There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Zadar by plane, bus, train, ferry, or car
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Fly Basel to Split Airport, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Split Airport (SPU)plane BSL - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
7h 9m€68–324Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Zadarbus
15h€103Train, Catamaran
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
15h 7m€142–544Drive 1,015.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Zadarcar 1,015.9 km
11h 35m€175–253Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Split Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane ZRH - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
8h 13m€139–406Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus
9h 30m€139–468Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Badentrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane FKB - ZAD
7h 6m€87–345Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Zadar Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane FMM - ZAD
10h 5m€121–582Fly Mulhouse to Mahovljani Airport, bus
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Mahovljani Airport (BNX)plane MLH - BNX
- Take the bus from Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 13m€109–669Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
20h 33m€102–118
Basel to Zadar by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Zadar is to bus which costs €103 and takes 15h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Zadar is to train and fly which takes 7h 6m and costs €85 - €350.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Zadar. Services depart twice a week, and operate Thursday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 15h.
The distance between Basel and Zadar is 1002 km. The road distance is 1015.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Zadar without a car is to bus which takes 15h and costs €103.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Basel to Zadar, including transfers.
Basel to Zadar bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Zadar bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, arrive at Zadar station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Zadar is 1016 km. It takes approximately 11h 35m to drive from Basel to Zadar.
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What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Zadar, Croatia?
Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Basel SBB to Zadar twice a week. Tickets cost €103 and the journey takes 15h.
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–440
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Mulhouse to Mahovljani Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–410
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- 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
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Basel SBB to Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €103
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit-tours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–36
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +387 066 890 490
- tourist@teol.net
- Website
- touristcompany.ba
Bus from Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Schedules at
- touristcompany.ba
- Phone
- +49 711 3041678
- lubina.busfahrten@t-online.de
- Website
- lubina-busfahrten.de
Bus from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- lubina-busfahrten.de
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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