There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Tartu by plane, bus, train, 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.
Fly Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane BSL - TLL
- Take the bus from Lennujaam to Raeplatsbus
10h 19m€90–240Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Riia raudteejaam to Tartutrain 0
31h 21m€152–374Drive 2,241.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Tartucar 2,241.9 km
22h 7m€379–547Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane ZRH - TLL
- Take the bus from Lennujaam to Raeplatsbus
9h 24m€127–294Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tartu Ülenurme Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)plane ZRH - TAY
10h 13m€196–333Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Riga International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ZRH - RIX
- Take the train from Riia raudteejaam to Tartutrain
11h 13m€127–311Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane FRA - TLL
- Take the bus from Lennujaam to Raeplatsbus
10h 7m€117–316Fly Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)plane BSL - TAY
11h 18m€99–419Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbftrain 12
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Kaunasbus
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Tartutrain 889
34h 24m€169–273Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaambus
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaambus 145
38h 41m€94–198Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the train from Riia raudteejaam to Tartutrain 0
38h 55m€127–169Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgartbus
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Heilbronn Central bus station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Riia raudteejaam to Aardlatrain 0
47h 34m
Basel to Tartu by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tartu is to bus which costs €90 - €200 and takes 38h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tartu is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 24m and costs €120 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Tartu. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Tartu bussijaam via Nuremberg central bus station, Riia and Pärnu bussijaam. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 41m.
The distance between Basel and Tartu is 1912 km. The road distance is 2241.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Tartu without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 31h 21m and costs €150 - €380.
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Basel to Tartu, including transfers.
Basel to Tartu bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Tartu is to fly which takes 11h 18m and costs €95 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €200 and takes 38h 41m.
Basel to Tartu bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Tartu is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:37 PM in Basel and 9:37 PM in Tartu.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tartu, Estonia?
Lufthansa, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Tartu bussijaam via Nuremberg central bus station, Riga, Bus Station, Riia, and Pärnu bussijaam in around 38h 41m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Munich, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Copenhagen, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Frankfurt, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–500
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Stockholm, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Prague, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +372 616 0245
- klienditugi@elron.ee
- Website
- elron.ee
Train from Riia raudteejaam to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- €16–23
Train from Riia raudteejaam to Aardla
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- €16–23
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Riia raudteejaam to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaisiadorys to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- 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
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €10–13
- 1st Class Ticket
- €14–20
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Lennujaam to Raeplats
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +372 5886 0000
- info@bussikeskus.ee
- Website
- bussikeskus.ee
Bus from Lennujaam to Raeplats
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Website
- http://www.bussikeskus.ee/
- Schedules at
- https://www.bussikeskus.ee/et/regular-services
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–15
- Website
- http://www.bussikeskus.ee/
- Schedules at
- https://www.bussikeskus.ee/et/regular-services
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €88–92
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–29
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +372 640 4000
- klienditugi@gobus.ee
- Website
- gobus.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://gobus.ee/en/
- Phone
- +372 606 4969
- info@sebe.ee
- Website
- sebe.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- sebe.ee
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Heilbronn Central bus station to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €61
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
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