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 6m€90–250Train, 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€139–458Drive 2,241.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Tartucar 2,241.9 km
22h 7m€383–554Train 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 25m€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 14m€206–343Train 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 14m€132–311Train 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€117–304Fly Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)plane BSL - TAY
11h 20m€99–419Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Magdeburg Hbftrain 12
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Kaunasbus
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Tartutrain 889
34h 33m€134–337Train, 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€127–161Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train stationbus 122 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaambus
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaambus 145
41h 38m€107–154Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Stuttgartbus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 399
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Riia raudteejaam to Aardlatrain 0
42h 42m
Basel to Tartu by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tartu is to bus which costs €100 - €160 and takes 41h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tartu is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 25m 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 Karlsruhe, Riia and Pärnu bussijaam. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 38m.
The distance between Basel and Tartu is 1913 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 €130 - €460.
It takes approximately 10h 6m 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 20m and costs €95 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €160 and takes 41h 38m.
Basel to Tartu bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Tartu is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:56 AM in Basel and 12:56 PM in Tartu.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tartu, Estonia?
easyJet, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Tartu bussijaam via Karlsruhe central train station, Karlsruhe, Riia, and Pärnu bussijaam in around 41h 38m.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Hamburg, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
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 Munich, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Frankfurt, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Stockholm, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Basel to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Prague, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
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
- €85–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
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
- €70–190
- 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
- €75–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- 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
- €95–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Lennart Meri International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- 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
- €65–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +372 616 0245
- klienditugi@elron.ee
- Website
- elron.ee
Train from Riia raudteejaam to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- Twice 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
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Lennujaam to Raeplats
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–15
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- 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
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- 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 Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €88–92
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riia to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- 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 Stuttgart Airport Busterminal 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
- €62
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
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