There are 12 ways to get from Istria to Basel by shuttle, plane, car ferry, ferry, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Basel (BSL)plane VCE - BSL
6h 57mCHF 83–458Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the bus from Vodnjan to Zagrebbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
7h 52mCHF 53–238Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
12h 57mCHF 195–271Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus stationbus 971C / ...
- Take the bus from Rijeka to Basel SBBbus
12h 58mCHF 98–134Drive 830.3 km
- Drive from Pula to Baselcar 830.3 km
9h 2mCHF 130–187Fly Pula Airport to Basel
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Basel (BSL)plane PUY - BSL
3h 41mCHF 80–296Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 7mCHF 117–522Shuttle, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 36mCHF 156–564Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Vodnjan to Zagrebbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 7mCHF 112–282Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
13h 7mCHF 146–336Bus via Venice
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus N419 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Basel SBBbus N401
17h 10mCHF 61–94Train
- Take the train from Pula to Ljubljanatrain
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Ice
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
17h 35mCHF 183–452
Istria to Basel by car ferry, foot, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istria to Basel is to bus via Venice which costs SFr 60 - SFr 95 and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Istria to Basel is to fly which takes 3h 41m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct bus from Istria to Basel. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Basel SBB via Zabica and Rijeka. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Istria to Basel. However, there are services departing from Pula and arriving at Basel SBB via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf, Schwarzach-St.Veit and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 35m.
The distance between Istria and Basel is 663 km. The road distance is 830.3 km.
The best way to get from Istria to Basel without a car is to car ferry and line 2 ferry and train which takes 12h 57m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Istria to Basel, including transfers.
Istria to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Istria to Basel train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Pula station.
The best way to get from Istria to Basel is to bus which takes 12h 58m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 140. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs SFr 80 - SFr 300 and takes 3h 41m, you could also train, which costs SFr 180 - SFr 460 and takes 17h 35m.
What companies run services between Istria, Croatia and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Basel SBB via Rijeka bus station, Zabica, Tržnica, and Rijeka in around 12h 58m. Alternatively, easyJet and Lufthansa fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Basel (BSL) twice a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Pula Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–340
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–200
Flights from Pula Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–160
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–160
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
- 2nd Class
- CHF 95–130
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
- 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 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Pula to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–16
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 6–10
- Regional Train Ticket
- CHF 9–10
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 19–29
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 152
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–240
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 230–240
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 110–130
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 24–30
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–270
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 30–40
- Private
- CHF 150–270
Shuttle from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–140
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 26–95
- Private
- CHF 50–140
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–160
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 28–31
- Private
- CHF 85–160
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vodnjan to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–15
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 43
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Rijeka to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 91
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 73
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- CHF 9
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Istria to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) station.
Istria to Basel train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
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