There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Trapani by train, plane, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Palermo Airport (PMO)ZRH - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Trapani Via Marsala
6h 44m€108–303Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Palermo Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Palermo Airport (PMO)MXP - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Trapani Via Marsala
9h 21m€70–307Train, bus via Palermo
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Milan RogoredoEc
- Take the train from Milan Rogoredo to Roma Termini
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Palermo CentraleIc
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Trapani Via Marsala
24h 5m€192–437Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Milan RogoredoEc
- Take the train from Milan Rogoredo to Roma Tiburtina
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
24h 49m€171–361Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Port of Genoa
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Drive from Port of Palermo to Trapani
27h 13m€157–270Fly Basel to Palermo Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Palermo Airport (PMO)BSL - PMO
- Take the bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Trapani Via Marsala
5h 39m€77–237Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Trapani Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Trapani Airport (TPS)BGY - TPS
9h 47m€100–371Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milano, Autostazione LampugnanoN524 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty LinesAutoservizi Salemi 701
29h 45m€71–136Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to BellinzonaEc
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Genova P. PrincipeEc
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Filippo Turati to Trapani Via Marsala
32h 52m€144–311Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Trapani Via Marsala
33h 20m€86–134
Basel to Trapani by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Trapani is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 29h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Trapani is to fly and bus which takes 5h 39m and costs €75 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Trapani. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 45m.
The distance between Basel and Trapani is 1276 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Trapani without a car is to train and bus via Palermo which takes 24h 5m and costs €190 - €440.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Basel to Trapani, including transfers.
Basel to Trapani bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Trapani bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
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There are 1985+ hotels available in Trapani.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Trapani, Italy?
You can take a bus from Basel SBB to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 29h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Trapani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Basel to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–400
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- 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
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Milan Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milan Rogoredo to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milan Rogoredo to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- 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
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- 06 164 160, +39091342525
- info@segesta.it
- Website
- segesta.it
Bus from Palermo Airport Bus Stop to Trapani Via Marsala
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Trapani Via Marsala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
Bus from Palermo Via Filippo Turati to Trapani Via Marsala
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Palermo Terminal Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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