There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Zakynthos by plane, bus, busferry, train, ferry, 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.
Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane BSL - ZTH
7h 42m€79–466Bus, bus and ferry via Niš
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Zakynthosbusferry
36h 43m€81–208Train, ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
37h 17m€171–487Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane ZRH - ZTH
7h 1m€146–340Train, 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 Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane GVA - ZTH
9h 10m€181–404Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane FRA - ZTH
8h 38m€141–322Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH)plane MXP - ZTH
10h 56m€107–387Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
43h 7mBus, car ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Venice Mestrebus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the busferry from Patras to Zakynthosbusferry
2d 1h€200–227
Basel (BSL) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Zakynthos is to train and fly which costs €100 - €390 and takes 10h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Zakynthos is to train and fly which takes 7h 1m and costs €140 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Zakynthos. However, there are services departing from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse and arriving at Zakynthos via Niš, Autobuska Stanica and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 43m.
The distance between Basel and Zakynthos is 1553 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Zakynthos without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Niš which takes 36h 43m and costs €80 - €210.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Basel to Zakynthos, including transfers.
Basel to Zakynthos bus services, operated by Bogojevic Reisen, depart from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse station.
Basel to Zakynthos bus services, operated by Bogojevic Reisen, arrive at Niš, Autobuska Stanica station.
Zakynthos is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:48 AM in Basel and 9:48 AM in Zakynthos.
There are 2692+ hotels available in Zakynthos.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Zakynthos, Greece?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Zakynthos International Airport (ZTH) 5 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Basel to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zakynthos International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zakynthos International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–21
- Schedules at
- 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
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- +381 35 433 333
- info@bogojevic.eu
- Website
- bogojevic-reisen.ch
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–90
- Website
- http://www.bogojevic-reisen.ch
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–60
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +302695022255
- info@ktel-zakynthos.gr
- Website
- ktel-zakynthos.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
Busferry from Patras to Zakynthos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Book at
- https://ktel-zakynthos.gr/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Venice Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €134–135
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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