There are 9 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 18mCHF 50–176Ferry, 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 16mCHF 127–270Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Rennes Place de la Gare to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strassebus
44h 44mFly Cork Airport to Basel
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Basel (BSL)plane ORK - BSL
6h 39mCHF 76–189Fly Shannon Airport to Basel
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL)plane SNN - BSL
7h 37mCHF 77–191Fly Cork Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 3mCHF 86–233Fly 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 32mCHF 80–220Ferry, 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 38mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Baselcar
33h 2mCHF 283–603
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 45 - SFr 180 and takes 5h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Basel is to fly which takes 5h 18m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 180.
The distance between Ireland and Basel is 1198 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Basel without a car is to ferry and train which takes 28h 16m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 270.
It takes approximately 5h 18m to get from Ireland to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 12:48 PM in Ireland and 1:48 PM in Basel.
There are 1241+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
Ryanair, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–340
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–350
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–270
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
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 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–60
- 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 95–190
- 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 28
- 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@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- 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 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–180
- 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 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Rennes Place de la Gare to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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 60–75
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 200–950
- On Foot
- CHF 60–75
- 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 160–413
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 413
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