There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Santorini Island by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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 Santorini (JTR)BSL - JTR
6h 45m€133–294Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Santorini (JTR)MXP - JTR
9h 52m€91–335Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to LuzernEc / ...
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
38h 15mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Santorini (JTR)ZRH - JTR
6h 5m€135–360Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Santorini (JTR)GVA - JTR
8h 41m€157–328Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
46h 35mBus, car ferry via Bujanovac
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bujanovac
- Take the bus from Bujanovac, Autobuska Stanica to Athens
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
46h 39m€339–409Train, bus, car ferry via Sofia
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Take the car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Take the car ferry from Paros to Thira Santorini Port
46h 44m€202–341Bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Zurich Bus Station206 / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich hbf to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Take the car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
47h 50m€316–345
Basel (BSL) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Santorini Island is to train and fly which costs €90 - €340 and takes 9h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Santorini Island is to train and fly which takes 6h 5m and costs €130 - €360.
The distance between Basel and Santorini Island is 1933 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Santorini Island without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 38h 15m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Basel to Santorini Island, including transfers.
Santorini Island is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:58 PM in Basel and 9:58 PM in Santorini Island.
There are 2099+ hotels available in Santorini Island.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Santorini Island, Greece?
Lufthansa, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Santorini (JTR) 5 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Basel to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Santorini via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Basel to Santorini via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Santorini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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 Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- 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
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- 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
- +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
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- + (381) 20 316 581
- office@gameks.biz
- Website
- gameks.biz
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- gameks.biz
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bujanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €247
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Bujanovac, Autobuska Stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Zürich hbf to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- hakbus.org
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30 2810 24 50 20
- info@ktelherlas.gr
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 4121001
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Piraeus to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Paros to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €92–93
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 212 222 4000
- booking@goldenstarferries.gr
- Website
- goldenstarferries.gr
Car ferry from Paros to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €52–53
- Website
- https://goldenstarferries.gr/en
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