There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Sintra by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane ZRH - LIS
7h 29m€93–313Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane MXP - LIS
11h 16m€64–318Train, bus via Madrid
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Cacerestrain Alv / ...
- Take the bus from Caceres to Lisbon - Orientebus
23h 53m€195–444Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Lisbon - Orientebus BlaBlaCar Bus
33h 25m€106–337Drive 1,985.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Sintracar 1,985.7 km
19h 46m€345–499Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane BSL - LIS
6h 24m€71–297Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane GVA - LIS
9h 35m€110–361Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Lisbon Sete Riosbus FlixBus N1156
37h 58m€106–316
Basel to Sintra by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Sintra is to fly which costs €70 - €300 and takes 6h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Sintra is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €70 - €300.
The distance between Basel and Sintra is 1859 km. The road distance is 1985.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Sintra without a car is to train and bus via Madrid which takes 23h 53m and costs €190 - €450.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Basel to Sintra, including transfers.
Sintra is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 3:11 PM in Basel and 2:11 PM in Sintra.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Sintra is 1986 km. It takes approximately 19h 46m to drive from Basel to Sintra.
There are 9552+ hotels available in Sintra.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Sintra, Portugal?
easyJet flies from Basel (BSL) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
Flights from Basel to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Basel to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–360
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- 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
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Caceres
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/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 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Caceres to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bern to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Caceres to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bern to Lisbon - Oriente
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bern to Lisbon Sete Rios
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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