There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Taipei by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane ZRH - TPE
18h 53m$381–1,013Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
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 Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane MXP - TPE
20h 19m$273–888Train to Frankfurt, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane FRA - TPE
18h 20m$408–914Fly Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane BSL - TPE
20h 47m$307–960Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane ZRH - TSA
20h$528–1,758Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane MUC - TPE
21h 12m$471–911Train, train to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Rorschachtrain
- Fly from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane ACH - TPE
22h$436–1,303
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Taipei is to train and fly which costs $270 - $900 and takes 20h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Taipei is to train and fly which takes 18h 20m and costs $400 - $950.
The distance between Basel and Taipei is 9649 km.
It takes approximately 18h 53m to get from Basel to Taipei, including transfers.
Taipei is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:40 AM in Basel and 6:40 PM in Taipei.
There are 889+ hotels available in Taipei.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Taipei, Taiwan?
easyJet, EVA Air, and seven other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Munich International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–850
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Frankfurt, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Munich International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Budapest, Ningbo Lishe
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Munich International Airport, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Budapest, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Frankfurt, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- 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
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Rorschach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- $23–30
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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