There are 10 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Scalea by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train via Bologna
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to LuganoEc
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano CentraleEc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Scalea-Santa Domenica Talao
15h 52m€142–397Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Naples Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Naples Airport (NAP)STR - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
9h 49m€101–306Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Roma, Autostazione TiburtinaN77
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Scalea
24h 30m€112–175Drive 1,505.1 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Scalea1,505.1 km
14h 5m€235–340Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Zuerich HbEc
- Take the train from Zürich HB to LuganoIc2 / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano CentraleEc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.TalaoFr
16h 36m€214–376Train, bus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart HbfRe
- Take the bus from Fellbach to Cosenza
- Take the bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi7
26h 16m€138–196Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)FRA - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
7h 54m€103–315Train to Frankfurt, fly to Naples Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Naples Airport (NAP)FRA - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
9h 50m€129–352Train to Basel, fly to Naples Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Naples Airport (NAP)BSL - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
10h 21m€105–351Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Naples Airport
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Naples Airport (NAP)ZRH - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
11h 25m€137–450
Karlsruhe to Scalea by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Scalea is to bus which costs €110 - €180 and takes 24h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Scalea is to train and fly which takes 7h 54m and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at Scalea via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Scalea-Santa Domenica Talao via Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 52m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Scalea is 1503 km. The road distance is 1505.1 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Scalea without a car is to train via Bologna which takes 15h 52m and costs €140 - €400.
It takes approximately 15h 52m to get from Karlsruhe to Scalea, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Scalea bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Scalea train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Scalea is to train via Bologna which takes 15h 52m and costs €140 - €400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €180 and takes 24h 30m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Scalea, Italy?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Scalea-Santa Domenica Talao via Basel SBB, Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Bologna Centrale in around 15h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Scalea via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 24h 30m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Naples Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €60–110
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Scalea-Santa Domenica Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0973 22943
- info@roccobus.it
- Website
- roccobus.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Scalea
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Schedules at
- roccobus.it
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Fellbach to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0984 413001
- info@autoservizipreite.it
- Website
- autoservizipreite.it
Bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- autoservizipreite.com
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More Questions & Answers
Karlsruhe to Scalea bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Karlsruhe to Scalea train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Scalea is 1505 km. It takes approximately 14h 5m to drive from Karlsruhe to Scalea.
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