There are 7 ways to get from Galway to Basel by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, 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.
Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL)plane SNN - BSL
12h 23mCHF 128–274Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NOC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 57mCHF 102–335Train, ferry
- Take the train from Galway to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain K2+
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
32h 50mCHF 251–808Bus
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Station to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhofbus
3d 9hBus to Shannon Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SNN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 46mCHF 142–345Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Galway Coach Station to Dublin Airport Zone 11bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 17mCHF 115–310Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Galway to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Baselcar
35h 3mCHF 469–666
Galway to Basel by train, tram, foot, ferry, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Galway to Basel is to bus and fly and train which costs SFr 110 - SFr 310 and takes 8h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Galway to Basel is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 17m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 310.
The distance between Galway and Basel is 1396 km.
The best way to get from Galway to Basel without a car is to train and ferry which takes 32h 50m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 850.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Galway to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h ahead of Galway. It is currently 7:42 AM in Galway and 8:42 AM in Basel.
There are 1069+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Galway, Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Galway Coach Station to Basel, Bahnhof via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–490
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–440
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–370
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–470
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–430
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–250
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–250
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–490
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–440
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–340
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Galway to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 16–23
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Galway Coach Station to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Galway Coach Station to Dublin Airport Zone 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–150
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–50
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–500
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–460
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 413
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