There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Tunis by train, plane, car ferry, or bus
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
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tunis (TUN)plane ZRH - TUN
7h 21m$251–557Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
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 Tunis (TUN)plane MXP - TUN
9h 21m$101–650Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Chiassotrain Ec
- Take the train from Chiasso to Genova P. Principetrain Ec
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
33h 57m$222–752Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Tunis (TUN)plane SXB - TUN
6h 2m$187–859Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Tunis (TUN)plane GVA - TUN
7h 39m$183–671Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoabus 798 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
- Take the bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembrebus 47
34h 53mTrain, car ferry via Zurich
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Genova P. Principetrain Ec
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
35h 4m$318–766Bus, car ferry via Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport
- Take the bus from Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoabus 798 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tuniscarferry
- Take the bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembrebus 47
37h 20m
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tunis (TUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tunis is to train and fly which costs $180 - $700 and takes 7h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tunis is to train and fly which takes 6h 2m and costs $180 - $900.
The distance between Basel and Tunis is 1296 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Tunis without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 33h 57m and costs $220 - $750.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Basel to Tunis, including transfers.
Tunis is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 5:16 PM in Basel and 4:16 PM in Tunis.
There are 841+ hotels available in Tunis.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tunis, Tunisia?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Tunis. However, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Tunis (TUN), walk to Aeroport Carthage, then take the line 635 bus to Charguia1. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Tunis Marine via Chiasso, Genova P. Principe, Port of Genoa, Port of Tunis, and Le Bac in around 33h 57m.
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–360
- Website
- nouvelair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tunis via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–440
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chiasso to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Genova P. Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +216 80 100 345
- ecoute.clientele@transtu.tn
- Website
- transtu.tn
Bus from Port La Goulette to Rabattement 10 Décembre
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- transtu.tn
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- Phone
- + 33 (1) 86 65 0000
- COTUNAV@CTN.COM.TN
- Website
- ctn.com.tn
Car ferry from Port of Genoa to Port of Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Schedules at
- ctn.com.tn
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