There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Siena by train, bus, car, 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, bus
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the bus from Firenze Autostazione to Siena-Via Tozzibus 131
9h 4mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus FlixBus N487 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Sienabus N528 / ...
10h 15m€42–74Drive 699.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Sienacar 699.6 km
7h 12m€120–173Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- 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 Sienatrain
7h 20m€128–324Train, bus via Locarno
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarnotrain
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the bus from Firenze Autostazione to Siena-Via Tozzibus 131
11h 34mFly Basel to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane BSL - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
8h 15m€112–266Fly Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BSL - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
9h 2m€98–284Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- 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 Florence Santa Maria Novellatrain
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Sienatrain
8h 6m€144–342
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Siena is to bus which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Siena is to drive which takes 7h 12m and costs €110 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Siena. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Siena via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 15m.
The distance between Basel and Siena is 704 km. The road distance is 699.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Siena without a car is to train and bus which takes 9h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 4m to get from Basel to Siena, including transfers.
Basel to Siena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Siena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Siena is 700 km. It takes approximately 7h 12m to drive from Basel to Siena.
Book your Basel to Siena bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Siena, Italy?
You can take a bus from Basel SBB to Siena via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 10h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- aircorsica.com
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- 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 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €45–65
- Smart Flex
- €50–65
Train from Bologna Centrale to Florence Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €28–40
- Smart Flex
- €29–40
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Firenze Autostazione to Siena-Via Tozzi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Siena
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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