There are 8 ways to get from Ireland to Basel by plane, ferry, train, bus, 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.
Fly Dublin Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
5h 11mCHF 61–176Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
28h 13mCHF 209–655Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBBbus
28h 56mCHF 131–251Fly Cork Airport to Basel
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Basel (BSL)plane ORK - BSL
7h 42mCHF 82–239Fly Shannon Airport to Basel
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL)plane SNN - BSL
7h 55mCHF 98–231Fly Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 31mCHF 99–272Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the train from Rennes to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
32h 37mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Baselcar
33h 2mCHF 154–615
Ireland to Basel by tram, foot, ferry, train, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 60 - SFr 180 and takes 5h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 180.
The distance between Ireland and Basel is 1199 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Basel without a car is to ferry and train which takes 28h 13m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Ireland to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 9:17 AM in Ireland and 10:17 AM in Basel.
There are 1311+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and KLM fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–400
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
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 St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@normandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- 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 90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–29
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–370
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–35
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- 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 30–415
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 415
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