There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Skiathos by plane, train, bus, car ferry, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Basel to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane BSL - JSI
10h 8m€73–314Train, bus, car ferry
- 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 carferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
27h 20mTrain, bus, car ferry via Budapest
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Sarganstrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Sargans to Bludenztrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bludenz to Budapest-Keletitrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
32h 57m€271–535Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Thessalonikicar
- Take the carferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
22h 34m€421–667Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZRH - SKG
- Take the carferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
11h€197–440Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane ZRH - JSI
7h 22m€100–418Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- 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 Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane GVA - JSI
11h 15m€201–465Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ZRH - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens Airport Departures to ΣΤ. Υπερ/ΚΩΝ Λιοσιωνbus
- Take the bus from Athens - KTEL Liosion Street to Kymásibus
- Take the carferry from Mantoudi to Skiathoscarferry
12h 5m€136–275Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane STR - JSI
11h 6m€118–524Bus, Hydrofoil
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Volosbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Volos to Skiathosferry
33h 45m€180–365Bus, car ferry via Skopje
- Take the bus from Olten to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessalonikibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
34h 11m€160–307Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the carferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
41h 3m€200–290
Basel (BSL) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Skiathos is to fly which costs €70 - €320 and takes 10h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Skiathos is to train and fly which takes 7h 22m and costs €100 - €420.
The distance between Basel and Skiathos is 1600 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Skiathos without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 27h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from Basel to Skiathos, including transfers.
Skiathos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:31 PM in Basel and 10:31 PM in Skiathos.
There are 1149+ hotels available in Skiathos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Skiathos, Greece?
Austrian Airlines, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) 4 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Basel to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Basel to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Basel to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Bludenz
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Sargans to Bludenz
- *
- €14–21
Train from Bludenz to Budapest-Keleti
- *
- €110–180
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- TGV inOui
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- 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
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- OASA
Bus from Athens Airport Departures to ΣΤ. Υπερ/ΚΩΝ Λιοσιων
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- OASA
- Phone
- +30 2221 0 20400
- kteln.evias@ktelevias.gr
- Website
- ktelevias.gr
Bus from Athens - KTEL Liosion Street to Kymási
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- ktelevias.gr
- Phone
- +381 35 433 333
- info@bogojevic.eu
- Website
- Bogojevic Reisen
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- Bogojevic Reisen
- Phone
- +30 2421033254
- Website
- KTEL Magnesias
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Volos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- KTEL Magnesias
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Olten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Skopje Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +383 44113710
- travelagencybeli@hotmail.com
- Website
- belitravel.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Mantoudi to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Seajets
- Phone
- +30 210 4121654
- info@aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
- Website
- aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
Ferry from Port of Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Schedules at
- aegeanflyingdolphins.gr
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