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 HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)ZRH - TPE
18h 53m$392–1,013Fly Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)BSL - TPE
21h 42m$297–1,010Train to Frankfurt, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)FRA - TPE
18h 20m$378–861Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)MXP - TPE
20h 19m$354–739Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Taichung Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)ZRH - RMQ
- Take the train from 台中 to 台北
20h 11m$540–1,885Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)ZRH - KHH
- Take the train from 左營 to 桃園
20h 56m$459–1,416Train, train to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Rorschach
- Fly from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)ACH - TPE
24h 40m$434–1,403
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 $350 - $750 and takes 20h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Taipei is to train and fly which takes 18h 20m and costs $370 - $900.
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 6:06 AM in Basel and 1:06 PM in Taipei.
There are 885+ hotels available in Taipei.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Taipei, Taiwan?
Austrian Airlines, China Airlines, 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
- $310–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taichung Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taichung Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- 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
- $370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Budapest, Ningbo Lishe
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- 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
- jinair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taichung Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taichung Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- 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
- $26–50
- 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 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- 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
- 4266-3000
- Website
- en.thsrc.com.tw
Train from 台中 to 台北
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–25
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $20–23
- Standard
- $21–25
- Business
- $40
Train from 左營 to 桃園
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $39–50
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $39–44
- Standard
- $40–50
- Business
- $70
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