There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Zakopane by plane, train, car, bus, or shuttle
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 John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BSL - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
8h 6mzł 383–1,067Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
23h 36mzł 354–608Train, drive
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strbatrain 43 / ...
- Drive from Strba to Zakopanecar
17h 10mzł 807–1,228Drive 1,131.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Zakopanecar 1,131.6 km
12h 35mzł 803–1,160Fly Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BSL - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
10h 31mzł 363–947Train to Zurich Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane ZRH - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
9h 21mzł 706–1,448Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Košice International Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Košice International Airport (KSC)plane ZRH - KSC
- Take the train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatrytrain
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus
10h 38mzł 489–1,737Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ZRH - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
11h 42mzł 706–1,278Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatrytrain 629 / ...
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus A15
18h 35mzł 775–1,171Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Krakówbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
23h 58m
Basel to Zakopane by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Zakopane is to train and bus which costs 350 zł - 650 zł and takes 23h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Zakopane is to fly and train which takes 8h 6m and costs 380 zł - 1 100 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Zakopane ZDA via Jubilat. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 58m.
The distance between Basel and Zakopane is 1090 km. The road distance is 1131.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Zakopane without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 36m and costs 350 zł - 650 zł.
It takes approximately 8h 6m to get from Basel to Zakopane, including transfers.
Basel to Zakopane bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Zakopane bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Kraków station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Zakopane is 1132 km. It takes approximately 12h 35m to drive from Basel to Zakopane.
There are 6770+ hotels available in Zakopane.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zakopane ZDA via Kraków and Jubilat in around 23h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,600
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,600
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 330–850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,200
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–550
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–650
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 100–470
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 135
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 40–50
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- 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
- zł 90–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 490–750
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- zł 490–750
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–120
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 20–40
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–130
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–340
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Strba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 180–240
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- zł 180–240
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- zł 160–210
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 180–240
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- zł 180–240
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 16–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 240–410
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- biuro@majerbus.pl
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 22–35
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
Bus from Jubilat to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 22–30
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 220–300
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 13–18
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kraków
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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