There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Rome by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or train
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 Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane BSL - FCO
4h 30m€61–220Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Fr / ...
8h 10m€113–325Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Rome Tiburtina Bus stationbus FlixBus N524 / ...
13h€80–130Drive 907.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Romecar 907.9 km
8h 52m€164–236Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane ZRH - FCO
5h 34m€74–227Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane GVA - FCO
7h 32m€141–348Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane SXB - FCO
5h 43m€73–278Train via Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
8h 13m€118–315Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Frosinonebus
- Take the train from Frosinone to Roma Terminitrain Re / ...
18h 43m€93–136
Basel to Rome by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Rome is to bus which costs €80 - €130 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Rome is to fly which takes 4h 30m and costs €60 - €220.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Rome Tiburtina Bus station station. Services depart three times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Rome. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Roma Termini via Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 10m.
The distance between Basel and Rome is 783 km. The road distance is 907.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Rome without a car is to train which takes 8h 10m and costs €110 - €330.
It takes approximately 4h 30m to get from Basel to Rome, including transfers.
Basel to Rome bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Rome train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Rome is to fly which takes 4h 30m and costs €60 - €220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €110 - €330 and takes 8h 10m, you could also bus, which costs €80 - €130 and takes 13h.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Rome, Italy?
easyJet, Lufthansa, and ITA Airways fly from Basel (BSL) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Roma Termini via Lugano and Milano Centrale in around 8h 10m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Frosinone to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Frosinone to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Frosinone to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Rome Tiburtina Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Basel SBB to Rome Tiburtina Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Basel to Frosinone
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
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Booking & Getting There
Basel to Rome bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rome Tiburtina Bus station.
Basel to Rome train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Lugano station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Rome is 908 km. It takes approximately 8h 52m to drive from Basel to Rome.
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