There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Vientiane by train, plane, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Wattay International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane ZRH - VTE
17h 11m$641–2,220Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Wattay International Airport
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 Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane MXP - VTE
22h 56m$420–1,915Drive 11,623.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Vientianecar 11,623.9 km
5d 15h$2,344–3,385Fly Basel to Wattay International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE)plane BSL - VTE
20h 33m$554–2,305Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)plane ZRH - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Vientianecar
18h 26m$605–1,541Fly Basel to Udon Thani International Airport, drive
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Udon Thani International Airport (UTH)plane BSL - UTH
- Drive from Udon-Thani-Airport-UTH to Vientianecar
19h 22m$718–2,426Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Khon Kaen Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Khon Kaen Airport (KKC)plane ZRH - KKC
- Take the train from Khon Kaen to Nong Khaitrain
22h 12m$648–2,355
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Wattay International Airport (VTE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Vientiane is to train and fly and drive which costs $600 - $1,600 and takes 18h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Vientiane is to train and fly which takes 17h 11m and costs $600 - $2,300.
The distance between Basel and Vientiane is 8937 km. The road distance is 11623.9 km.
It takes approximately 17h 11m to get from Basel to Vientiane, including transfers.
Vientiane is 5h ahead of Basel. It is currently 10:02 AM in Basel and 3:02 PM in Vientiane.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Vientiane is 11624 km. It takes approximately 5 days 15h to drive from Basel to Vientiane.
There are 286+ hotels available in Vientiane.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Vientiane, Laos?
Austrian Airlines, Thai Airways International, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Wattay International Airport (VTE) 5 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Khon Kaen Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Khon Kaen Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Frankfurt, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Basel to Wattay International Airport via Munich, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Wattay International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Basel to Udon Thani International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Wattay International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,900
- 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 Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- $23–29
- 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
- 1690
- sarabanklang@railway.co.th
- Website
- dticket.railway.co.th
Train from Khon Kaen to Nong Khai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–27
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/thai-railways
- Website
- https://dticket.railway.co.th/DTicketPublicWeb/home/Home
- 1st Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- $19–27
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $3–5
- 2nd Class (Air-Conditioned Berth)
- $1–3
- 2nd Class (Air-conditioned Seat)
- $9–11
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