There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Patras by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, ferry, or car train
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 to Patras Araxos Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Patras Araxos Airport (GPA)plane ZRH - GPA
7h 16m€120–259Fly Basel to Athens International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BSL - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
10h 44m€92–230Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Anconacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
29h 11m€239–327Bus via Stuttgart
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgartbus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
29h 27mDrive 2,084 km
- Drive from Basel to Patrascar 2,084 km
26h 14m€369–533Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ZRH - ATH
- Take the train from Athens to Kiatotrain
- Take the bus from Kiato to Patrabus
11h 45m€109–204Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZRH - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patrasbus
13h 54m€137–420Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
32h 41m€123–423Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Piacenzatrain Ec
- Take the train from Piacenza to Anconatrain Ic
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patrascarferry
34h 45m€257–426Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Sarandëbus
- Take the bus from Sarandë to Patrabus
41h 49mTrain, line 2 ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Venezia S. Luciatrain Ec
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
44h 28m€230–388Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Patrascar
26h 12m€415–587
Basel to Patras by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Patras is to fly and train and bus which costs €90 - €230 and takes 10h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Patras is to train and fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €120 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Patras. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Patra via Stuttgart Hbf and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 27m.
The distance between Basel and Patras is 1607 km. The road distance is 2084 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Patras without a car is to bus via Stuttgart which takes 29h 27m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Basel to Patras, including transfers.
Basel to Patras bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Patras bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Stuttgart station.
Patras is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:46 AM in Basel and 5:46 AM in Patras.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Patras is 2084 km. It takes approximately 26h 14m to drive from Basel to Patras.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Patras, Greece?
You can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Patra via Stuttgart, Stuttgart Hbf, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 29h 27m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Patras Araxos Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Patras Araxos Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- 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
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/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 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Piacenza to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Piacenza to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Piacenza to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–31
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Chiasso to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €80–120
- 2nd Class
- €65–95
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kiato to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- 001 267-805-2830
- Website
- albanianbus.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- https://albanianbus.com/wordpress/
- Phone
- (+30) 210 822 4112
- contact@ahmetitravel.com
- Website
- ahmetitravel.com
Bus from Sarandë to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- ahmetitravel.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €134–138
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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