There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Portoferraio by train, ferry, bus, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, ferry
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovannitrain S10 / ...
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Firenze S.M.N.train Ec
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Piombino Marittimatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraioferry A2 / ...
14h 16m€130–738Bus, train, ferry via Empoli
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milan to Empolibus
- Take the train from Empoli to Piombino Marittimatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Cavoferry A2f
- Take the bus from Cavo, Radice Del Molo - Gte to Portoferraio, V.Le Elba Scuola Mediabus 117
17h 38m€77–137Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train, ferry
- 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 S.M.N. to Piombino Marittimatrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraioferry
10h 9m€171–454Train, ferry via Zurich
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Firenze S.M.N.train Ec
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Piombino Marittimatrain Re
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraioferry A2 / ...
15h 11m€216–751Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel to Como Grandatebus
- Take the train from Milano Lambrate to Campiglia Marittimatrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraioferry A2 / ...
19h 28m€88–171Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Marina Di Campo Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Marina Di Campo Airport (EBA)plane LIN - EBA
8h 45m€348–982Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, ferry
- 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 Piombino Marittimatrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraioferry
10h 44m€163–512Fly Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Marina Di Campo Airport (EBA)plane BSL - EBA
9h 10m€174–756Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Marina Di Campo Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Marina Di Campo Airport (EBA)plane ZRH - EBA
7h 59m€466–855Fly Basel to Bastia - Poretta Airport, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bastia - Poretta Airport (BIA)plane BSL - BIA
- Take the ferry from Port of Bastia to Port of Piombinoferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraioferry
11h 7m€104–622
Basel to Portoferraio by train and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Portoferraio is to bus and train and ferry via Empoli which costs €75 - €140 and takes 17h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Portoferraio is to train and fly which takes 7h 59m and costs €460 - €900.
The distance between Basel and Portoferraio is 837 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Portoferraio without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 16m and costs €130 - €750.
It takes approximately 14h 16m to get from Basel to Portoferraio, including transfers.
There are 29+ hotels available in Portoferraio.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Portoferraio, Italy?
easyJet, FlexFlight ApS, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Marina Di Campo Airport (EBA) 6 times a week.
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–650
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Munich, Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Frankfurt, Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,500
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Frankfurt, Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Munich, Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport via Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport via Munich, Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–2,000
- Website
- polarair.ru
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–650
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Munich, Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Frankfurt, Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,500
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Frankfurt, Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Basel to Marina Di Campo Airport via Munich, Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €470–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport via Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Marina Di Campo Airport via Munich, Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–2,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Bastia - Poretta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–440
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- 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
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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 Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- €65–110
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- 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 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–100
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Piombino Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Empoli to Piombino Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Lambrate to Campiglia Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Empoli
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 800 142 424
- numeroverdetpl@regione.toscana.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Cavo, Radice Del Molo - Gte to Portoferraio, V.Le Elba Scuola Media
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Schedules at
- https://www.at-bus.it/en/lines-and-timetables
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Basel to Como Grandate
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +49 611-14020
- info@mobylines.de
- Website
- toremar.it
Ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://www.toremar.it/en/
Ferry from Port of Piombino to Cavo
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.toremar.it/en/
- Phone
- (+39) 0565 269 710
- info@blunavytraghetti.com
- Website
- blunavytraghetti.com
Ferry from Port of Piombino to Port of Portoferraio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–27
- Schedules at
- blunavytraghetti.com
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Bastia to Port of Piombino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
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