There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Petrich by train, plane, car, bus, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZRH - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Petrichcar
10h 9m$135–446Fly Basel to Sofia Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
9h 59m$73–247Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3636
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni
29h 20m$88–125Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
29h 35m$202–332Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Petrichcar
18h 6m$401–563Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
11h 8m$129–268Fly Mulhouse to Skopje International Airport, train, drive
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane MLH - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prdejcitrain
- Drive from Prdejci to Petrichcar
12h 40m$124–601Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, train, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ZRH - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prdejcitrain
- Drive from Prdejci to Petrichcar
13h 35m$155–512Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Petrichbus
32h 24mBus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain 5615 / ...
35h 25m$138–179Drive 1,808.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Petrichcar 1,808.6 km
18h 57m$365–527
Basel to Petrich by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Petrich is to bus which costs $85 - $130 and takes 29h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Petrich is to fly and bus and train which takes 9h 59m and costs $70 - $250.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Petrich station. However, there are services departing from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse and arriving at Petrich Bus Station via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 20m.
The distance between Basel and Petrich is 1652 km. The road distance is 1808.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Petrich without a car is to bus which takes 29h 20m and costs $85 - $130.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Basel to Petrich, including transfers.
Basel to Petrich bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse station.
Basel to Petrich bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Petrich is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:59 PM in Basel and 12:59 AM in Petrich.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Petrich is 1809 km. It takes approximately 18h 57m to drive from Basel to Petrich.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Petrich, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Petrich Bus Station via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 29h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–260
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–550
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Mulhouse to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–550
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–440
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- 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
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $130–200
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
Train from Dupnitsa to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $6–7
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Prdejci
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–290
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–25
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- 0888 302 311
- chona@abv.bg
- Website
- chona.alle.bg
Bus from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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