There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Otopeni by plane, train, bus, or car
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 Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BSL - OTP
6h 17m$101–267Fly Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane BSL - BBU
5h 55m$65–301Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Meidlingtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
29h 37m$431–759Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Sinaiabus
- Take the bus from Sinaia to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
32h 7mDrive 1,809.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Otopenicar 1,809.4 km
18h 49m$365–527Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
6h 1m$143–389Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- 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 Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STR - OTP
7h 46m$121–402Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain Ec
- Take the bus from Bregenz to Sfântu Gheorghebus
- Take the bus from Sfântu Gheorghe to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
35h 52m
Basel to Otopeni by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Otopeni is to fly which costs $65 - $310 and takes 5h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Otopeni is to fly which takes 5h 55m and costs $65 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Otopeni. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Primaria Otopeni via Zurich Bus Station, Sinaia and Aeroport Henri Coanda Sosiri. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 7m.
The distance between Basel and Otopeni is 1476 km. The road distance is 1809.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Otopeni without a car is to train which takes 29h 37m and costs $430 - $800.
It takes approximately 6h 17m to get from Basel to Otopeni, including transfers.
Basel to Otopeni bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Basel to Otopeni is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs $100 - $270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $430 - $800 and takes 29h 37m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 32h 7m.
Basel to Otopeni bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Otopeni is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 1:38 PM in Basel and 2:38 PM in Otopeni.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Otopeni, Romania?
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Primaria Otopeni via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Meidling, Bucuresti Nord, Gara de Nord, and Piata Victoriei in around 29h 37m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–220
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
- 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
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $120–180
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/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
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- 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
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- 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
- $16–23
- 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
- $19–35
- 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
- $17–25
- 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
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Sinaia
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4 0268 455555
- rezervari@transfer-lowcost.ro
- Website
- transfer-lowcost.ro
Bus from Sinaia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- transfer-lowcost.ro
Bus from Sfântu Gheorghe to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- transfer-lowcost.ro
- Phone
- 021 9456
- secretariat@cditransport.ro
- Website
- cditransport.ro
Bus from Sinaia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- cditransport.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bregenz to Sfântu Gheorghe
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Otopeni is 1809 km. It takes approximately 18h 49m to drive from Basel to Otopeni.
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