There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Samos by train, plane, bus, ferry, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)plane ZRH - SMI
7h 31m€145–298Fly Basel to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)plane BSL - SMI
9h 31m€73–274Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanica to Edirnebus
- Take the bus from Edirne to Urlabus
- Take the ferry from Seferihisar to Samosferry
37h 46mFly Basel to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane BSL - ADB
- Take a shuttle bus from Izmir Airport to Kusadasi
- Take the ferry from Kusadasi to Samosferry
9h 40m€94–413Train to Zurich Airport, fly to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane ZRH - ADB
- Take a shuttle bus from Izmir Airport to Kusadasi
- Take the ferry from Kusadasi to Samosferry
10h 51m€101–377Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI)plane GVA - SMI
11h 52m€132–375Train, bus, ferry via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samouferry Bsf
40h 35mBus, ferry
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Vathy Samouferry Bsf
46h 29m€142–265Bus, ferry via Istanbul
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Esenler Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Instabul to Çorlu bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Çorlu to Kuşadasıbus
- Take the ferry from Kusadasi to Samosferry
47h 26m€175–265Bus, ferry via Basel
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Vathy Samouferry Bsf
2d 3h€187–313
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Samos is to fly which costs €70 - €280 and takes 9h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Samos is to train and fly which takes 7h 31m and costs €140 - €300.
The distance between Basel and Samos is 1960 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Samos without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 37h 46m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Basel to Samos, including transfers.
Samos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 5:09 PM in Basel and 6:09 PM in Samos.
There are 510+ hotels available in Samos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Samos, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Samos Aristarchos International Airport (SMI) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Basel to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Basel to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Basel to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samos Aristarchos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Basel to Samos Aristarchos International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- office@gameks.biz
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanica to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Edirne to Urla
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Çorlu to Kuşadası
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- 444 0 487
- info@havas.net
- Website
- havas.net
Shuttle from Izmir Airport to Kusadasi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–9
- Website
- https://havas.net/en
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €65–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +383 44 553 550
- gmica_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/gmicaofficial
- Phone
- +383 44 777 071
- lukstempotur@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Esenler Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/p/Luks-Tempo-Turizm-61561171973637
- Phone
- +383 44 190 915
- erhantrans@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Esenler Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 82 82 81 51
- info@avtogararuse.org
- Website
- avtogararuse.org
Bus from Instabul to Çorlu bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- avtogararuse.org
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Instabul to Çorlu bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0 850 222 44 36
- info@ido.com.tr
- Website
- ido.com.tr
Ferry from Seferihisar to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- https://www.ido.com.tr/en/
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Website
- https://www.ido.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- +90 2327121808
- cesme@turyol.com
- Website
- turyolonline.com
Ferry from Seferihisar to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–193
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Passenger
- €70
- Car
- €193
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–104
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Passenger
- €38
- Car
- €104
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Seferihisar to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–55
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 (256) 612 88 88
- contact@meandertravel.com
- Website
- meandertravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- https://www.meandertravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- info@turkishsealines.com.tr
- Website
- turkishsealines.com.tr
Ferry from Kusadasi to Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Website
- https://www.turkishsealines.com.tr/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €85–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €85–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
Ferry from Kavala to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €45–65
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €75–95
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €75–90
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €95–120
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