between Basel and Olbia is 830 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Olbia without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 27h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Basel to Olbia, including transfers.
There are 2810+ hotels available in Olbia.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Olbia, Italy?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) twice a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Basel to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–420
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–140
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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 Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- 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
- 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 30 311 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
- €15–35
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurigo to Roma
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 800 174 471
- Website
- servizi.cotralspa.it
Bus from FIUMICINO | Aeroporto to CIVITAVECCHIA | Deposito # f277
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- servizi.cotralspa.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 02 76028132
- helpdesk@tirrenia.it
- Website
- tirrenia.it
Ferry from Port of Civitavecchia to Port of Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.tirrenia.it/
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