There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Palencia by plane, train, train (TGV, Renfe), bus, or car
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Fly Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BSL - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Palenciatrain
7h 45m€93–292Train
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Palenciatrain Alv / ...
16h 48m€178–410Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Bernbus 122
- Take the bus from Bern to Valladolidbus
- Take the bus from Valladolid to Palenciabus
24h 56m€99–141Drive 1,347.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Palenciacar 1,347.7 km
13h 50m€235–339Fly Basel to Valladolid Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Valladolid Airport (VLL)plane BSL - VLL
- Take the train from Valladolid to Palenciatrain
21h 59m€148–696Fly Basel to León Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to León Airport (LEN)plane BSL - LEN
- Take the train from Leon to Palenciatrain
18h 18m€174–806Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Palenciatrain
9h€105–348Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SXB - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Palenciatrain
9h 1m€142–341Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane GVA - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Palenciatrain
10h 51m€137–406Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Fribourg to Bilbaobus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Palenciabus
26h 58m€149–220
Basel to Palencia by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Palencia is to bus which costs €95 - €150 and takes 24h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Palencia is to fly and train which takes 7h 45m and costs €90 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Palencia. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Palencia via Bern and Valladolid. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Palencia. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Palencia via Mulhouse Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 48m.
The distance between Basel and Palencia is 1430 km. The road distance is 1347.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Palencia without a car is to train which takes 16h 48m and costs €170 - €410.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Basel to Palencia, including transfers.
Basel to Palencia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Palencia train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Mulhouse Ville station.
The best way to get from Basel to Palencia is to train which takes 16h 48m and costs €170 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €150 and takes 24h 56m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Palencia, Spain?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Palencia via Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Montpellier Saint-Roch, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, and Madrid Chamartín in around 16h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Palencia via Bern and Valladolid in around 24h 56m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Basel to Valladolid Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Basel to Valladolid Airport via Frankfurt, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Basel to Valladolid Airport via Nice, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Basel to León Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Basel to León Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Basel to León Airport via Nice, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Basel to León Airport via Menorca, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Basel to Valladolid Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Basel to Valladolid Airport via Frankfurt, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Basel to Valladolid Airport via Nice, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valladolid to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Valladolid to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €36–39
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Fribourg to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bern to Valladolid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Valladolid to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- autocareslaregional.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Valladolid to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–23
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Palencia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bern station.
Basel to Palencia train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Montpellier Saint-Roch station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Palencia is 1348 km. It takes approximately 13h 50m to drive from Basel to Palencia.
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