There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Pienza by train (Trenitalia), train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Lodi to Chiusi-Chianciano T.train Ic
13h 1m€101–417Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Sienabus 443 / ...
14h 41m€45–104Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovannitrain S10 / ...
- Take the bus from Milan to Sienabus 528
14h€57–404Drive 751.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Pienzacar 751.8 km
7h 39m€133–192Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze Rifredi to Sienatrain
9h 18m€163–392Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Aresebus
- Take the train from RHO Fiera to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the bus from Firenze Autostazione to Via Matteottibus B23
16h 55m€81–137Fly Basel to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane BSL - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze Rifredi to Sienatrain
9h 59m€130–313Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
9h 49m€151–421Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ZRH - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Chiusi-Chianciano T.train
10h 52m€97–309Fly Basel to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BSL - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Chiusi-Chianciano T.train
9h 43m€79–250Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
11h 43m€168–443
Basel to Pienza by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Pienza is to bus which costs €45 - €110 and takes 14h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Pienza is to drive which takes 7h 39m and costs €130 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Pienza. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Pienza N.Insediamento via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station, Siena Autostazione and Buonconvento. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 41m.
The distance between Basel and Pienza is 818 km. The road distance is 751.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Pienza without a car is to train which takes 13h 1m and costs €100 - €420.
It takes approximately 13h 1m to get from Basel to Pienza, including transfers.
Basel to Pienza bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Pienza is to train which takes 13h 1m and costs €100 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €110 and takes 14h 41m.
Basel to Pienza bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Pienza is 752 km. It takes approximately 7h 39m to drive from Basel to Pienza.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Pienza, Italy?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Pienza via Lugano, Milano Centrale, Lodi, Chiusi-Chianciano T., and Torrita Di Siena in around 13h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Pienza N.Insediamento via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station, Siena, Siena Autostazione, and Buonconvento in around 14h 41m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lodi to Chiusi-Chianciano T.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Chiusi-Chianciano T.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze Rifredi to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Chiusi-Chianciano T.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from RHO Fiera to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Milan to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 0965644747
- prenotazioni@autolineefederico.it
- Website
- autolineefederico.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Basel to Arese
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +39 800 142 424
- numeroverdetpl@regione.toscana.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Firenze Autostazione to Via Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Schedules at
- https://www.at-bus.it/en/lines-and-timetables
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