There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Prague by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
4h 8mKč 1,440–4,784Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Praguebus FlixBus N199
11h 55mKč 1,100–2,000Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
10h 26mKč 4,718–7,127Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 95 / ...
11h 48mKč 1,770–2,928Night train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazinighttrain En
12h 9mKč 4,600–6,500Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
5h 18mKč 2,708–6,218Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
11h 22mDrive 712.3 km
- Drive from Basel to Praguecar 712.3 km
5h 59mKč 2,952–4,264
Basel to Prague by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Prague is to bus which costs 1 100 Kč - 2 000 Kč and takes 11h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Prague is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs 1 400 Kč - 4 800 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Prague. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 55m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Basel Sbb and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 9m.
The distance between Basel and Prague is 588 km. The road distance is 712.3 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Prague without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 26m and costs 4 700 Kč - 7 500 Kč.
It takes approximately 4h 8m to get from Basel to Prague, including transfers.
Basel to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Prague train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Prague is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs 1 400 Kč - 4 800 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs and takes 11h 22m, you could also bus, which costs 1 100 Kč - 2 000 Kč and takes 11h 55m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Prague, Czechia?
easyJet, Lufthansa, and Air Dolomiti fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) 5 times a day. Alternatively, ÖBB operates a vehicle from Basel Sbb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi once daily. Tickets cost Kč 4,600–6,500 and the journey takes 12h 9m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–8,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–8,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–4,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–1,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–2,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,600–4,700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Basel Sbb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,600–6,500
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 400–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 200–300
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–1,400
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 210–360
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–2,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 250–350
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 150–220
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel SBB to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Basel to Prague train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Prague is 712 km. It takes approximately 5h 59m to drive from Basel to Prague.
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